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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Darrell Wooten (ranked 2676 p4p, 3816 weight class) and Zeke Hester (ranked 211 p4p, 258 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, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Darrell Wooten!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Zeke Hester!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Robert Douchet and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wooten misses with a hook. Hester ducked under it nicely.
Hester tries to clinch there but Wooten circles away.
We've been told by Wooten's head coaches at Ragnarok\'s Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Hester moves into the clinch successfully.
A right hand to the body from Wooten.
Wooten on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Wooten scores with a nice short uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hester just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wooten's brow.
Hester is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Wooten working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wooten pushes Hester back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hester utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wooten misses with a punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wooten dodges an elbow strike from Hester.
Wooten blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wooten is trying to force a seperation but Hester has the dominant position.
Wooten misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hester lands an elbow that stopped Wooten in his tracks for a moment.
Wooten lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hester backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A body shot lands from Wooten.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hester looking to throw knees to the head but Wooten is blocking nicely.
Wooten pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wooten throws a sloppy head kick and Hester moves out of range easily.
Hester clinches with his opponent.
Wooten escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hester takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
 It looks like Zeke Hester has been cut.
Wooten throws a head kick that misses.
Hester wants to clinch up but Wooten keeps it at a distance.
Wooten misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wooten throws a head kick but Hester moves out of range.
Wooten throws a head kick but Hester moves out of range.
Wooten swings for the body but Hester moves out of range.
Wooten sets himself, and Hester steps forward looking for the clinch! Wooten avoids it this time.
Wooten lands a nice shot that snaps Hester's head back.
 Hester is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hester moves into the clinch.
Hester using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wooten has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hester tries to land a knee to the head but Wooten blocks with his arms.
Wooten lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hester lands an elbow that stopped Wooten in his tracks for a moment.
Hester throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hester unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Hester misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wooten.
Hester throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Wooten blocks an elbow strike.
Wooten wants to break free but Hester has control.
Wooten wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hester has him pressed against the cage.
Hester tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wooten avoids it.
Wooten misses with a body punch.
Wooten goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short body shot lands from Wooten as the two fighters clinch.
Wooten lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hester backwards.
Wooten lands an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hester tries to land knees in the clinch but Wooten avoids the damage to the body.
Hester scores with a knee to the head.
Wooten wants to break free but Hester has control.
Hester tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wooten avoids it.
Hester looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hester tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wooten cracks Hester with a nice body shot.
Wooten breaks the clinch.
Wooten jabs Hester right on the nose. Hester blinks but takes it well.
Hester blocks a head kick by Wooten.
Hester blocks a head kick by Wooten.
Wooten jabs Hester right on the nose. Hester blinks but takes it well.
Hester is still on wobbly legs! Can Wooten finish him?
Wooten throws a head kick that misses.
Wooten just misses with a punch to the body.
Hester seems to have recovered his senses.
Wooten will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hester tries to counter by closing the distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooten circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hester tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wooten manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hester wants to clinch up but Wooten keeps it at a distance.
Darrell Wooten seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wooten tries to land a front kick but Hester steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
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!
Wooten circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wooten slips under a jab from Hester.
Wooten scores with a kick to the body.
Wooten misses with a head kick.
Wooten tries a head kick but it misses.
Hester tries to counter with a clinch but Wooten shakes him off and moves away.
Wooten throws a body kick that misses.
The fighters circle momentarily. Wooten darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Wooten ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hester moves away.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Hester tries to clinch up.
It looked like Wooten wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hester blocks a head kick by Wooten.
Wooten tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hester rushes Wooten and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hester throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hester throws an elbow but misses.
Hester scores a nice knee to the body.
Hester throws an elbow but it misses.
Hester with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wooten lands a body shot.
Wooten managing to block the knees to the body from Hester.
Wooten breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wooten throws a sloppy head kick and Hester moves out of range easily.
Wooten throws a head kick but Hester moves out of range.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Hester clinches up with Wooten and pushes him back against the cage.
Wooten lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hester backwards.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Hester.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wooten is trying to break the clinch but Hester has him pressed against the cage.
Wooten tries to break the clinch but Hester is controlling the position.
Wooten takes an elbow to the forehead.
Wooten digs a right hand underneath Hester's ribcage. Hester let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Hester is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wooten is defending well for now.
Wooten's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hester lands with a hook. Wooten tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Wooten tries a head kick but it misses.
Hester wants to clinch but Wooten slips to the side
and Wooten counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That has opened up Zeke Hester's cut even more.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Wooten, as that shot connected.
Wooten misses with a head kick.
Hester tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wooten paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Hester tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wooten paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hester swings for the body but Wooten moves out of range.
Hester defending well as Wooten loads up on a big left hand.
Hester tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Wooten counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hester gets a clinch.
Hester lands an elbow inside that Wooten shrugs off.
Hester with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wooten wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Hester has him pressed against the cage.
Wooten managing to block the knees to the body from Hester.
Wooten avoiding damage as Hester throws knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hester just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wooten's brow.
Wooten lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hester backwards.
Hester is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wooten is defending well for now.
Wooten breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hester looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hester tries to clinch up but Wooten circles away and keeps his distance.
Wooten loads up on a big right hand but Hester slips the punch.
Hester tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wooten manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wooten throws a quick counter head kick but Hester was just out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Wooten.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hester avoids the head kick by Wooten.
A head kick misses from Wooten.
Hester tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Wooten counters with a low kick, right behind Hester 's knee.
Hester tries to clinch up.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Wooten throws a head kick that misses.
Hester closes the distance and clinches.
Wooten managing to block the knees to the body from Hester.
Wooten blocks an elbow strike.
Hester trying to land knees to the body.
Hester lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wooten on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hester just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wooten's brow.
Still in the clinch, Wooten scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wooten lands with a left to the head.
Hester takes a shot to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Wooten.
Wooten lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hester trying to land knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hester misses with an elbow over the top.
Wooten lands a left hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Darrell Wooten dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Zeke Hester's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Wooten misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wooten swats away the attempt to clinch by Hester.
Wooten is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hester can do to turn this around?
Wooten throws a nice head kick!
Hester drives through and clinches with Wooten against the cage.
Wooten escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wooten throws a head kick that misses.
Hester wants to counter with a clinch but Wooten pushes him away.
Wooten lands the left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hester looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hester defending well as Wooten loads up on a big left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Wooten misses.
Hester clinches.
Wooten blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hester using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wooten has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Hester missing with knees to the body.
Wooten pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hester doesn't manage to clinch there - Wooten circles away.
Hester closes the distance and clinches.
Hester misses with an elbow over the top.
Hester trying to land knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wooten.
Still in the clinch, Wooten scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wooten blocks an elbow strike from Hester.
Wooten misses with a punch to the body.
Hester pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hester lands an elbow inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooten misses with a punch on the inside.
Wooten managing to block the knees to the body from Hester.
Hester tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wooten takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wooten breaks the clinch.
Hester clinches.
Wooten takes an elbow to the forehead.
Hester tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wooten avoids it.
Hester is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wooten is defending well for now.
Hester scores a nice knee to the body.
Hester missing with knees to the body.
Hester has Wooten pressed against the cage, preventing Wooten from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wooten breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hester misses with a looping left.
Wooten getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wooten swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A head kick misses from Wooten.
Wooten misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hester.
Hester uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wooten.
Wooten dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hester. That did some damage!
Wooten looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Wooten throws a hook but Hester blocks it.
Hester moves out of range as Wooten throws a body kick.
Wooten misses with a head kick.
Nice defenses there by Hester.
Hester tries to clinch up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hester rushes Wooten and presses him up against the cage.
Hester lands an elbow just above Wooten 's eye.
Hester throws an elbow that misses.
Wooten breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hester keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hester wants to counter the offense by Wooten and move into the clinch position.
Wooten throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hester.
Wooten circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wooten swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hester takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wooten throws a head kick but Hester moves out of range.
Wooten misses with an attempted mid kick.
Wooten avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hester misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wooten.
Wooten misses with a looping right.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Wooten listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hester avoids the body shot from Wooten.
Hester looks to clinch
enabling Wooten to counter with a crisp jab.
Hester instigates a clinch.
Hester tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short uppercut from Wooten.
Hester's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Wooten is trying to break the clinch but Hester is controlling him.
Hester lands a knee to the head.
Hester misses with an elbow over the top.
Hester tries to land knees in the clinch but Wooten avoids the damage to the body.
Hester is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wooten is defending well for now.
Wooten lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wooten misses with a punch on the inside.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Hester just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wooten's brow.
Hester tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wooten avoiding damage as Hester throws knees to the body.
Wooten managing to block the knees to the body from Hester.
Wooten lands a left hand that snaps the head of Hester backwards.
Wooten managing to block the knees to the body from Hester.
Hester landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nice elbow from Hester.
Wooten pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wooten fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hester.
Hester avoids the head kick by Wooten.
Wooten looks to land a combination but Hester avoids it well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wooten throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Hester is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Hester wants to clinch.
Wooten fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hester blocks a head kick by Wooten.
Hester instigates a clinch.
Wooten takes an elbow to the temple.
Wooten blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wooten trying to control the position but instead, Hester has worked for underhooks and has pushed Wooten into the cage.
Wooten is trying to break the clinch but Hester has him pressed against the cage.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Hester missing with knees to the body.
Hester blocks a body shot from Wooten.
Hester utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wooten breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wooten misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hester closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Wooten escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wooten avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wooten looks to throw the jab but Hester is out of range.
Wooten lands a jab.
Wooten throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
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!
Hester clinches with his opponent.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Wooten on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wooten struggles to land a body shot inside as Hester controls his hands.
Wooten lands a nice uppercut.
Wooten escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hester is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Hester tries to clinch but Wooten moves out of range.
Hester tries to clinch but Wooten moves out of range.
Wooten misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wooten gets tackled into the cage by Hester. Hester maintains the clinch.
Hester is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wooten is defending well for now.
Hester misses with a knee strike.
Wooten blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hester is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wooten is defending well for now.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Darrell Wooten dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Zeke Hester'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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Hester moves into the clinch successfully.
Wooten avoiding damage as Hester throws knees to the body.
Wooten lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hester keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Wooten's efforts to push away.
Wooten scores with a shot to the side of Hester's head.
Hester lands a nice elbow.
Hester tries to land knees in the clinch but Wooten avoids the damage to the body.
Hester comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Wooten scores with a shoulder strike.
Wooten managing to block the knees to the body from Hester.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hester lands a nice knee to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Wooten.
Hester blocks a body shot from Wooten.
Hester is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wooten is defending well for now.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hester throws an elbow but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Wooten.
Hester comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Hester missing with knees to the body.
Wooten dodges an elbow strike from Hester.
Hester connects with a knee to the head.
Hester takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hester throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hester looking to throw knees to the head but Wooten is blocking nicely.
Wooten pushes Hester back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hester misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wooten.
Wooten breaks the clinch.
Wooten throws a right hand that Hester ducks under and follows up with a left that Hester also avoids with ease.
Wooten goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Hester closes the distance and clinches.
Hester throws an elbow but it misses.
Hester tries to land a knee to the head but Wooten blocks with his arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooten lands a left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hester misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wooten.
Hester is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wooten is defending well for now.
Wooten works on Hester's body with a couple of short punches.
A short body shot lands from Wooten as the two fighters clinch.
Hester pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hester missing with knees to the body.
Wooten lands a shot to the body.
Wooten escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wooten fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Hester.
Wooten misses with a body shot.
Hester tries to close the distance and clinch but Wooten swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wooten pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wooten throws a sloppy head kick and Hester moves out of range easily.
Hester wants to counter the offense by Wooten and move into the clinch position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wooten pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hester is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Wooten jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hester tries to counter with a clinch but Wooten shakes him off and moves away.
Wooten tries to land a leg kick but Hester saw it coming and moves away.
Wooten lands a body shot.
Hester tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wooten manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hester instigates a clinch.
Hester lands a good knee to the midsection. Wooten won't want to take too many of those.
Wooten has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Wooten blocks an elbow strike.
Hester looking to throw knees to the head but Wooten is blocking nicely.
Hester misses with a knee strike.
Zeke Hester seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Wooten escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hester is looking to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hester closes the distance but Wooten moves to the side
and Wooten counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Hester thinking.
Hester is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wooten looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Hester uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wooten.
Wooten sets himself, and Hester steps forward looking for the clinch! Wooten avoids it this time.
Wooten throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hester sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hester tries to clinch up but Wooten circles away and keeps his distance.
Hester instigates a clinch.
Wooten tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hester's elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hester comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A right handed body shot lands from Wooten.
Zeke Hester has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Hester pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Hester pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Knees to the body from Hester.
Wooten takes a knee to the side of the body.
Hester tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wooten avoids it.
Hester trying to land knees to the body.
Wooten breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hester tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A slow jab from Wooten misses its intended target.
Wooten circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Hester drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Wooten follows Hester to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Darrell Wooten!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sheldon House (ranked 2499 p4p, 2950 weight class) and Tadeusz Pawelczyk (ranked 201 p4p, 223 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Excellent boxer
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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 7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sheldon House!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tadeusz Pawelczyk!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Trevor Gratis and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
House moves out of range of the strikes.
Pawelczyk throws a jab but it's blocked by House.
House avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
House swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from House. Pawelczyk does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pawelczyk blocks the body kick.
House uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pawelczyk.
House ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
House seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
House takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
House closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
House scores with a three punch combo!
It looks like Tadeusz Pawelczyk has been cut.
Pawelczyk scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
House gets a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pawelczyk has a couple of punches blocked by House.
Pawelczyk tries to throw a body punch but House avoids it by throwing Pawelczyk back against the cage.
Pawelczyk softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Pawelczyk lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pawelczyk lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
House blocks a body shot from Pawelczyk.
House manages to break the clinch.
Pawelczyk is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
That's one minute gone in the round.
House is looking to clinch but Pawelczyk is avoiding it.
Pawelczyk lands the left hand.
Pawelczyk misses with a body shot
and House counters with a lovely straight right hand!
House looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
House slips a straight right by Pawelczyk.
Pawelczyk is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
The crowd cheers as Pawelczyk lands an impressive looking overhand right. House doesn't seem phased though.
Pawelczyk moves out of range of the strikes.
Pawelczyk looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Pawelczyk lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
House throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
House with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pawelczyk to score with a decent uppercut.
House throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Tadeusz Pawelczyk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
House tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pawelczyk swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pawelczyk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pawelczyk lands a lovely overhand right.
This has been an exciting period of action!
House ducks right into an uppercut from Pawelczyk.
Pawelczyk keeps the fight on the outside.
Pawelczyk throws a big shot that misses.
House is looking for a counter combo.
Pawelczyk has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pawelczyk avoids the head kick by House.
Pawelczyk circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pawelczyk might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Pawelczyk catches House with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Pawelczyk jabs at House's body.
House drives through and clinches with Pawelczyk against the cage.
House escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pawelczyk fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Pawelczyk checks a leg kick.
House moves into the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by House.
House can't break the clinch.
Pawelczyk throws a punch but it's blocked by House.
House lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Pawelczyk misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pawelczyk lands a left hand.
Pawelczyk misses with a punch on the inside.
Pawelczyk lands a body punch in the clinch.
Pawelczyk misses with the head strike.
House is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pawelczyk pushes House back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by House.
Pawelczyk swings away with an uppercut that misses.
House tries to break the clinch but Pawelczyk is controlling the position.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Pawelczyk.
House prevents a body shot from Pawelczyk.
House swings away with an uppercut that misses.
House wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pawelczyk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pawelczyk has a couple of punches blocked by House.
Pawelczyk misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pawelczyk trying to stall but House improves his position.
House is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Pawelczyk misses with a punch on the inside.
House is trying to break the clinch but Pawelczyk has him pressed against the cage.
House wants to break free but Pawelczyk has control.
House is trying to break the clinch but Pawelczyk is controlling him.
House looking to throw knees to the head but Pawelczyk is blocking nicely.
Pawelczyk misses with a punch on the inside.
House is looking to break free of the clinch but Pawelczyk has double underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
House breaks from the clinch.
House ducks under a wild hook from Pawelczyk.
Pawelczyk avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pawelczyk lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Pawelczyk lands with a good body shot.
Pawelczyk throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
House avoids the body shot from Pawelczyk.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
House takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Pawelczyk circles away from the clinch attempt
and Pawelczyk makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Pawelczyk jabs House right on the nose. House blinks but takes it well.
A big left from Pawelczyk misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Pawelczyk, as that shot connected.
House misses with a head kick.
Pawelczyk throws out a counter right but House avoids it with no problem.
Pawelczyk connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Pawelczyk tries to clinch but fails miserably
and House cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
House throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Pawelczyk fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches House on the side of the head.
House ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
House goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
House is looking to clinch but Pawelczyk is avoiding it.
Pawelczyk swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Pawelczyk darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A head kick misses from House.
Pawelczyk getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Pawelczyk throws a looping overhand right but House ducks down to avoid it.
Pawelczyk lands a head shot.
Pawelczyk's corner calls for a 1-2. Pawelczyk obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
 House is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pawelczyk throws a jab when House was well out of range.
Oh House is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
House ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pawelczyk moves away.
Pawelczyk throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pawelczyk lands with an overhand left.
Pawelczyk tries to clinch there but House circles away.
House looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
House uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pawelczyk.
House seems to have got his legs back now.
Pawelczyk has closed the distance and engaged House in a clinch.
Pawelczyk blocks a body shot from House.
House has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
House blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pawelczyk is pushing House up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Pawelczyk misses with a punch on the inside.
House's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pawelczyk thows a left - swing and a miss!
House takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Pawelczyk works the jab nicely.
Pawelczyk misses with a left hand
and House connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Pawelczyk cracks House with an open hand slap.
Nice uppercut lands for Pawelczyk. That snapped House's head back.
House staying out of range there.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
House fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Pawelczyk avoids the body shot from House.
Pawelczyk looks to land a left hand but House moved out of range nicely.
Pawelczyk swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pawelczyk throws a hook but House avoids it easily.
House throws a big counter combination but Pawelczyk scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Pawelczyk scores with a shot to the body.
Pawelczyk scores with a shot to the body.
Pawelczyk tries to close the distance and clinch up but House swats him away and circles back towards the center.
House misses with a head kick.
House clinches up against the cage.
House lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Pawelczyk backwards.
Pawelczyk lands a body shot.
Pawelczyk pushes House back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pawelczyk has a couple of punches blocked by House.
House working hard to break the clinch.
House blocks a punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
House manages to break the clinch.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
House bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
House takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Pawelczyk throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pawelczyk throws a body shot but no joy.
House slips a jab from Pawelczyk.
Pawelczyk takes a swing at House's ribcage but misses.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from House.
Pawelczyk tries to clinch but House moves out of range.
Pawelczyk takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
House has managed to clinch.
House escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pawelczyk misses with a body shot.
Pawelczyk darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
House gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
House tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pawelczyk manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
House avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pawelczyk throws a hook but House blocks it.
House throws a head kick that misses.
House ducks under a wild hook from Pawelczyk.
Pawelczyk misses with a body shot.
A left and a right from Pawelczyk both land. Nice combination.
House wants to clinch.
House takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
House fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pawelczyk swats away the attempt to clinch by House.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tadeusz Pawelczyk dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tadeusz Pawelczyk's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Pawelczyk cracks House with a good jab.
Good standup being displayed there by Pawelczyk as he connects with a hook.
Pawelczyk fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches House on the side of the head.
House moves away from the strike by Pawelczyk.
House lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
House tries to clinch but Pawelczyk is having none of it.
House tries to move into range but Pawelczyk moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Pawelczyk just misses with a punch to the body.
A low kick lands for House.
Pawelczyk connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Pawelczyk is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Pawelczyk fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pawelczyk misses with a right hand
and House makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Pawelczyk clinches with his opponent.
Pawelczyk swings wildly with an uppercut but House uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pawelczyk will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning House up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
House breaks from the clinch.
House moves into the clinch.
Pawelczyk lands a right hand that snaps the head of House backwards.
Pawelczyk misses with the head strike.
Pawelczyk is struggling to control the position.
House breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
House clinches up against the cage.
Pawelczyk fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
House breaks from the clinch.
House on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Pawelczyk 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.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from House 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 Pawelczyk has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Pawelczyk and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Pawelczyk jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A jab from Pawelczyk finds it's way through House's defenses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pawelczyk misses with a looping right.
House went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
House lands a slapping body shot.
House is looking to wear down Pawelczyk with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pawelczyk lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Pawelczyk misses with a telegraphed body shot
and House cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
House throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Pawelczyk connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Pawelczyk thows a left - swing and a miss!
House throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Pawelczyk misses with a straight left.
Pawelczyk connects with a jab.
Pawelczyk throws out a loose jab but House uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pawelczyk looks to throw the jab but House is out of range.
Pawelczyk keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
House tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pawelczyk swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pawelczyk ducks down and throws a hook to the body but House moves away.
Tadeusz Pawelczyk seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pawelczyk swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pawelczyk looks to land a right hand but House moved out of range.
House throws the left hand but Pawelczyk avoids the punch easily.
A slow jab from Pawelczyk misses its intended target.
Pawelczyk misses with a wild body shot.
Pawelczyk lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Pawelczyk takes a swing at House's ribcage but misses.
Pawelczyk takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Pawelczyk jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
House tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pawelczyk paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pawelczyk tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
House misses with a body shot.
House tries to close the distance and clinch but Pawelczyk swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
House moves into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pawelczyk throws a punch but it's blocked by House.
Pawelczyk throws a punch but it's blocked by House.
House working aggressively here.
Pawelczyk lands with a short shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by House.
Tadeusz Pawelczyk seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pawelczyk lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Pawelczyk fails to land.
Pawelczyk tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pawelczyk doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
House blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
House escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
House tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Pawelczyk manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
House slips a jab from Pawelczyk.
House slips a jab from Pawelczyk.
Pawelczyk throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
House feinted there with a counter leg kick.
House moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Pawelczyk lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Pawelczyk avoids the body shot from House.
Pawelczyk moves out of range of the body kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Pawelczyk.
Pawelczyk misses with a hook
and House counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pawelczyk jabs House to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A punch lands to the side of House 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A big right from Pawelczyk misses.
Pawelczyk scores with a hook to the body. House takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Pawelczyk misses the shot to the body.
House needs to keep his hands up - Pawelczyk had a free shot at his head there.
House bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
House misses with a head kick.
A nice side step and Pawelczyk releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Pawelczyk stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from House.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pawelczyk avoids the body shot from House.
Pawelczyk cracks House with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Pawelczyk scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Pawelczyk throws an uppercut from half a mile away. House sees it coming and avoids it easily.
House uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pawelczyk.
Pawelczyk dips to his left and cracks House with an uppercut!
Pawelczyk cracks House with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! House falls to his knees and Pawelczyk doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tadeusz Pawelczyk!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dustin Gold (ranked 1303 p4p, 2612 weight class) and Ceferino Garcia (ranked 122 p4p, 208 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Garcia's choice of entrance music: TheFatRat - P.S.. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dustin Gold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ceferino Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Yves DeLean and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gold takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Garcia lands with a hook. Gold tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Gold takes a jab right on the kisser.
Gold has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Ragnarok\'s Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Garcia throws a body punch but Gold moves out of range.
Gold throws a series of punches but Garcia avoids them all with ease.
Garcia misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Gold counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A shot to the liver by Garcia. Beautiful body shot.
Gold lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Garcia at a distance.
Garcia slips under a jab.
Gold fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garcia manages to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Garcia lands an overhand right.
Gold is rocked!
Garcia cracks Gold with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Gold falls to his knees and Garcia doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ceferino Garcia!
Ceferino Garcia tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Romulo Ferreira (ranked 1962 p4p, 2468 weight class) and Amber Jack (ranked 175 p4p, 198 weight class). Jack has chosen DDA - Pusha T as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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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 16 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Romulo Ferreira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Amber Jack!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Steve Smith and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jack lands a really nice looking cross but Ferreira seems unphased.
Ferreira misses with a series of wild punches.
Jack looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Jack throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ferreira misses with a hook
and Ferreira takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A telegraphed right hand from Ferreira misses the target.
Ferreira takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
It looks like Amber Jack has been cut.
Amber Jack seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jack bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ferreira's head.
Jack throws a poor cross that misses
and Ferreira counters with a stiff right hand.
Ferreira throws a jab when Jack was well out of range.
Jack misses with a right hand
and Ferreira counters with a nice uppercut.
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!
Jack throws an overhand right that lands on Ferreira's shoulder, as Ferreira tries to avoid the shot.
Ferreira throwing a counter right hand but Jack manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jack throws a lazy right hand but Ferreira sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ferreira is looking to counter punch.
Ferreira misses the jab.
Ferreira moves away from the strike by Jack.
Ferreira showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jack.
Jack throws an overhand right that lands on Ferreira's shoulder, as Ferreira tries to avoid the shot.
A counter left hand to the body from Ferreira misses its target.
We've been told by Ferreira's head coaches at Ragnarok\'s Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Jack cracks Ferreira with a good jab.
Jack ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ferreira pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ferreira misses with a lunging right hand
and Jack counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jack steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Ferreira.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira lands with an uppercut that bounces Jack off the cage and back into range.
Jack takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jack displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ferreira throws out the jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ferreira. Jack does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jack looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Jack avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ferreira takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Jack throws a jab but it's blocked by Ferreira.
Ferreira looks to land a left hand but Jack moved out of range nicely.
Jack throws a lazy uppercut
and Ferreira counters with a stiff right hand.
Ferreira is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Jack.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ferreira getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Jack is rocked!
Ferreira knocks out Jack with a massive right hand! The ref tackles Ferreira before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. Ferreira picks up the big W with a huge KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Romulo Ferreira!
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Flaming Kerotan (ranked 1206 p4p, 1348 weight class) and Tipsy Tavio (ranked 113 p4p, 129 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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135
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6 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
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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 9 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Flaming Kerotan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tipsy Tavio!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Ian Loll and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tavio moves out of range as Kerotan strikes.
Kerotan misses with a body kick.
A countering left hand to the body from Tavio misses.
Tavio throws a body shot but no joy.
Kerotan was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tavio. Kerotan does a little dance to reset his feet.
Flaming Kerotan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tavio is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Kerotan.
Tavio has managed to clinch.
Tavio keeps control of Kerotan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tavio goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tavio has Kerotan pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Kerotan manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Tavio cracks Kerotan with a nice body shot.
Tavio tries to score a body lock takedown but Kerotan shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Kerotan throws a head punch that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tavio manages to pull guard.
Kerotan stands and steps away. Tavio gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Kerotan scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Tavio lands with a right hand.
Tavio listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kerotan uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Tavio has time to react.
Tavio throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kerotan throws a big counter combination but Tavio scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Tavio wants to clinch up but Kerotan keeps it at a distance.
Kerotan throws a quick counter kick to the body but Tavio avoids it.
Kerotan throws a series of punches but Tavio moves out of range.
Tavio is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Kerotan with a body shot.
Kerotan keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Flaming Kerotan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tipsy Tavio.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tavio throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kerotan counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kerotan throws a right hand that misses
and Tavio connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Kerotan lands with a good body shot.
Kerotan scores with a one two! Tavio had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
A punch combination from Tavio misses.
Kerotan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tavio.
Kerotan feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Tavios jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Tavio tries to clinch up.
Kerotan walks into a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kerotan lands with a straight right. Tavio didn't see that one coming.
Kerotan throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Kerotan waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tavio.
Kerotan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kerotan is looking to counter punch.
Tavio takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Tavio swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kerotan.
Good standup being displayed there by Tavio as he connects with a hook.
Kerotan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tavio.
Kerotan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Tavio looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tavio swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kerotan gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Tavio counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kerotan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Tavio fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kerotan, pushing him back against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tavio has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Kerotan uses from the top position.
Tavio working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Kerotan doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Kerotan manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tavio has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Kerotan can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Tavio wants to sweep but no luck.
Tavio has his foot on Kerotan's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Kerotan works his way back into a safe position though.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Tavio is working an open guard so Kerotan takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Good standup being displayed there by Tavio as he connects with a hook.
Kerotan throws a head kick that misses.
Tavio avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tavio ducks under a wild hook from Kerotan.
Kerotan connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tavio bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Kerotan really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Tavio looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Tavio landing strikes.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Tavio thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tavio in side control lands a decent elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kerotan is trying to buck Tavio off.
Tavio connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Kerotan some visible discomfort.
Kerotan is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Kerotan taking a bit of punishment here - Tavio scoring with strikes.
Tavio lands an elbow.
Kerotan seems a little lost for a moment, as Tavio dominates the positioning.
Kerotan wants to get back to his feet.
Kerotan takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Tavio tries to advance to mount but can't.
Tavio works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Tavio scores with a couple of short elbows.
Tavio cracks Kerotan with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Tavio lands a few punches from side control.
Kerotan is pushing Tavio's head away, looking to escape. Tavio manages to hold on to the position though.
Tavio scores with punches from side control.
Kerotan is trying to buck Tavio off.
Tavio connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Kerotan some visible discomfort.
Kerotan is pushing Tavio's head away, looking to escape. Tavio manages to hold on to the position though.
Tavio works to advance to full mount. Kerotan defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Tavio raining down hammerfists from mount.
Kerotan trying desperately to get to his feet.
Tavio looking to finish Kerotan with some ground and pound. This is bad for Kerotan!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tavio wants to control the pace but Kerotan is squirming around nicely.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The referee warns Kerotan that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Kerotan definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Tavio landing punches.
Kerotan in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Tavio trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Tavio working Kerotan over with strikes here.
Kerotan is rocked!
Tavio drops a big elbow. That's hurt Kerotan! More shots from Tavio and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tipsy Tavio!
Tipsy Tavio thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rap Mustala (ranked 1319 p4p, 1833 weight class) and Matt Seal (ranked 125 p4p, 162 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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27
144
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33
135
17 - 13 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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World class boxer
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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 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rap Mustala!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Matt Seal!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mustala connects with a leg kick.
Seal misses with a double jab
and Mustala counters with an outside leg kick.
Seal uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mustala.
Seal throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Mustala to counter with a crisp jab.
Mustala looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Mustala misses with a few strikes there.
Mustala jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Seal misses with a left hand
and Mustala counters with a thumping low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An inside leg kick from Seal misses.
Mustala lands with a nice body punch.
Mustala slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Seal takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Mustala misses with a looping right.
Seal throws out a counter right but Mustala avoids it with no problem.
Mustala misses with a low kick.
Mustala scores with a sloppy right hand. Seal should have avoided that one.
Seal scores with a jab to the jaw.
Mustala ducks under a wild hook from Seal.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Mustala lands a jab to the head.
Seal takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mustala scores with a punch to the head.
Seal lands a lovely overhand right.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mustala throws a poor cross that misses
and Seal counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
 It looks like Rap Mustala has been cut.
Seal cracks Mustala with a right hand to the side of the head.
A telegraphed right hand from Mustala misses the target.
Mustala scores with a leg kick.
Seal connects with a good right hand that stumbles Mustala. Mustala circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Seal misses with a low kick.
Mustala rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Seal moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mustala slips a jab from Seal.
Mustala ducks right into an uppercut from Seal.
Seal has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mustala.
Mustala is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Seal.
Mustala is rocked!
Seal moves in close and cracks Mustala with a massive right hand! Mustala, frozen momentarily in time, tumbles to the canvas, already out cold! A brutal knockout by Seal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Matt Seal!
Matt Seal thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kurt Lemon (ranked 1260 p4p, 765 weight class) and Rex Tremors (ranked 117 p4p, 73 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kurt Lemon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rex Tremors!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Elvis Blanc and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A thudding body kick lands there by Tremors!
Tremors ducks under a wild hook from Lemon.
It seemed like Tremors was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Lemon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tremors was well out of range. Poor timing from Lemon.
Tremors throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tremors misses with an uppercut
and Lemon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lemon seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
A solid body kick from Tremors.
Tremors lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Tremors tries a head kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tremors swings for the body but Lemon moves out of range.
Lemon was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Tremors steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lemon.
Tremors throws a jab but it's blocked by Lemon.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lemon rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tremors moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lemon misses with a wild body shot.
Lemon lands an overhand right.
Lemon misses with a shot to the body
and Tremors cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lemon is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Lemon slips a jab and a cross from Tremors.
Lemon throws a big counter combination but Tremors scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Lemon avoids the body shot from Tremors.
Lemon changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Tremors tries to avoid it but Lemon manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Tremors to the ground. Tremors escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Tremors clobbers Lemon with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Lemon lunges at Tremors with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Tremors's hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tremors takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Tremors is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Tremors scores with a head kick. Lemon tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Tremors is still on wobbly legs! Can Lemon finish him?
Lemon shoots in for a double leg but Tremors sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Tremors seems to have recovered his senses.
Tremors goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Lemon fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kurt Lemon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A punch combination from Lemon misses.
A head kick misses from Tremors.
Tremors tries a head kick but it misses.
Lemon appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Lemon throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tremors tries a head kick but it misses.
Lemon moves out of range as Tremors strikes.
A head kick by Tremors misses
and Lemon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lemon missing with a left hand there. Tremors was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tremors raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Tremors tries a head kick but it misses.
Lemon swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lemon. Tremors does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tremors is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Lemon throws a shot from downtown. Tremors moves away and avoids it.
Tremors throws out a counter right but Lemon avoids it with no problem.
Tremors will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tremors throws a head kick that misses
and Lemon counters with a straight right hand.
Tremors moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Lemon scores with a hook to the body. Tremors takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Lemon drops Tremors with a huge uppercut! Tremors drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Lemon is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kurt Lemon!
A relieved looking Kurt Lemon thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Greene (ranked 1080 p4p, 851 weight class) and Jimmy Jackman (ranked 102 p4p, 79 weight class). Greene's entrance music is Stepdad- Eminem. A fine choice. Ricky Greene could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jimmy Jackman's chin.
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39
135
29 - 27 - 1 |
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141
20 - 19 - 0 |
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World class boxer
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World class boxer
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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 29 - 27 - 1, fighting out of London, Ricky Greene!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jimmy Jackman!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, William Peck and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackman throws a big shot that misses.
Greene looks to land a left hand but Jackman moved out of range nicely.
Greene lands the left hand.
Greene 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.
Greene tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jackman works over Greene's head and body with a nice combination.
Greene darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jackman keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Greene is looking for submissions but instead, Jackman has regained full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackman controlling Greene's posture.
Jackman manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Greene manages to get himself to full guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Jackman working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Greene has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Jackman can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Jackman sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Greene's guard.
Jackman is looking to advance position but Greene won't allow it.
Jackman scoring with strikes to the body and head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackman is working for a submission of some sort.
Jackman moves nicely into side control.
Greene wants to control but Jackman postures up.
Greene gets back to half guard.
Jackman missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Jackman looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Jackman 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.
Jackman landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackman lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Greene is trying to control but can't.
Jackman looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Greene with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Jackman is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Jackman avoids the attempt from Greene to control.
Jackman landing strikes from the mount and Greene is in trouble!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Greene tries to hold on but Jackman pushes him away.
Jackman putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Jackman lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackman with shots to the head and body - Greene looks very uncomfortable down there.
Greene is rocked!
Jackman softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and Greene is out cold! Jackman jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jimmy Jackman!
Jimmy Jackman decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Triton Koski (ranked 555 p4p, 731 weight class) and Isaac Keys (ranked 52 p4p, 70 weight class). Isaac Keys has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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29
144
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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 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Triton Koski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Isaac Keys!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Robert Douchet and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koski lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Keys at a distance.
Keys tries to close the distance and clinch up but Koski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Isaac Keys seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Koski misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Koski slips a straight right by Keys.
A little feinted left hand from Koski on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Keys has managed to clinch.
Keys creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Koski's defenses.
It looks like Triton Koski has been cut.
Keys using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Koski has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Keys.
Keys lands a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knees to the body from Keys.
Keys cracks Koski with a nice body shot.
Keys is pressed up against the cage. Koski has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Keys down to the mat. Keys avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Keys moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Keys blocks a jab.
Keys lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Koski looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Koski fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Keys.
Keys throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Koski sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Keys throws a sloppy head kick
and Koski counters with a nice low kick that buckles Keys's knee momentarily.
Keys tries to close the distance and clinch up but Koski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Koski misses with a series of wild punches.
Koski scores with a takedown into Keys's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koski trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Koski throws a big right hand that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Koski trying to control but Keys is working from the bottom.
Koski tries to free his leg and advance position but Keys is retaining full guard.
Keys preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Koski in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Koski has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Koski throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Koski loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koski throws an elbow that misses. Keys uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Koski's guard. Nice move by Keys!
Koski is looking for a triangle but Keys pushes his legs off easily.
Koski wants to hit a sweep here but Keys passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Koski there!
Koski tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Keys sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Koski is trying to escape the mount.
Keys controlling his opponent.
Koski is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Keys stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Koski cracks Keys with a good jab.
Koski scores with the left hand. Keys knows he should have avoided that one.
It looks like Isaac Keys has been cut.
Keys closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Koski wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Keys has him pressed against the cage.
Keys misses with a hook from the clinch.
Keys misses with a body punch.
Koski has had enough of the clinch but Keys keeps him there for the moment.
Keys misses with a body punch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Keys is pressed up against the cage. Koski has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Keys down to the mat. Keys avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Keys tries to clinch
and Koski counters with a nice low kick that buckles Keys's knee momentarily.
Koski's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Keys connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Koski scrambles back to his feet.
Koski throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A nice leg kick lands there from Koski.
Keys avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Keys takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Koski misses with a leg kick
and Keys cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Keys throws a big shot that misses.
Koski swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Keys scores with a jab. Koski acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Keys connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Koski's hands.
Koski is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Koski uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Keys.
Oh Koski is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Keys doesn't manage to clinch there - Koski circles away.
Keys tries to clinch up.
Koski attempts a counter takedown but Keys avoids it well and moves away.
Keys drops Koski with a huge uppercut! Koski drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Keys is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Isaac Keys!
Isaac Keys 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 bantamweight MMA rules bout between Yin Mao (ranked 804 p4p, 491 weight class) and Arelvam Sadrano (ranked 75 p4p, 45 weight class). Mao's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, HonestKey- Pass. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 22 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Yin Mao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 2, fighting out of New York, Arelvam Sadrano!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Dillan Fox and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick from Sadrano lands but Mao takes it in his stride.
Mao misses with a body kick.
Sadrano is looking to clinch.
Mao throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mao seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Mao throws a right and a left that Sadrano avoids nicely.
Mao throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sadrano moves into the clinch successfully.
Sadrano looking to throw knees to the head but Mao is blocking nicely.
Mao has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sadrano tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sadrano pushes off an throws an elbow but Mao leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Mao's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sadrano tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mao managing to block the knees to the body from Sadrano.
Sadrano trying to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mao blocks an elbow strike from Sadrano.
Mao avoids the elbow strike from Sadrano, against the cage.
Sadrano misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mao.
Mao manages to break the clinch.
Sadrano lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Arelvam Sadrano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sadrano throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Sadrano fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Sadrano moves into range and clinches up with Mao.
Sadrano throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mao blocks it with crossed arms.
Sadrano misses with a knee to the head.
Sadrano gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sadrano throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mao avoids the elbow strike from Sadrano, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sadrano tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mao avoiding damage as Sadrano throws knees to the body.
Sadrano looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sadrano throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sadrano tries to land knees in the clinch but Mao avoids the damage to the body.
Mao dodges an elbow strike from Sadrano.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mao managing to block the knees to the body from Sadrano.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Sadrano just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mao's brow.
Mao blocks an elbow strike from Sadrano.
Mao working hard to break the clinch.
Sadrano throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Sadrano looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Sadrano tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sadrano stalling.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sadrano with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Sadrano misses with an elbow over the top.
Mao is trying to break the clinch but Sadrano has him pressed against the cage.
Sadrano missing with knees to the body.
Mao is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sadrano tries to land a knee to the head but Mao blocks with his arms.
Sadrano misses with a knee strike.
Mao blocks the elbow strike.
Sadrano crunches a lovely knee into Mao's ribcage.
Sadrano unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Sadrano throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sadrano landing knees to the body.
Sadrano misses with a knee to the head.
Sadrano tries to land knees in the clinch but Mao avoids the damage to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sadrano is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mao is defending well for now.
Sadrano misses with an elbow over the top.
Sadrano tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mao dodges an elbow strike from Sadrano.
Mao blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sadrano throws an elbow but it misses.
Sadrano throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Sadrano tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mao avoids it.
Sadrano missing with knees to the body.
Sadrano tries to land knees in the clinch but Mao avoids the damage to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mao looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sadrano tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mao avoids it.
Sadrano misses with an elbow over the top.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Mao on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sadrano is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mao is defending well for now.
Sadrano missing with knees to the body.
Sadrano throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sadrano throws an elbow but misses.
Mao can't break the clinch.
Sadrano working Mao over with knees to the body.
Sadrano gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Sadrano landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sadrano misses with a knee to the head.
Sadrano looking to throw knees to the head but Mao is blocking nicely.
Sadrano misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mao.
Sadrano misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mao.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sadrano tries a knee to the head but Mao blocks it.
Mao blocks an elbow strike from Sadrano.
Sadrano putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mao in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sadrano throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sadrano pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sadrano tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mao avoids it.
Sadrano misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mao.
Sadrano creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sadrano is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mao is defending well for now.
Sadrano tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mao avoids it.
Mao is trying to push Sadrano away but Sadrano has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sadrano trying to land knees to the body.
Mao avoiding damage as Sadrano throws knees to the body.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Mao has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Mao blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sadrano using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mao has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Sadrano working Mao over with knees to the body.
Sadrano tries to land a knee to the head but Mao blocks with his arms.
Sadrano tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mao avoids it.
Sadrano is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mao is defending well for now.
Sadrano has Mao pressed against the cage, preventing Mao from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mao avoiding damage as Sadrano throws knees to the body.
Mao is trying to break the clinch but Sadrano is controlling him.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Sadrano is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mao is defending well for now.
Sadrano tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mao avoids it.
Sadrano throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Mao tries to break the clinch but Sadrano is controlling the position.
Sadrano trying to land knees to the body.
Mao blocks an elbow strike from Sadrano.
Mao blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sadrano misses with an elbow over the top.
Mao blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mao breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mao misses with a straight right.
Sadrano steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Mao.
Sadrano throws out a leg kick but Mao moves out of range and Sadrano only half commits.
Mao swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Sadrano on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nice defenses there by Sadrano.
A low kick from Sadrano misses
and Mao counters with a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fight stays on the outside here - Sadrano looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Mao.
Sadrano with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Mao chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Sadrano can pounce on him.
A bone on bone clash there as Mao blocks the leg kick.
Sadrano connects with an inside leg kick.
Mao blocks a leg kick.
Sadrano throws a low kick but Mao moves out of range easily.
Mao swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Sadrano stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Sadrano fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Mao checks it well.
Mao works Sadrano's body with a nice hook.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Arelvam Sadrano 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.
Sadrano scoring well with a low kick there.
Sadrano closes the distance and clinches.
Sadrano looking to throw knees to the head but Mao is blocking nicely.
Sadrano throws an elbow but it misses.
Sadrano lands an elbow inside that Mao shrugs off.
Mao blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sadrano misses with a knee strike.
Mao blocks the elbow strike.
Mao blocks an elbow strike from Sadrano.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sadrano keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mao's efforts to push away.
Sadrano utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Sadrano tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mao avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sadrano keeps control of Mao as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mao breaks from the clinch.
Mao avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sadrano pushes Mao up against the cage in a clinch.
Sadrano misses with an elbow strike.
Mao avoiding damage as Sadrano throws knees to the body.
Sadrano trying to land knees to the body.
Sadrano missing with knees to the body.
Mao working hard to break the clinch.
Mao breaks from the clinch.
Sadrano throws a solid leg kick but Mao takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sadrano.
Mao cracks Sadrano with a good jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mao moves out of range of the leg kick from Sadrano.
Mao throws a big shot that misses.
Sadrano wants to counter the offense by Mao and move into the clinch position.
Sadrano tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sadrano looks to score with a jab to the body but Mao is just out of range.
Mao swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Mao is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sadrano.
Sadrano takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Sadrano throws a leg kick that is checked
and Sadrano takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
It looks like Arelvam Sadrano has been cut.
Mao takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Sadrano lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sadrano tries to work over Mao's front leg with a kick but Mao checks it.
A leg kick checked by Mao.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sadrano throws the left hand but Mao avoids the punch easily.
Mao throwing a counter right hand but Sadrano manages to avoid it.
Mao throws a body punch but Sadrano moves out of range.
Sadrano tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mao paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sadrano tries a low kick but Mao avoids it.
Sadrano tries to land a front kick but Mao steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Mao throws a big counter combination but Sadrano scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Sadrano lands with a kick to the temple. Mao shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Mao takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Mao checks a leg kick nicely.
Mao keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Sadrano misses with a leg kick
and Mao counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mao tries to land a front kick but Sadrano steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Nice defenses there by Sadrano.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sadrano misses with a low kick.
Sadrano misses with a leg kick.
Mao thinks about countering with a body kick.
Jab by Mao.
Sadrano bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sadrano has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Sadrano is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Sadrano tries to clinch but Mao is having none of it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mao throws a lazy uppercut
and Sadrano counters with a low kick, right behind Mao 's knee.
Mao scores with a spinning back kick!
Sadrano tries to clinch but Mao moves out of range.
Sadrano tries to clinch up.
Mao lands a big head kick that sends Sadrano tumbling to the mat! Mao takes a step backwards and waves Sadrano back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Sadrano is rocked!
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Mao is looking to land body kicks.
Sadrano is still on wobbly legs! Can Mao finish him?
Sadrano tries to land a leg kick but Mao saw it coming and moves away.
Sadrano throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Sadrano misses with a leg kick
and Mao counters with a monster hook and another for good measure! Sadrano falls to the ground, out cold! Stick some heavy metal music over the top of that clip and it's one for the highlight makers!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Yin Mao!
After winning the bout, Yin Mao 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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