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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jonathan Jones (ranked 3390 p4p, 3626 weight class) and Dante Teixeira (ranked 340 p4p, 355 weight class). Teixeira has chosen Nova Era as his entrance music. Dante Teixeira has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jonathan Jones's chin.
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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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jonathan Jones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dante Teixeira!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Colin Fotheringham and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jones is looking to clinch but Teixeira is avoiding it.
Jones takes the fight into the clinch.
Teixeira jumps guard but Jones turns him against the ropes and keeps the fight standing.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Jones.
 It looks like Dante Teixeira has been cut.
Jones prevents the takedown attempt.
Jones lands an elbow just above Teixeira 's eye.
A hook to the body from Jones.
Jones creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Teixeira's defenses.
That has opened up Dante Teixeira's cut even more.
Jones lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Teixeira takes an elbow to the temple.
The cut above Dante Teixeira's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Jones lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Teixeira or not.
Jones lands an elbow inside.
Dante Teixeira's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Dante Teixeira's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Jonathan Jones!
Dante Teixeira spoke after the fight, saying 'Is not a good day but i will comeback. Sooner or Later'.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sebastian Castro (ranked 4206 p4p, 2204 weight class) and Alexander Examilos (ranked 369 p4p, 232 weight class). Examilos is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Im coming. Sebastian Castro is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sebastian Castro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Alexander Examilos!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Phil Schofield and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Examilos looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Examilos wants to control from the top but Castro keeps moving.
Examilos stands up over Castro, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Examilos must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Examilos content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Castro can't keep his opponent in guard - Examilos advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Castro really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Castro actively working from the bottom here.
Examilos is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Examilos seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Examilos looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Examilos is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Examilos is controlling the pace.
Castro is trying to stand up here but Examilos is controlling him well.
Examilos sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Castro is trying to stand back up but Examilos is controlling him
Castro is defending against the submission attempts here by Examilos.
Castro wants to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Examilos is working for a submission of some sort.
Castro looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Examilos seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Castro tries to kick Examilos off but Examilos keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Examilos landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Castro is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Examilos scores with a couple of nice shots.
Examilos lands strikes from half guard.
Examilos winds up and cracks Castro with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Examilos tries to pass the half guard into mount. Castro knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Examilos working Castro over with strikes.
Examilos is looking for a kimura here.
Examilos working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
 Castro is rocked!
Examilos looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Examilos scores with a big shot! Castro's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Castro! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexander Examilos!
Alexander Examilos thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Papa Dokk (ranked 5093 p4p, 5074 weight class) and Diego Rosales (ranked 268 p4p, 267 weight class). Papa Dokk has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Papa Dokk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Diego Rosales!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Colin Fotheringham and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rosales fails with a takedown attempt.
Rosales looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Nice body punch from Dokk.
Dokk tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dokk throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dokk throws a sloppy head kick and Rosales moves out of range easily.
Dokk tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rosales is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dokk pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Dokk scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A combination from Rosales does no damage.
A head kick misses from Dokk.
Rosales with the counter takedown but Dokk avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosales tries for a takedown but Dokk circles away easily
and Dokk counters with a huge uppercut, hook combination that drops Rosales! The ref has seen enough - he's dived in to stop the fight! Brutal strikes by Dokk!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Papa Dokk!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between BJ Henderson (ranked 4717 p4p, 3829 weight class) and Fabricio Silva (ranked 328 p4p, 288 weight class). BJ Henderson had a look across the ring there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, BJ Henderson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Fabricio Silva!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Daniel Bishop and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jeez, both these guys look absolutely knackered already, that's not a good sign!
Silva misses with a takedown attempt - Henderson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Henderson keeps the fight on the outside.
Henderson misses with a two punch combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Silva looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Henderson moves out of range easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henderson swinging wildly here.
Silva fails with an attempt to clinch.
Henderson throws a big counter combination but Silva scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Silva takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva shoots and misses
and Henderson counters with a left and a right that stings Silva.
A head kick by Henderson misses
and Silva counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Henderson thinking.
Nice takedown defense from Henderson. No joy for Silva on that attempt.
BJ Henderson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fabricio Silva.
Silva misses with a double jab
and Henderson counters with a two punch combo.
Henderson throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Silva! But no joy.
Henderson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Silva moves into the clinch.
Henderson prevents a takedown attempt there.
Henderson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva moves into range and clinches up with Henderson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Henderson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Henderson misses with a kick to the body.
Silva shoots in looking for a takedown but Henderson manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Silva's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Silva is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Henderson throws a leg kick which misses Silva's front leg but catches the back leg as Silva tries to avoid it.
Henderson clinches with his opponent.
Henderson gets control of Silva's arms and successfully pulls guard. Henderson will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Henderson looking to control.
Silva slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Henderson is keeping the position for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva advances to half guard.
Silva controlling the action here.
Henderson wants to control but Silva is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Henderson works his way to full guard. Good work.
Silva wants to control from the top but Henderson keeps moving.
We've been informed that Silva has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Henderson is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Henderson trying to control the position.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Silva closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Silva is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Henderson pulls him back up using the underhooks.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
BJ Henderson dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Silva tries to clinch but Henderson moves out of range.
Silva throws a combination that misses
and Henderson counters with a one-two to the body.
No joy there for Henderson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Silva gets a clinch.
Silva tries for a takedown. No joy.
Henderson lands a nice uppercut.
Silva trying to stall but Henderson improves his position.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henderson lands a nice elbow.
Henderson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Henderson gets a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Henderson tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva gets a clinch.
Henderson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Henderson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
BJ Henderson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Silva throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Henderson throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
Silva shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Silva was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Henderson throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A low kick lands for Henderson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Henderson sprawls well. Henderson wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
Henderson tries to bum rush Silva with a series of wild strikes but Silva uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Silva misses with a takedown attempt - Henderson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
BJ Henderson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fabricio Silva.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Silva misses with a body kick.
Silva showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Henderson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva avoids the body shot from Henderson.
Henderson moves into range and clinches up with Silva.
Silva tries for a takedown. No joy.
Henderson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Silva rushes Henderson and presses him up against the ropes.
Henderson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silva can do to turn this around?
Henderson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Silva misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Silva takes a head kick and keeps coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Silva takes a swing at Henderson's ribcage but misses.
Silva takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Henderson throws a series of punches but Silva avoids them all with ease.
A little jabbing left from Silva on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Henderson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Henderson keeps the fight on the outside.
As Silva looks to move away, Henderson throws a big counter combo but Silva just gets out of the way.
Henderson takes a swing at Silva's ribcage but misses.
Henderson leaves Silva with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Henderson forces Silva back against the ropes and clinches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
BJ Henderson dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!
Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Henderson throws a head kick that misses.
Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Henderson drops down looking for a counter takedown but Silva sprawls and moves away.
Silva shoots in for a double leg but Henderson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Henderson stuffs the takedown attempt from Silva. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
Henderson lands with a nice combination. Silva backs away looking to recover.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Henderson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Silva fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Henderson to the ground. Silva is now in Henderson's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva lands a couple of digs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Henderson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Silva slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Silva stands up from Henderson's guard - Silva perhaps looking for a knockout.
Henderson misses with a head kick.
Silva gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Henderson counters with a left and a right that stings Silva.
BJ Henderson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Fabricio Silva.
Silva slips a jab and a cross from Henderson.
Silva closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Henderson's guard.
Silva trying to control but Henderson is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Henderson, up you get!
Henderson defending well as Silva loads up on a big left hand.
Henderson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Henderson throws a right hand that Silva ducks under and follows up with a left that Silva also avoids with ease.
Silva is looking for the big counter here.
Silva avoids the head kick by Henderson.
Henderson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Henderson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Henderson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Henderson stuffs the takedown attempt from Silva. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
Henderson tries to land a front kick but Silva steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Silva shoots in for a takedown but Henderson shows good takedown defense.
Henderson throws a sloppy head kick and Silva moves out of range easily.
Nice sprawl there from Henderson as Silva shoots in.
Silva throws the kick towards the body but Henderson avoids it.
Henderson appears to be looking for a big counter.
Silva fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
BJ Henderson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva gets the takedown into side control.
Henderson might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Henderson is not content to let Silva control the position.
Henderson struggling a bit here.
Silva is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Henderson has escaped the position, nice work there.
Silva laying and praying for a moment but Henderson takes advantage and regains half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
BJ Henderson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Henderson, 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight for BJ Henderson!
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight for BJ Henderson!
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight for BJ Henderson!
BJ Henderson wins by unanimous decision!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jakob Richardson (ranked 1848 p4p, 2740 weight class) and Zabikhon Zubayrov (ranked 223 p4p, 289 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jakob Richardson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zabikhon Zubayrov!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Paul Tew and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richardson tries to sprawl but Zubayrov drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Richardson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Richardson tries to get out of the position.
Zubayrov works his way into full mount!
Zubayrov takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Richardson wants to use the ropes to get back to his feet here.
Zubayrov controlling his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zubayrov's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Zubayrov with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zubayrov has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! Richardson is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Zabikhon Zubayrov!
Zabikhon Zubayrov is the new welterweight champion!
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