. >>> RYAN BADER RAN THROUGH THE HEAVYWEIGHT GRAND PRIX AND MADE HISTORY BY KNOCKING T OUT LEMNEKO. TONIGHT, CHAMP RYAN BADER WILL PUT HIS TITLE ON THE LINE. >> I'M THE BEST THERE'S EVER BEEN. >> COMING FOR HIS GOLD, HIS PROTEGE. VADIM NEMKOV. BELLATOR MMA LIVE TONIGHT ON PAIR MOUNT NETWORK. >>> OUR SENSATIONAL SUMMER SERIES CONTINUES. HERE IN OUR HOME AWAY FROM HOME, THE MOHEGAN SUN ARENA. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE WE HAVE RETURNED, WE HAVE A TITLE ON THE LINE. RYAN BADER DEFENDING HIS BELLATOR 205 POUNDS FOR THE SECOND TIME. LATER TONIGHT IN OUR MAIN EVENT ON PARAMOUNT NETWORK AGAINST VADIM NEMKOV, ALSO ON THE CARD, THE FORMER LONG-TIME CHAMPION, THE JEWEL, JULIA BUDD/JESSY MIELE. ROY NELSON AND VALENTIN MOLDAVSKY. COMING YOUR WAY TONIGHT ON PARAMOUNT NETWORK. MOLDAVSKY WILL BE IN THE OCTAGON IN ACTION WITH HIS TEAMMATE, VADOR WILL BE IN THE HOUSE. THIS WILL BE AN INTERESTING NIGHT OF FIGHTS, TO SAY THE LEAST, WITH THE FIGHT WE'LL GET INTO THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. JOSH THOMPSON, BIG JOHN McCARTHY. IT'S GOING TO BE A FUN FIGHT FOR THE TITLE LATE ON PARAMOUNT NETWORK.
WE START IN THE FEATHERWEIGHT DIVISION. TALK ABOUT THE LEGACY, LUCAS BRENNAN. THE SON OF A VERY SUCCESSFUL FIGHTER IN HIS OWN RIGHT, THE WESTSIDE STRANGLER CHRIS BRENNAN AND WILL SMITH. >> WHEN YOU'RE WATCHING LUCAS BRENNAN YOU'RE WATCHING A YOUNG PRODIGY ON THE GROUND. HE CAN GRAPPLE WITH ANYBODY. HE'S SLICK. HAS THAT GREAT JUJITSU FROM BEING WITH HIS DAD. THAT IS NOT YOUR NORMAL CHOKE BUT HE HAS THE ABILITY TO BRING THINGS ON TO THE GROUND AND OTHER GUYS DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND.
OUR TALE OF THE TAPE FOR THIS OUR FIRST FIGHT OF THE NIGHT. 2-0 LUCAS BRENNAN SET TO TAKE ON WILL SMITH, WHO IS GOING TO MAKE HIS DEBUT INSIDE THE BELLATOR CAGE. >> TAKE A LOOK. 20 YEARS OLD. THAT IS YOUNG. 30'S STILL YOUNG, TOO. TWO YOUNG FIGHTERS. WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. >> IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF FUN. MICHAEL C. WILLIAMS TO GET THINGS UNDER WAY. >> Referee: GOOD EVENING. WE GET SET FOR BELLATOR 244 SEEN AROUND THE WORLD LIVE. WE GET THE ACTION UNDER WAY NOW WITH THREE FIVE-MINUTE ROUNDS IN THE FEATHERWEIGHT DIVISION. BRUCING IN THE BLUE CORNER. AT 5'8", WEIGHING IN 143.7 POUNDS, PROFESSIONAL RECORD THREE WINS, ONE LOSS, FIGHTING OUT OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, WILL "DESROCHERS" SMITH. FIGHTING OUT OF THE RED CORNER AT 1 TOYS, WAYING IN 145.8 POUNDS. AS A PROFESSIONAL, TWO VICTORIES, NO DEFEATS. FIGHTING OUT OF BRISCOE, TEXAS, PRESENTING LUCAS "SKY WALKER" BRENNAN! IN CHARGE OF THE ACTION, THE REFEREE BRIAN MINOR.
>> BRIAN MINOR OUR REFEREE FOR OUR FIRST FIGHT HERE INSIDE THE MOHEGAN SUN ARENA. YOUNG LUCAS BRENNAN, TWO AND OH. THREE AND ONE. HERE WE GO! TONIGHT'S FIGHT CLOCK BROUGHT TO YOU BY GEICO. BRENNAN IN THE RED GLOVES. WILL SMITH, JOSH THOMPSON, IN THE BLUE GLOVES. >> LUCAS BRENNAN IS SO YOUNG BUT SO TALENTED. JUST O, SO GREEN. I'M EXCITED TO SEE HOW HE'S EVOLVED. WE WERE TALKING EARLIER ABOUT THE ONE AREA HE NEEDS A LOT OF WORK ON. HE'S GOOD AT CLOSING IN ON THE DISTANCE ON THE TAKEDOWN. HE'S GOOD ON THE GROUND. HE'S GOT TO LEARN HOW TO PUT THE TWO TOGETHER. >> HE'S GOING TO DO EVERYTHING HE CAN TO KEEP THIS FIGHT IN THE STANDING IS POSITION. WILL SMITH YET TO BE STOPPED IN HIS PERSONAL CAREER. UP FROM 135 FOR THIS FIGHT WEIGHING IN AT 143.7. THE SAME THINGS GO FOR WILL SMITH ON THE FEET. ON THE GROUND, THOUGH, HE NEEDS TO EVOLVE HIS GRAPPLING. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS WEEK. WHEN YOU'RE WATCHING YOU'LL SEE GUYS THAT THEY HAVE THAT ONE ELEMENT, THAT STAND-UP GAME WILL SMITH BRINGS.
HE CAME FROM A BOXING BACKGROUND, BUT WHEN IT HITS THE GROUND, THAT'S NOT HIS AREA. HE WILL DO THINGS THAT WE WILL ADVISE AGAINST, TRY GOAT HIMSELF BACK TO HIS FEEL. YOU'VE GOT TO BE SMART WHEN YOU HIT THE GROUND ON HOW YOU GET BACK UP. >> THREE TIME WORLD CHAMPION, FIFTH DEGREE JUJITSU BLACK BELT. HIS FATHER CHRIS BRENNAN, 21 CAREER WINS, 19 BY SUBMISSION, AND SO FAR YOUNG LUCAS HAS TAKEN AFTER DAD'S LEAD. >> A ACE IN MOVE BY LUCAS. HE GAVE THAT SHOT, CHANGED THAT LEVEL, SHOT IN. WE'LL SEE IF HE CAN GET WILL SMITH TO THE GROUND FROM HERE. >> HIS FIRST OPPONENT, THOMAS LOPES WAS 31 AND LANDON, 33. NOW 20-YEAR-OLD LUCAS BRENNAN FACES 20-YEAR-OLD WILL SMITH. >> ABLE TO GET THAT BODY LOCK, SQUEEZE THE HIPS IN CLOSE TO HIS. GETTING HIS HIPS CLOSE IN, HE'S ABLE TO THRUST HIM DOWN RIGHT TO THE SIDE CONTROL. >> WHAT THIS DOES FOR LUCAS IS NOW HE'S IN HIS WORLD WHERE HE KNOWS I CAN'T BE HURT. THERE'S NO WAY HE CAN DO ANYTHING TO ME DOWN HERE. THIS IS MY WORLD SO IT'S ALL A MATTER OF SETTING UP WILL SMITH TO MAKE THE MISTAKE TO BE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF.
>> THAT WAS A NICE LITTLE VETERAN MOVE RIGHT THERE THAT BRENNAN DID. HE PULLED SMITH AWAY FROM THE FENCE SO HE COOPERATE WALK UP AND POTENTIALLY BRIDGE HIM OVER TO KPET TO ESCAPE OR COMPETITION. HE ROUGHS HIM OUT RIGHT THERE, GOT HIM BACK INTO THE HALF GUARD POSITION. WE'VE SEEN HALF GUARD IS A GOOD POSITION FOR HIM. >> HALF GUARD WILL BE A POSITION SO MANY FIGHTERS WILL CHOOSE. 24-7 ON OUR NEW PLUTO TV CHANNEL AVAILABLE NOW ON YOUR FAVORITE DEVICES. LOOK FOR US IN THE SPORTS CATEGORY. BELLATOR MMA ON PLUTO TV. BRENNAN WAS FIGHTING SOMEBODY LIKE LOVATO O JR. THEN I WOULD SAY OK YOU DON'T WANT TO BE THE POSITION WHERE HE WORKS TO GET UP BUT HE'S FIGHTING, REALLY CONTENT WITH BEING IN THE POSITION, NOT TAKING DAMAGE. THE OFFENSE HE MOUNTS FROM THE BOTTOM, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF HIM, SO BRENNAN WILL GO AHEAD AND START MOUPTDING HIM IN THE BACK. >> WHEN YOU'RE LUCAS, TAKE A LOOK AT THE LEFT ARM.
HE'S NOT REALLY EVEN THINKING ABOUT IT. NOW HE'S ON THAT OVERTOOK POSITION. ALL THE OVERHOOK DOES IS YOU HAVE NO OFFENSE FROM THAT POSITION. YOU HAVE NO WAY TO SCRAMBLE TO GET BACK ON YOUR FEET. IT HOLDS YOU IN THAT POSITION SO YOU CAN'T TAKE DAMAGE. >> GOOD SPREAD OF THE TLEGS BY LUCAS BRENNAN. YOU'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW WILL SMITH IS TRYING TO CONTROL THAT RIGHT LEG OF LUCAS BUT HE CAN MOVE IT UP AND THROUGH. 40 SECONDS REMAINING ON THE CLOCK HERE IN THE FIRST FIVE MINUTES. THE POSITION, SEE HOW LUCAS BRENNAN IS ON THE CANVAS BUT WILL SMITH HAS THE FOOT. A THREE QUARTER MOUNT. ROLLING HIM OVER TO TRY TO GET BACK. COULDN'T GET HIM BECAUSE OF THE POSITION ON THE GRIP. >> AT LEAST BY CONTROLLING THAT FOOT YOU'RE MAKING IT WHERE LUCAS NOW CAN TAKE THAT LEG, BRING IT INTO YOUR ABDOMINAL AREA. >> NO SHOTS IF HE HAS THE ARM TRAPPED. FINAL SECONDS OF ROUND NUMBER ONE. >> GIFT WRAPPED. >> WHAT LUCAS SEEMS TO DO IS GET THAT LEFT KNEE UP ON HIS BACK.
I CALL LIKE A KNEE PILLOW. ROLL HIM TO THE OTHER SIDE. >> NO GIFT TO THE GUY WHO'S WRAPPED. >> WHEN SOMEBODY GETS YOU GIFT WRAPPED, IT'S A BAD FEELING. >> ONCE AGAIN, BELLATOR, VERY PROUD TO CONTINUE TO PARTNER WITH THE DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS AT HARTFORD HEALTH CARE FOR ALL OF OUR COVID-19 TESTING AND SCREENING. FOR MORE INFORMATION GO TO HARTFORD HEALTH CARE.ORG. MICHAEL, JOSH THOMPSON, BIG JOHN McCARTHY. >> WORKING GREAT. MAYBE HIT THE INSIDE RIGHT. WHEN HE STOPS MOVING, OK? >> FIRST FYFE MINUTE, BIG JOB CONTROL BUT NOT A LOT OF DAMAGE, RIGHT? >> LUCAS BRENNAN ROUND. SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO THIS NEXT ONE. >> WHAT DID YOU THINK WAS THE ADVICE THAT NICK GHOUL GAVE WILL SMITH BETWEEN ROUNDS? >> HE'S RIGHT AS FAR AS BOXING.
WHAT I SEE IS HE NEEDS TO CONTROL LUCAS. BY GIVING A KNEE FAKE, ANYTHING AS FAR AS UPPERCUTS, HE'LL HAVE TO THROW IT ALL THE WAY. >> LUCAS SAID THAT BOXING WILL SMITH IS BY FAR WILL'S GREATEST STRENGTH. WANTS TO GET IT BACK TO THE GROUND. FEELS HE HAS A DEFINITIVE ADVANTAGE AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY ARGUMENT ABOUT THAT. TOLD ME NEVER FIGHT ANOTHER MAN'S FIGHT. LUCAS, THIS IS STAND U.S. OPEN AGAINST WILL SMITH, THAT'S WILL SMITH'S FIGHT. >> HE'S ON THE STAND-UP SO HE'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE — HE'S GOT TO THE CHANGE IT UP AND MIX IT UP.
JUST TRYING TO BOX RIGHT NOW. GOT TO DO THE TWO OF THEM TOGETHER. >> GOT TO LET HIM GO. >> WALK IN, NOW. >> ANYTIME I WOULD BE FIGHTING ANYONE THAT'S PREDOMINANTLY A GRAPPLER, GO RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE. >> THAT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE. NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET IT. CLOSING THAT DISTANCE. >> BIG CHANCE IN THE WAY HE CLOSED IT, THOUGH. >> DIDN'T HE? >> YOU'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL. THIS IS WHERE A GUY IS NOT COMFORTABLE IN A POSITION, YOU CAN SEE THEM PRESSING FOR IT, HAVING THAT WHERE THEY'LL ACTUALLY MAKE WHAT WE SAY DON'T MAKE THAT MISTAKE, DON'T MAKE IT, TRY TO GET THE FIGHT WHERE THEY WANT IT. IT WORKED FOR LUCAS. >> THAT'S CALLED BEING 20 YEARS OLD. >> NICE WORK ON THE ELBOWS. HE DIDN'T HAVE TWO QUARTER MOUNT POSITION. GOT TO DRIVE THAT RIGHT KNEE ALL THE WAY THROUGH. >> WILL SMITH — SORRY, JOSH. HAS TO BE STOPPED. CERTAINLY WORKING HARD WITH THE GROUND AND POUND.
>> HE'S GOT WILL'S ARM ACROSS HIS NECK. SOMETHING YOUR DAD USED TO DO WHEN YOU WERE A KID WHEN HE TICKLED YOU LIKE HE'S DOING NOW. YOU ONLY HAVE ONE WAY TO TURN. >> EXACTLY WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, HE'S GOT TO ROLL THROUGH IT BUT THAT'S GOING TO EXPOSE HIS BACK AND THAT'S WHAT LUCAS IS TRYING TO SET UP. >> WHAT LUCAS IS DOING, HE'S GOT THE HANDCUFF STILL. HE'S GOING TO TRY TO GO NOT A SIDE CHOKE POSITION BUT TRY TO TAKE THE BACK. LUCAS ON THE BACK IS DANGEROUS. WE'VE SEEN THAT ALREADY. >> COUPLE OF REAR NAKED CHOKES. BEAUTIFUL NEON BELLY. OFFICIALLY FOREARM CHOKE, YOU TALK ABOUT, I KNOW JOHN WOULD RATHER SEE IT. >> THAT'S JUST WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT A THE END OF ROUND ONE, TOO, GUYS. GIFT WRAPPED AND GIFT BEING THROWN AT WILL SMITH. HE'LL GIFT WRAP YOU AND HOUND YOU. SO THE REASON LUCAS MISSED OPPOSITION TO GET TO THE BACK, THROWING FROM THE SIDE.
IN THE RED AREA OF WILL SMITH BUT HE WASN'T ABLE TO GET IT IN. >> WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE, I'D LIKE TO SAY LUCAS PUT HIS RIGHT FOOT IN. IT WILL GIVE ROOM FOR WILL SMITH TO TURN HIS BACK. >> WHEN YOU HEAR THAT YOU GOT TO HURRY MORE. THE REF'S TELLING YOU IF YOU GO HARDER, I'M GOING TO STOP YOU. DEFENSIVELY LUCAS WITH THE BODY SHOT. THAT STARTED TO OPEN THINGS UP. >> ALLOWING HIS ARM TO BE TAKEN, GRABBED AROUND HIM. A HORRIBLE POSITION. YOU HAVE TO TRY TO BLOCK WITH THE ONE HANDLED. >> IT IS OVER. LUCAS BRENNAN HAS STOPPED WILL SMITH IN THE SECOND ROUND, T.K.O. FINISH. . >> FOUR-ON-FOUR SECOND ROUND. HERE'S THE TAKEDOWN DRIVING INTO A DOUBLE LEG TAKEDOWN. GETS HIS HANDS LOCKED AROUND THAT HIP AREA. DROPS HIM DOWN AND FROM THAT POINT. WHENEVER YOU SEE A GUY FLAT ON THE GROUND, NOT A GOOD POSITION TO BE IN. SWITCHES OVER, GETS ALMOST IN THE FULL MOUNT. THIS GIFT WRAP WAS A DIFFERENCE MAKER IN THE FIGHT, JOSH.
KEPT GETTING THAT ARM ACROSS. BIG ELBOWS, BIG SHOTS, NOTHING THAT WILL SMITH COULD DO. >> WILL SMITH COULD HAVE GIVEN HIS BACK. THAT WOULD HAVE STOPPED THE PUNCHING BECAUSE LUCAS WOULD HAVE GONE FOR THE CHOKING. HE WAS SO PARANOID HE ENDED UP TAKING MORE SHOTS. >> PAP AIP GIVING HIS 20-YEAR-OLD SON A HUG. LUCAS BRENNAN NOW 3-0. ALL-HIS WINS HERE IN BELLATOR. TO MAKE IT OFFICIAL, MICHAEL T. WILLIAMS. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE REFEREE BRIAN MINOR STEPS INSPECT AND WAIVES OFF THE CONTEST DUE TO UNANSWERED STRIKES FOUR MINUTES, 14 SECONDS BY TKO, STILL UNDEFEATED, LUCAS "SKYWALKER" BRENNAN.
>> SO A GOOD WAY TO START THINGS OUT. IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THE BRENNAN FAMILY, LUCAS AT 4:14 OF THE SECOND AS WE WELCOME IN OUR GOOD FRIENDS JAY GLAZER AND FRIEND. >> THANK YOU. IT FEELS LIKE CHAMPIONSHIP NIGHT TONIGHT DOESN'T IT? IT HAS A DIFFERENT VIBE IN THE BUILDING, EVEN WITHOUT FANS. IT'S DIFFERENT. >> I AGREE WITH YOU. THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIAL WHEN WILL EIGHT POUNDS OF ZBOELD UP FOR GRABS. >> ALL RIGHT. LISTEN. BADER IS OUR CHAMP'S CHAMP. HE IS SUCH A HANDFUL. DARE WE SAY HE'S THE BEST LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT ON THE PLANET RIGHT NOW. >> THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP HE'S BRINGING TO THE TABLE, I GOT TO TELL YOU, I'M NOT CONVINCED THAT WE HAVE A CLOSE FIGHT TONIGHT.
I THINK WE HAVE A COMPELLING MATCH, I THINK ONE OF THESE TWO ATHLETES RUNS AWAY WITH IT. HERE'S THE THING. I DON'T HAVE A PREDICTION WHO THAT IS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT SIDE I'M LEANING. I CAN SEE BOTH GUYS WITH VERY CONFLICTING STYLES. BADER COMES OUT, AGGRESSIVE, THROWING HEAVY HANDS, GETS ON TOP. THERE'S A CHANCE HE GOES RIGHT THROUGH. >> HE DID THAT TO NEMKOV. NEMKOV IS HIS PROTEGE. HOW DOES THAT COME IN ENTER IT'S HUGE. IT COMES DOWN TO THE MOTIVATION, NOT JUST LEADING IN. THE WILL TO WIN IS NOTHING WITHOUT THE WILL TO PREPARE. I BELIEVE IT DOES HELP. >> WE KNOW WHY BADER, YOU SAW HIM LOOK, HIS TAKE DOWN, HIS GROUND AND POUND, FANTASTIC. NEMKOV, IF HE'S GOING TO UNSEAT HIM, WHAT DOES HE NEED TO DO. >> LEG KICKS. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE KICKS TOMORROW. IT'S DIFFERENT. IT'S A DIFFERENT LEVEL OF POWER. I WATCHED HIM STOP A WORLD CHAMPION JUST BY KICKING HIM IN THE LEG.
>> BUT DO YOU THROW LEG KICKS IN WRESTLING? >> WELL, THAT'S THE THING. YES, FUNDAMENTAL NEMKOV CAN HIDE BEHIND THE JAB, GET BADER'S EYES OFF, YES, HE CAN STEP OUTSIDE. HE CAN NUMB THAT LEG. >> LET'S BRING IN JEN BROWN. >> THANKS. WE TALKED WITH VADIM NEMKOV THIS WEEK ABOUT RYAN BADER KNOCKING OUT HIS COACH. WE ASKED IF HE WAS LOOKING TO AVENGE THAT LOSS. HE SAID FOR HIM, IT'S NOT ABOUT REVENGE. HE SAID WHILE IT CERTAINLY WON NICE, HE SAYS IT'S NOT A MOTIVATOR TO HIM. WHAT HE DID SAY IS WHAT NOTE VATS HIM IS TO BRING THAT FIRST EVER HEAVYWEIGHT BELT TO RUSSIA. HE WANTS TO BRING IT BACK TO HIS TWO LITTLE GIRLS.
HE SAID THERE'S A LOT OF SACRIFICES THAT HE AND HIS TEAMMATES GO THROUGH IN TERMS OF BEING AWAY FROM THEIR FAMILIES AND THROUGH ALL THE TRAINING. HE SAYS FOR HIM, THE MOTIVATOR WOULD BE TO BRING THAT BELT THEM HIS TWO LITTLE GIRLS AND SHOW THEM WHAT THE SACRIFICES ARE ALL WORTH IT. WE HAVE THREE FIGHTERS STEPPING INTO THE CAGE. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS STATISTIC AND THIS GRAPHIC, I HAVE TO SAY, THERE'S ONE THING WE CAN TAKE AWAY. TEAM BADER DOES NOT LIKE TO LOSE. >> JEN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IN FACT, NEITHER DOES THE LAST EMPEROR. 39 YEAR PINS, 30 CAREER FINISHES. WE ARE BACK WITH A MEMBER OF TEAM FADOR WHEN THE ACTION CONTINUES HERE FROM INSIDE THE MOHEGAN SUN ARENA. >> GET READY FOR MMA ACTION, BELLATOR. FIRST ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11th, PHIL DAVIS AND LIOTTA WHAT TSCHIDA FACE OFF IN A LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT SHOWDOWN. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, THE BAN TAM SWHAT ON THE LINE. BELLATOR MMA LIVE ON SEPTEMBER 11th AND 12th. >> FOLLOW US ACROSS A LARGE ARRAY OF DIGITAL PLATFORMS AND STAY UP TO DATE ON EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW. LIKE US ON THE BELLATOR FACEBOOK PAGE AND SEE EXCLUSIVE VIDEOS. FOLLOW US FOR INSTANT UPDATES AT BELLATOR MMA AND GET A CHANCE TO HAVE YOUR TWEET LIVE ON PARAMOUNT NETWORK. THE AMAZING PICTURES, FOLLOW US ON SNAPCHAT AT BELLATOR NATION FOR A BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK. JOIN BELLATOR NATION TOLD. >> RYAN BADER RAN THROUGH THE HEAVYWEIGHT GRAND PRIX AND MADE HISTORY BY KNOCKING OUT HIS OPPONENT. NEXT, LIVE AND FREE ON PARAMOUNT NETWORK, CHAMP RYAN BADER WILL PUT HIS TITLE ON THE LINE. >> I'M THE BEST THAT'S EVER BEEN.
>> IT'S ALL OVER! >> COMING FOR HIS GOLD IS HIS PROTEGE, VADIM NEMKOV. BELLATOR MMA LIVE NEXT ON PARAMOUNT NETWORK. >> THAT IS OUR MAIN EVENT LATER TONIGHT. ONE OF HIS TWO BELTS IS ON THE LINE. RYAN BADER TAKING ON A MEMBER OF TEAM FADOR. YOU SEE THE GREAT ONE, HIS FIGHTER, VADIM NEMKOV SET TO TECH ON TEAM ALPHA MALES, KRIS GONZALEZ. HIS HEAD COACH, DANNY "CAT" STEELE. OUR TALE OF THE TAPE FOR THIS LIGHT WHAIT FIGHT. LOOK AT THIS. 7-0, 4-0, A COMBINED 11-0 AND TOKOV LOOKING TO GET THINGS STARTED IN STYLE FOR HIS TEAM. >> LOOKING TO GET THINGS STARTED BUT SOMEONE, THEY ALWAYS SAY, HAS GOT TO GO. >> I WAS LEAVING THAT FOR YOU, PARTNER. HERE'S MICHAEL C. WILLIAMS. >> BELLATOR, THREE FIVE P-MINUTE ROUNDS IN THE LIGHT WEIGHT DIVISION FROM MOHEGAN SUN ARENA.
WE INTRODUCE FIRST FROM THE BLUE CORNER, 5'11" WEIGHING IN 156 POUNDS EVEN, HIS PROFESSIONAL RECORD UNDEFEATED AT 4-0. HE FIGHTS OUT OF SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA BY WAY OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. >> AND ACROSS THE CONTAINING FIGHTING OUT OF THE RED CORNER AT 5'10" WAYING 155.3 POUNDS, AS A PROFESSIONAL HE STANDS UNDEFEATED BRINGING SEVEN WINS WITHOUT A LOSS. FIGHTING OUT OF RUSSIA, INTRODUCING VLADIMIR VLADIMIR TOKOV. >> AND REFEREE BRIAN MINOR. >> BRIAN MINOR ONCE AGAIN OUR REFEREE. THIS FIGHT AT 155 POUNDS, TWO ONE DEFEATED MIXED MARTIAL ARTISTS SET TO MEET INSIDE DID CAGE.
>> HERE WE GO. TONIGHT'S FIGHT BROUGHT TO YOU BY GEICO. 7-0 VLADIMIR TOMORROWOFF IN THE RED GLOVES, CHRIS GONZALEZ, 3-0 IN THE BLUE GLOVES. >> NOT GOING TO SEE A LOT OF FANCY THINGS FROM TOKOV. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE AN UP AND DOWN FIGHTER. >> THERE YOU GO RIGHT THERE. SAW IT. WHEN HE GETS TO THE CLINCH YOU'RE GOING TO SEE DIFFERENT TYPES OF HIP TOSSES. >> HE JUST TOOK DOWN A GUY FOR GRECO-ROMAN WRESTLING HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. HE GOT AN OUTSTANDING FIGHT. TRANSFERRING OVER. SIX-TIME GRECO-ROMAN AUTOMATIC AMERICAN, A MEMBER OF THAT THEME IN 2015. BOTH MEN LOOKING FOR THEIR FIRST VICTORY BY STOPPAGE HERE INSIDE THE BELLATOR CAGE. VLADIMIR FIVE YEARS YOUNGER THAN HIS BROTHER ANATOLY. THEY WERE ON THE SAME CARD AT BELLATOR 219. >> THAT WAS A NICE SHOT LANDED. WE'LL SEE IF HE'S ABLE TO FINISH THIS. >> TRADITION OF TEAM ALPHA MALE CONTINUES. DANNY CATFIELD IS HEAD COACH. CHRIS HOLTZWORTH AND BRIAN FAVOR, ALSO AMONG THOSE WHO TRAINED WITH CHRIS GONZALEZ ON A DAILY BASIS.
>> I CAN'T EXPLAIN TO YOU ALL THE TRANSITION — BY THE TIME I WAS ABOUT TO SAY ONE, THAT GONZALEZ SWITCHED TO ANOTHER TRANSITION. HE WENT TO THE BACK, COULDN'T GET THERE, SWITCHED WITH THE SINGLE LEG, NOW HE'S LOCKED IN THE SINGLE LEG. ALL HAPPENED WITHIN FIVE OR SIX SECONDS. >> THAT'S WHAT PUT A HALT TO THE TAKEDOWN. TOKOV, A MASTER OF SPORTING COMBAT SOMBO, BEAUTIFUL WORK BY TOKOV. THAT WAS DEEP. YOU TALK ABOUT A BODY LOCK FROM A GRECO-ROMAN WORLD TEAM PLAYER, HE DOES NOT GET HIM DOWN.
THAT WAS OUTSTANDING WORK BY TOKOV. GONZALEZ, THE NATURAL SOUTHPAW. TOKOV IN HIS NORMAL ORTHODOX STANCE. >> YOU'VE GOT TO BE CAREFUL, MAKE SURE YOU GET THAT RIGHT HAND UP. HE ALWAYS LIKES TO THROW THAT REAR LEG KICK. >> ONE OF THE THINGS, LOOK AT THE FOOT POSITION. WATCH HOW TOKOV IS CONSISTENTLY GETTING THAT FOOT TO THE OUTSIDE. GONZALEZ ALSO THROWS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE WIDER PUNCHES. YOU SAW IT THERE. VLADIMIR'S DEBUT, FIRST FIGHT OUTSIDE OF HIS HOMELAND OF RUSSIA. NOW HERE INSIDE THE MOHEGAN SUN ARENA, 90 SECONDS REMAINING ON THE CLOCK HERE IN ROUND NUMBER ONE. A NICE RIGHT HAND, KIND OF STUNNED GONZALEZ. >> RIGHT AFTER THAT LEG KICK, YOU'RE NOT SEEING CHRIS GONZALEZ. JUST NOT THERE. HE'S GOT TO START TO RESPOND TO THESE. HE NEEDS TO MAKE TOKOV PAY. >> WE HEARD JEN TELL US,. HE'S NOT TRYING TO LAND HARD PUNCHES.
THAT ONE-TWO COMBINATION. >> WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THROWING SHOTS, YOU'VE GOT TO MAINTAIN THAT DISTANCE. BUT YOUR FEET HAVE TO MOVE TO COME IN. SHOTS OUT BEFORE KEEPING A RANGE FINDER AND STAY OUT OF RANGE. >> THERE WAS NO FOLLOW-UP. YOU GOT TO FOLLOW-UP WITH A KICK OR A KNEE OR ANOTHER PUNCH TO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT. >> JOSH, THAT TIME TOKOV SAW THUNDER. >> NICE, VERY NICE. >> GOOD WORK. ROUND ONE IN THE BOOKS. >> JOHN, WE'RE GOING TO SEE NOTHING BUT A STAND-UP FIGHT. NEITHER ONE OF THESE GUYS CAN TAKE EACH OTHER DOWN. THE TRANSITIONS ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. THIS IS SUCH A HIGH-LEVEL FIGHT, I'M SO EXCITED TO SEE THESE GUYS FIGHT. >> IT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THIS — SO FAR IN THIS FIGHT IS THAT — HERE COMES THAT STRAIGHT SHOT.
LOOK AT THAT BEAUTIFUL RESPECTED. YOU CAN SEE GONZALEZ GET A LITTLE SHAKEN BY IT. IT DIDN'T HURT HIM BUT IT STUPD HIM. HE WAS TOO LATE AND GOT HIT BY IT. WHEN HE WENT TO THAT TAKEDOWN, YOU SAW THE BIG ELBOWS THEY WERE LANDING. TOKOV IS GOING TO WIN THIS ROUND ON THE JUDGES SCORECARDS. GRAPPLING WAS FAIRLY EVEN. >> MORE CONFIDENT IN EVERYTHING HE DOES. IF HE DOES THAT, HE CAN MAKE THAT A LOT CLOSER FIGHT. >> TOKOV'S TEAMMATE, NEMKOV TRYING TO BECOME THE FIRST RUSSIAN LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT WEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION IN A MAJOR ORGANIZATION. LATER TONIGHT IN OUR MAIN EVENT OF THE EVENING, THE LAST EMPEROR, THE LAST MAP TO FIGHT RYAN BADER. ROUND TWO. RED GLOVES FOR VLADIMIR TOKOV. 2-0 OVERALL. BLUE GLOVES FOR THE SOUTHPAW CHRIS GONZALEZ.
3-0 IN BELLATOR. 4-0 OVERALL. >> CHECK THAT. THE LAST FIGHT FOR BADER WAS THE FIGHT. THE LAST VICTORY WAS WINNING THE HEAVYWEIGHT TOURNAMENT. >> CHANGEUPS FROM BOTH GUYS. LANDING A NICE RIGHT HOOK. >> NICE KNEE INSIDE BY TOKOV. IT'S THE LITTLE SHOTS YOU DON'T SEE, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT HURT YOU. >> IN THE FIRST MINUTE OF ROUND TWO. STRAIGHT LEFT HAND. THE STRAIGHT SHOT IS GOING TO GET THERE FASTER. WHEN HE WINGS THAT RIGHT, JOHN, HE CHANGES HIS STANDINGS. HE STEPS FORWARD WITH THAT LEFT LEG AND THROWS THAT RIGHT, MAKING IT A CROSS. ACTUALLY IN ROUND ONE, SAW IT A MOMENT AGO. >> GONZALEZ WHEN HE THROWS A STRAIGHT PUNCH, HE'S THE SOFTER FIGHTER, SO HE GETS THERE QUICKER. HE DOESN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT COUNTERING RIGHT AWAY. AFTER HE LANDED THE STRAIGHT PUNCH, A STRIKE WITH THE BIG OVERHAND SHOT. >> HE GOT THAT ON THE OUTSIDE. HE SAW CHRIS, HE BROUGHT HIM UP AND YOU SEE TOKOV UTILIZING THE INCREDIBLE DEFENSE IN THE STANDING POSITION. >> VERY NICELY DONE HERE.
GOT HIM IN THE POSITION HERE. NOT A LOT OF DAMAGE. YOU TUCK IT BEHIND HIS HEAD. IF HE CAN GET THAT LEG TUCKED BEHIND HIS HEAD, HOAK START USING HIS ELBOWS TO FREE IT UP. >> HE CAN SWITCH INTO WHAT WE CALL BANANA SPLIT TO TRY TO STRETCH THE GROIN AREA. THAT WILL WORK AGAINST SOME FIGHTERS. FIGHTER IS LIMBERED UP, NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING. >> I'M NOT READY. I'LL WAIT IN THE HOSPITAL. >> THIS IS REALLY WLAL WE CALL PLATO POSITION WHERE HE'S AT AND IT'S GREAT IN WRESTLING BUT IN MMA, BECAUSE OF THE FACT YOU'RE UTILIZING BOTH ENDS TO HOLD ON TO THAT ONE, IT'S TYING YOU UP. YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO LET GO WITH AT LEAST ONE AND YOU CAN START STRIKING WITH THE OTHER. >> REALISTICALLY, WE'RE IN A STALEMATE POSITION HERE UNLESS GONZALEZ CAN START FREEING UP ONE OF HIS ARMS AND DO SOME DAMAGE.
>> THIS IS A POSITION WE DON'T NORMALLY SEE IN THE MMA. ARE WE LOOKING TO STAND HIM UP? >> NO. ABSOLUTELY NOT, MAN. YOU HAVE A FIGHTER WITH AN ADVANTAGE. CHRIS GONZALEZ, DOESN'T MEAN HE'S GOING TO KEEP IT. THERE YOU GO. TOKOV COMING UP OUT OF IT. HE HAS THE ADVANTAGE. YOU GOT TO LET HIM PLAY THAT OUT. >> VLADIMIR TOKOV TRYING TO GET SOME POINTS. 90 SECONDS HERE IN ROUND NUMBER TWO. LITTLE STRAIGHT SHOTS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, JOSH. NOTHING OVEREXTENDED. >> YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW, IF YOU'RE JUST WATCHING BOTH FIGHTERS, YOU'RE SEEING A LOT MORE ENERGY BEING SUSPENDED BY CHRIS THAN YOU ARE BY TOKOV. TOKOV IS THE MORE RELAXED FIGHTER AND HE'S NOT TRYING TO THROW EVERYTHING WITH POWER.
DOESN'T MEAN HE'S NOT TIRED, BUT CHRIS IS THE ONE EX PENDING THE MOST ENERGY. >> HE THROWS THE STRAIGHT PUNCHES RIGHT DOWN THE PIKE. HE'S GOT TO THROW SOMETHING AFTER THAT. WE SAW HIM EARLIER, ABOUT 30 SECONDS AGO, THE LEFT BUT HE DIDN'T FOLLOW IT UP WITH ANYTHING. >> GOOD IDEA TO TRY TO BRING UP THE HIP BUT AT LEAST IT'S THE RIGHT ONE. CAN HE END UP BEING ABLE TO GET UP? >> BE CAREFUL THROWING THAT LEG KICK. HE STEPS STRAIGHT IN WITH HIS HANDS DOWN. >> CHRIS, DON'T JUST COVER. A GOOD FINISH TO ROUND NUMBER TWO. >> CLOSE ROUND, JOHN. >> IT WAS A CLOSE ROUND. THE DIFFERENCE IN EVERYTHING, IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH. THE JUDGES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT PLATO POSITION, HOW MUCH ARE THEY ACTUALLY GOING TO GIVE THAT FOR CREDIT.
HERE'S THAT SHOT. A LITTLE CUPPING SHOT AT THE END. YOU SAW THE MOUTHPIECE FLYING OUT. GOOD MOTION. JUST THE ACCURACY OF WHAT HE HITS HIM WITH. ALMOST WHAT YOU WANT. BRING THAT HAND OVER. IT WAS MORE THE FOREARM HITTING HIM, BUT STILL ENOUGH TO KNOCK HIS MOUTHPIECE OUT. >> THAT IS OUR MAIN EVENT LATER TONIGHT. ONE OF THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF THE BELLATOR FAMILY COREY ANDERSON WILL BE WATCHING VERY CLOSELY. WHO WILL HE BE DIALED IN ON IN THE FUTURE AS HE MAKES HIS WAY TOWARDS THE BELLATOR CAGE, MEMBER OF THE HENZO GRACIE TEAM. WINNER OF FOUR OF HIS LAST FIVE FIGHTS. COREY ANDERSON WATCHING LATER TONIGHT IN THE MAIN EVENT. ALSO A WINNER OF THE ULTIMATE FIGHTER, OUR OWN RYAN BADER. >> I CAN SAY OUR OWN AS WELL. >> YES, YOU CAN. >> RED GLOVES TOKOV, BLUE GLOVES GONZALEZ. >> WE MIGHT HAVE AN EVEN FIGHT HERE GOING INTO THE THIRD. I THINK THIS IS THE ROUND THAT'S GOING TO DECIDE THE FIGHT. THE HARDER JUDGE THE SECOND ROUND, I KNOW WHAT A DOMINATING POSITION IT IS.
>> TRUE IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR DAMAGE AS THE JUDGES, NUMBER ONE TEMPTATION IS TO GRAPPLE. YOU CAN LOOK AND SABE THAT WAS A GOOD GRAPPLING POSITION. MORE OF THE CONTEST TOOK PLACE THERE. TOKOV, ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO PLAY ON THE FEET. >> HE BACKED OFF THAT, RIGHT? >> I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU DOWN, BUT I'M PUTTING YOULING BACK UP. >> ARMS ARE LOOKING A LITTLE HEAVY FOR GONZALEZ. >> PRETTY HEAVY ARMS FOR BOTH. >> ALL OF THESE GRAPPLING POSITIONS ARE SO HARD ON HOLDING A GUY'S WEIGHT IN YOUR ARMS, THEY GET HEAVY. >> BOTH MEN UNBEATEN AS PROFESSIONALS. THERE'S THAT RIGHT HAND AGAIN. STRAIGHTEN THAT SHOT OUT, IT WOULD HAVE A LOT MORE EFFECT IN THIS FIGHT THAN THROWING THAT BIG RING OVERHEAD. >> TALKING ABOUT THE REACH. HE'S BEEN THROWING, SMOTHERING THAT, IT WON'T HAVE THE SAME EFFECT.
>> "YELLOW STONE" THE NUMBER ONE SHOW. CATCH IT THIS SUMMED AT 9:00 ON PARAMOUNT NETWORK. >> ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE LAZY KICKS WITH THE RIGHT HAND. POTENTIALLY A BAD SHOT. >> YOU WATCH THE FEET OF CHRIS GONZALEZ YOU CAN PREDICT WHEN THAT BIG RIGHT HAND IS COMING. >> TALKING ABOUT CHRIS, A PRESSURE FIGHTER AT THIS POINT. >> ALONGSIDE OTHERS. SOME GREAT FIGHTERS FROM RUSSIA. >> A NICE ONE-TWO RIGHT BEFORE GONZALEZ THREW THAT. >> AND SWITCHING OF THE STANCE LIKE GONZALEZ, HERE IN THE THIRD AND FINAL ROUND. LITTLE MORE PRESSURE. BE WINNING THIS. >> CHRIS KEEPS SWITCHING BACK AND FORTH. TO ME HE'S BEING MORE EFFECTIVE IN THE ORTHODOX STANCE AS FAR AS GETTING HIS SHOTS OFF.
>> HAVING SOME SUCCESS WITH HIS FEET. RIGHT THERE, HE FLEW THE RIGHT-HAND CAME BACK. >> THAT RIGHT HAND. DOWN THE MIDDLE. >> THE FIGHT FOR TOKOV. CHRIS GOING FORWARD, BEING AGGRESSIVE, BUT HE'S THE ONE EATING MORE OF THE SHOTS HERE. YOU JUST WALKING DOWN VLADIMIR TOKOV. >> TOKOV HAD HIS HAND ON THE GROUND WHICH MAKES HIM A MORE GROUNDED FIGHTER, LIFTS THAT HANDLED UP OFF THE MATT, THROWS THE KNEE, BEAUTIFUL COACHING, NICE WIN. FINAL SECONDS OF THIS THREE-ROUND FIGHT. >> THAT WAS BOTH GUYS OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCES. I'D HATE TO BE A JUDGE. >> I ALWAYS HATE BEING A JUDGE. >> LOOK AT SOME OF THE STRIKING TOKOV, IT WAS THE COMBINATION, NOT JUST THROWING ONE SHOT.
LEFT-RIGHT BOTH HITTING. NICE STRAIGHT RIGHT HAND. I THINK IT WAS WHEN HE WAS ABLE TO GET THAT DISTANCE TO THE RIGHT APPOINTMENT, HE WAS POINT, HE WAS LANDING WITH POWER. >> INSTEAD OF MOVING HIS HEAD LEFT TO RIGHT, TOKOV ALWAYS KNEW WHERE HIS TARGET WAS. >> IN THE HANDS OF THE JUDGES. >> THAT'S WHAT THIS SPORTS IS ABOUT. YOU HAVE SAW ALL THE TRANSITIONS AND ALL THE COOL THINGS BOTH GUYS WERE DOING. THAT WAS JUST OUTSTANDING. TECHNIQUE, BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY OF MMA. >> WILL IT BE GONZALEZ OR WILL IT BE TOKOV? >>> JOHN, WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS TAKING A WHILE, WHAT DOES IT NORMALLY MEAN? >> I'M THROWING IT TO YOU. >> AS FAR AS PEOPLE THINK THE JUDGES ARE SITTING THERE THINKING, THE JUDGES HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT IT THROUGH THE WHOLE FIGHT.
THEIR SCORES WENT IN RIGHT AWAY. WE'VE GOT SOMEBODY WITH A FASTBALL. >> MICHAEL C. WILLIAMS NOW HAS COUNTED THEECHLTS MICHAEL C. >> LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HAVING GONE THE DISTANCE WE'LL GO TO YOUR THREE JUDGES AT RINGSIDE. YOUR FIRST JUDGE, DAN SCORES THE FIGHT 29-28. SEES THE FIGHTS FOR GONZALEZ. YOUR SECOND JUDGE, JERRY OVAL SCORES THE FIGHT 29-28.
HE SEES THE FIGHT FOR TOKOV. YOUR THIRD AND FINAL JUDGE. MICHAEL SCORES THE FIGHT 30-27 FOR THE WINNER BY SPLIT DECISION — CRAIG GONZALEZ! >> SPLIT DECISION DECISION VICTORY FOR CHRIS GONZALEZ. MOVES TO FOUR AND OH HERE IN BELLATOR. 3027 ON THE THIRD JUDGES' SCORECARD AND HIS FIRST MEMBER OF THE BELLATOR ROSTER CONTINUE TO BE PERFECT. >> HERE'S DANNY CASTILLO. >> ALL RIGHT. LET'S GET IT BACK TO JAY AND CHASE. >> ALL RIGHT. THANKS. IN YOUR POSITION, TONIGHT, THAT IS THE WAY TO KICK OFF THE SECOND PRELIM OF THE NIGHT. THE ENERGY HERE IS DIFFERENT. WHAT JUST HAPPENED? THOSE GUYS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THAT GOOD THAT EARLY. THOSE ARE GREAT MIXED MARTIAL ARTISTS. WE SAW ENDURANCE. I'M SITTING THERE LOOKING, I CAN TELL YOU, YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU WOULD FINISH IT IN THAT MORNING, OR NOT BE FINISHED IN THAT MOMENT. IF HE COULD HAVE PULLED THE LEG BEHIND HIS HEAD, IT WOULD HAVE OPENED UP OPPORTUNITIES TO STRIKE, AND STRETCH.
A GROIN TACTIC. VERY TOUGH MOVE. I GOT TO GIVE CREDIT TO THE OPPONENT WHO GOT THROUGH IT. THAT WAS A REAL TREAT, I GOT TO SAY. >> IF YOU WANT TO MOVE UP TO A BELLATOR ROSTER, YOU GET OUT THERE AND THROW EVERY SINGLE TIME. ALL RIGHT. LATER ON TONIGHT WE HAVE ONE OF THE TEAMMATES OF TOKOV WHO JUST FOUGHT. IT MAY NOT BE HIS 46th PROFESSIONAL FIGHT. IT MAY NOT BE ACCURATE. WE'RE GOING TO START WITH ROY NELSON. WE'VE SEEN A MET MORE FOE SIS. >> IF I WAS TO BE CRITICAL OF ROY, HE'S BEEN STANDING THERE LATELY. HE'S NOT MOVING AROUND A LOT. YOU WANT TO PLAY THAT GAME, PLANT YOUR FEET AND SEE WHO CAN GET THE TARGET FIRST, OK, YOU CAN DO IT. IT'S A LITTLE RISKY. YOU WANT YOUR OPPONENT TO DO THE SAME THING. HE STANDS THERE TOO AND WE GO TO FISTICUFFS. I WOULD ENCOURAGE HIM, GETS THAT UNDERHOOK, PUSH OPPONENT UP TO THE FENCE, MAKE YOUR OPPONENT FEEL THE WAY I FEAR THAT IF HE DOES NOT DO THAT, HE'S GOING TO GET PICKED AFAR.
>> ROY NELSON IS THE — THE FACT THAT HE WOULD STAND THERE AND TAKE A BEATING. HE WOULD BE LIKE ROCKY OUT THERE. IF HE'S GOING TO STAND OR GO AGAINST HIM, HE'S TOO CRAFTY AND QUICK ON HIS FEET. HE WEIGHS 230 POUNDS. HE'S A HYBRID BUT SMALL HEAVYWEIGHTS. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT MEANS HE MAY NOT HAVE THE POWER TO SAVE OTHER GUYS. BUT IT MEANS HE'S GOING TO MOVE A LITTLE BIT MORE, HE'S GOING TO BE QUICKER, HE'S GOING TO BE HARDER TO TOUCH. I GO BACK TO THE SUGGESTION, KEEP YOUR HANDS ON HIM, PUSH HIM INTO THE FENCE, MAKE HIM FEEL THAT WILL WAY. SLOW HIM DOWN. >> PRELIMINARIES ROLL ON. >> THANK YOU, GUYS. WE CONTINUE WITH ONE CONTRACTED AT 150 POUNDS BELLATOR DEBUT FOR BOTH THE NATIVE OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, AND KIEV IN THE UKRAINE, 16-1 A VERY IMPRESSIVE RECORD, JOHN DEJESUS. WITH THE OFFICIAL INTRODUCTIONS, MICHAEL C. WILLIAMS. >> TONIGHT AT MOHEGAN SUN ARENA PRELIMS GO ON.
A WEIGHT OF 150 POUNDS, AT 5'10" WEIGHING IN AT 149.1 POUNDS. PROFESSIONAL RECORDS, 12 WINS, EIGHT LOSSES, FIGHTING OUT OF HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA, BY THE WAY OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, AND ACROSS THE CAGE FIGHTING OUT OF THE RED CORNER, 5'7", WEIGHING IN 149 PORN 6 POUNDS AS A PROFESSIONAL HE'S A PERFECT 16 WINS, JUST ONE DEFEAT. FIGHTING OUT OF KIEV UKRAINE, PRESENTING VADIM NEMKOV. >> BRIAN MINOR EARLY HERE TONIGHT. GOT THIS ONE AT 150 POUNDS SCHEDULED FOR THREE FIVE-MINUTE ROUNDS. BOTH DEJESUS AND CHALLENGE CHALLENGE MAKING THEIR BELLATOR DEBUTS. TONIGHT'S FIGHT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY GEICO. THE UKRAIIAN IN THE RED GLOVES, CALLING PITTSBURGH HOME, JOHN DEJESUS IN THE BLUE GLOVES. SOUTHPAW, VLADISLAV WILL SWITCH HIS STANCE QUITE FREQUENTLY. >> PARUBCHENKO WANTS TO GET THE FIGHT. >> USUALLY WHEN YOU'RE WATCHING A FIGHT, EVERYTHING HE DOES IS LEADING TOWARDS A TAKEDOWN. >> FIRST FIGHT IN JUST OVER TWO YEARS FOR CHEPG CHENG. PARUBCHENKO. >> YOU BOTH DID A GOOD JOB WITH HIS NAME. I'M GOING TO CALL HIM VLADYSLAV PARUBCHENKO. >> VLADYSLAV PARUBCHENKO IS GOOD. HE SAID HE COULD DO IT. >> GO HOME AND HAVE SOME. >> A NICE JOG ON THE INSIDE THAT TAKES AWAY FROM IT.
>> PARUBCHENKO TRY AND GO FOR THAT. HE DIDN'T SET IT UP. THAT'S WHY DEJESUS WAS ABLE TO GET THE TAKEDOWN. >> DEJESUS HAS GOOD FOOTWORK. KEEPING PARUBCHENKO ON THE OUTSIDE OF HIS REACH. >> TRAINING OUT OF THE ACADEMY OF PITTSBURGH MARTIAL ARTS. TALKS ABOUT HIS TIMING, HIS SPEED, HIS MOVEMENT, HIS VISION, GOING AGAINST THE MASTER OF SPORTING COMBAT BLACK BELT IN JUDO.
>> YOU HAVE A TRADITIONAL GUY VERSUS SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS TRYING TO GET A TAKEDOWN, ONLY GREAT PUNCHES TO TRY TO GET TO THE FINISH. ON THE TALE OF THE TAPE WE SAW A REACH ADVANTAGE DEJESUS SHOULD BE UTILIZING THAT RIGHT HAND, THAT JAB SHOULD BE COMING OUT EVERY TIME YOU SEE PARUBCHENKO TAKE A STEP FORWARD, THAT HAND SHOULD BE COMING OUT AND MAKING IT BIG. >> I LIKE WHAT HE DOES WITH THE INSIDE LEG. POTENTIALLY GO FOR THE HEAD KICK AS WELL. THROUGH HIS CHIN. >> TRYING TO FIND THAT MOVEMENT AND THE TIMING SO THAT HE CAN GO AND BE THE AGGRESSOR HERE IN ROUND NUMBER ONE. >> FROM BROOKLYN MOVED TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AT THE AGE OF FIVE. WAS THERE A COUPLE OF YEARS. THEN THE FAMILY WENT TO FLORIDA AND SPENT HIS SUMMERS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.
THIS IS WHERE PENGUIN PENGUIN WANTS TO FIGHT. >> GOOD WITH THE BODY LOCK. GOOD WITH TAKING THE INSIDE, JUST REACH THE LEG OUT AND BRING HIM TO THE SIDE. HE DECIDES TO BRING THAT INSIDE TRIP TO. >> VLADISLAV'S BROTHER DMITRI IS FOUR-TIME COMBAT ENSEMBLE CHAMPION. HIS TRAINERS AND TRAINING PARTNERS. >> 45 SECONDS. >> BOTH GUYS REALLY AFRAID TO MAKE A MISTAKE EARLY. >> EXACTLY. THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING. WATCHING AND SEE HOW THEY'RE LOOKING AT WHAT DEJESUS IS DOING. >> ROUND ONE IS CONCLUDED. ALL THE THINGS YOU SAW IN THAT LAST TEN SECONDS OF THE ROUND BY DEJESUS IS WHAT WILL YOU SHOULD BE SEEING FROM HIM CONTINUOUSLY THROUGHOUT THAT ROUND. >> I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT BUT THE PROBLEM IS, TOO, YOU CAN TELL, HE'S REALLY EXPLOSIVE.
WHEN SOMEBODY'S THAT EXPLOSIVE, THEY TEND TO SLOW DOWN AS THE FIGHT GOES ON. HE'S GOT TO PICK AND CHOOSE HIS SHOTS. I LIKE HOW HE DID THAT. HE STOLE THE ROUND. >> YOU'RE DOING GOOD. >> YOU'RE RIGHT. >> I FEEL LIKE YOU DID. I'LL FOLLOW YOUR LEAD. IT MUST BE WHY YOU'RE SITTING IN THE CENTER. >> MUST BE. >> I HAVE A GREAT VIEW OF THE CAGE. IT'S EASY FOR ME TO STHEE STUFF. >> NEITHER GUY, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU KNEW YOU DID IT. >> BRINGS IT UP BUT JUST THE THOUGHT HE'S GOING AFTER THAT. THAT'S A GOOD THING. EVEN IN THE BACK OF THE MIND OF PARUBCHENKO, OH, I GOT TO WATCH FOR THAT. >> NOW HE'S THINKING ABOUT IT IF HE GOES TO SHOOT FOR A TAKEDOWN HERE EARLY IN ROUND TWO. RED GLOVES FOR 16-1 VLADYSLAV PARUBCHENKO. ALSO MAKING HIS BELLATOR DEBUT IN THE BLUE GLOVES.
>> READY TO KICK. AND HE SLOWS THE LOW KICK THERE. >> COACH IS GIVING GOOD ADVICE HERE FOR JOHN. >> GOOD TIMING BY HIS OPPONENT, INSIDE, AND NOW LET'S SEE WHAT PARUBCHENKO CAN DO FROM INSIDE THE GUARD OF JOHN DEJESUS. IF YOU'RE AFRAID OF SOMEONE TAKING YOU DOWN, YOU NORMALLY WANT TO AIM FOR THEIR CHEST OR THEIR CHIN. HE JUST WENT RIGHT UNDERNEATH.
>> THAT'S THE PROBLEM, JOHN, AT THE END OF THE FIRST ROUND. YOU COME OUT IN THE SECOND ROUND WITH SOME CONFIDENCE, OH, I GOT THIS. AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS. >> IT'S NOT ALWAYS THAT EASY. >> YEAH. WANT EVERY AT HOME TO UNDERSTAND, YOU ALSO GET PAST THEM IN THAT POSITION. >> PARUBCHENKO, 17 PROFESSIONAL FIGHTS, HAS ONLY GONE TO DECISION ON ONE OCCASION. FIRST ROUND TKO OVER FIVE YEARS AGO. THERE'S ALL KINDS OF WAYS OF GOING ABOUT THIS. HE STARTED TO BRING HIS HEAD OVER THE TOP OF HIS OPPONENT TO LAND A HEAVY SHOT. THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH DOING THAT IS BECOMING A TEETER-TOTTER POSITION. >> YEAH. >> IF IT'S ON THE HIPS, AT LEAST CAUSE A SCRAMBLE TO GET BACK TO HIS FEET. >> SOMEONE THAT LIKES THAT POSITION HE WAS JUST IN, POSTURING UP.
YOU PUT THE HAND ON THE NECK BUT OVER THE PLACE TO STRIKE AND MIX IT UP. PUT YOUR HAND FROM BACK AND FORTH AS YOU STRIKE. >> EIGHT SUBMISSION WINS FOR PARUBCHENKO DURING THIS NINE-FIGHT WIN STREAK, AT ONE TIME GOING TO DECISION, HE DID WIN BY UNANIMOUS DECISION AND TRYING TO DO DAMAGE HERE FROM THE TOP HERE IN ROUND TWO. WHAT ALL THIS IS DOING IS SLOWING THEM DOWN. EVEN GETTING BACKING TO THEIR FEEL. THE FOOT WORK, THE STRAIGHT PUNCHES, ALL THAT STUFF IS GOING TO BE GONE. >> CONTROL THE HIPS, GETTING HIS LEGS UP OVER. >> GOOD JOB BY DEJESUS. NOW LET'S SEE WHAT HE HAS. BIG KNEE. >> JOHN DEJESUS LOOKING FOR IT AGAIN. MAN, THAT HIT WAS SOLID. >> YOU GOT TO GIVE PARUBCHENKO SOME CREDIT. THAT WAS A SOLID SHOT AND HE JUST WALKED THROUGH IT. >> PARUBCHENKO IS BLEEDING PRETTY BADLY. >> JOSH, THAT WAS PRETTY EXPLOSIVE AFTER SPENDING ALL THAT TIME ON HIS BACK. THAT WAS A SOLID SHOT.
BOTH FIGHTERS, AND HE WALKED RIGHT INTO IT. >> WE HEARD HIS JAW. >> YEAH. >> THE JAW OR THE NOSE. BLEEDING PRETTY BADLY OUT OF THAT NOSE NOW. >> WHICH IS GOING TO AFFECT HIS BREATHING. >> OH, MY. A LITTLE GAMESMANSHIP NOW. AGAIN TO THE KNEE. HERE'S A LOOK AT THE FLYING KNEE. THIS ONE LANDS. >> OH! >> RIGHT THERE, STRAIGHT IN.
YOU SAW THE FIRST ONE. IT WAS A GOOD SIX INCHES BEFORE HE MISSED THIS ONE, WAS ON TARGET. YOU SAW HOW HARD THAT HIT. YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE PARUBCHENKO CREDIT FOR BEING ABLE TO DO THAT. >> WHEN YOU GET THAT IN A FIGHT, YOU KNOW SOMETHING WENT WELL FOR YOU. >> YOU SAW PENGUIN PENGUIN TOUCHING THAT. HE GRABBED HIMSELF. THE FEATHERWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPION SAYS, AND I QUOTE, YOUNG FIGHTERS SHOULD LISTEN TO OUR FRIEND, BIG JOB McCARTHY. WE'LL SEE WHAT A JUDGE IS LOOKING AT DURING A FIGHT IF YOU'RE — >> YOU KNOW, JOSH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHRIS. I LOVE YOU. >> MAY HAVE RUN OUT OF CHARACTERS. >> I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WAS THE REAL SWEEP, BY THE WAY. RUN IT BACK. >> LET'S GET IT LIVE. >> TIME! >> ON THE MAIN CARD LATER TONIGHT, CHRIS CYBORG DEFEATED HER BACK IN JANUARY.
>> CYBORG CUT ME DEEP, CUT ME REAL DEEP. >> ALL RIGHT. >> THIRD AND FINAL ROUND. LOT OF CONFIDENCE NOW FOR JOHN DEJESUS. LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT SECOND ROUND. PARUBCHENKO, THE MAJORITY OF THAT ROUND EXCEPT FOR A SHOT. CYBORG, YOU SAW THAT YOU LIVE UP THIS REPUTATION. >> I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT WHERE THE FIGHT WAS AT. IT WAS ON THE GROUND. PARUBCHENKO WAS NOT LANDING BIG SHOTS BUT HE WAS LANDING A LOT OF VOLUME. A LOT OF VOLUME. THAT WAS A LONG TIME WITHOUT A WHOLE LOT OF OFFENSE COMING OUT OF DEJESUS. DEJESUS HAS THAT BIG KNEE, THAT'S THE BEST SHOT OF THE ROUND. DID IT PUT PARUBCHENKO DOWN? >> IT DIDN'T PUT HIM DOWN. IT WAS A GOOD OVERALL BODY OF WORK. >> NOW, EARLY IN THE ROUND, JOSH, YOU TALKED ABOUT IT. YOU DON'T WANT TO BE TAKEN DOWN, YOUR CHEST OR THAT AREA AS THE STRIKER, AND PENGUIN PENGUIN WAS ABLE TO DUCK UNDER THE STRIKE FROM DEJESUS.
>> WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO DO IS MAKE SURE YOU'RE AIMING RIGHT FOR THE CHIN. PENGUIN . >> COACH TALKING TO HIS FIGHTER. WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO FACE A GUY LIKE THAT, THAT NICE LITTLE SHORT UPPERCUT. YOU'RE LOOKING AT A GUY FROM THE SOUTHPAW POSITION, SO THAT RIGHT HAND OF DEJESUS, THAT SHORT UPPERCUT, IF THE GUY'S SWITCHING, PUT DOWN AND DROPPING THAT LEVEL IF HE'S STILL GOING TO REACH OUT. >> ANOTHER BODY KICK. RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE, OPENED UP HIS NOSE AGAIN AND HE'S BLEEDING AGAIN. >> COMBAT WORLD CHAMPION VLADYSLAV PARUBCHENKO, LIKE HIS BROTHER DMITRI, GOOD VICTORY IN THEIR BELLATOR DEBUT. A LOT OF TIMES IT'S THE GUYS YOU'RE WORKING OUT WITH ALL THE TIME.
YOU WORK OUT IN A CERTAIN GYM. RIGHT NOW, THESE ARE GUYS WHO ARE HIGH-LEVEL FIGHTERS. GIVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT LOOKS. YOU CAN SEE THAT. >> A GOOD STRIKER, ESPECIALLY MMA. STRAIGHT BACK INTO THE PHELPS. YOU CAN SEE THAT. EVERY TIME HE STEPPED IN, TAKE ONE STEP BACK AND CIRCLE BACK. THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR TONIGHT. >> GOOD CHANCE YOU'RE GOING TO BE PUT ON YOUR BACK. >> GOOD JOB OF CIRCLING RIGHT THROUGH THAT. FINDING DEJESUS. OH! THE THERE'S A NICE SHOT, THOUGH. THAT'S WHY YOU SEE DEJESUS MOVING BACKWARDS, TRYING TO GAPE SOME DISTANCE. AND JOHN DEJESUS TRIED TO LAND THAT PUNCH. SO WHAT YOU'RE FINDING OUT NOW, BRINGING SO MUCH ENERGY, TRYING TO CLOSE THE DISTANCE. NOW HE'S BAEPED THAT AND HE'S THROWING PITCHES. DEJESUS IS THINKING TAKEDOWN. NINE-FIGHT WIN STREAK, 40 SECONDS AWAY FROM GOING THE DISTANCE FOR THE SECOND TIME IN HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER.
BEAUTIFUL KNEE RIGHT UP THE GUT. THAT WAS PARUBCHENKO. >> 20 SECONDS. WATCH FOR IT AGAIN. HE'S TRYING TO LOAD UP. . IT GOES TO THE JUDGES. >> THAT TRANSITION WON THE ROUND, I BELIEVE. >> NO. HE WON THE ROUND BEFORE IT. >> HOW SO? >> ABSOLUTELY. YOU TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WAS BEING DONE THERE.
THIS IS WHERE A LOT OF GUYS WILL SIT THERE AND OH, THE TAKEDOWN. NICE FOR PARUBCHENKO BUT HE WORKED FOR IT. THAT WAS THE UPPERCUT THAT HURT HIM. YOU SAW HIM QUICKLY GET ON THAT BIKE. LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE, IT IS LIKE A CALIBER OF A WEAPON. THAT PUNCH IS LIKE A 22 CALIBER WEAPON BUT THAT KNEE IS A 50 CALIBER. WHICH ONE IS HITTING YOU HARDER? THE 50 CALIBER. >> JOSH. >> SHE DIDN'T WANT TO GO FULL-ON SOCIAL. >> I KNOW SHE DOESN'T HAVE YOUR NUMBER. >> THERE'S TRUTH TO THAT. >> THE CHAMP WATCHING AT HOME. DEJESUS. >> JOHN, I THOUGHT IT WAS A CLOSE FIGHT. I THOUGHT THE THIRD ROUND WAS CLOSE UNTIL HE LANDED THE TWO KNEES TO THE BODY AND ONE TO THE HEAD. I COULD HAVE SEEN IT GOING EITHER WAY UNTIL THAT LAST TRANSITION WAS GETTING INTO THE MOUNT POSITION. I KNOW THERE WASN'T A WHOLE LOT GOING ON IN THAT POSITION, BUT SOMETIMES IT LEAVES THAT LASTING IMPRESSION, YES, FOR SURE, HE'S WON THIS ROUND. >> IT CAN 3-D A LASTING IMPRESSION.
THE THING TO THINK ABOUT FOR THE FANS, MMA IS NOT A SPORT ABOUT ATTAINING POSITION. IN WRESTLING WE GET POINTS FOR A POSITION. UNTIL YOU JUJITSU OH, WE GET POINTS FOR OBTAINING A POSITION. HERE IT'S WHAT YOU DO WITH IT. >> 20 YEARS. >> I JUST FIGURED THIS OUT NOW. >> THIS IS MINE. DO BETTER NEXT TIME BUT THIS IS MINE. >> DEJESUS, DID HE GET HIMSELF A VICTORY HERE IN HIS BELLATOR DEBUT AND SNAP THE NINE-FIGHT WINNING STREAK OF HIS OPPONENT FROM THE UKRAINE, PARUBCHENKO. JUDGES HAVE RENDERED THEIR DECISION. HERE IS MICHAEL C. WILLIAMS. >> Announcer: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE DECISION WE GO TO THE THREE JUDGES. FIRST JUDGE. 30-27. CROSBY 29-28. ALL HAVE IT FOR THE WINNER BY UNANIMOUS DECISION JOHN DEJESUS. >> UNANIMOUS DECISION VICTORY FOR JOHN DEJESUS AS HE HANDS PARUBCHENKO HIS FIRST LOSS IN OVER FIVE YEARS. BACK UP TO JAY.
>> ANOTHER GREAT PRELIM FOR YOU. THE MAIN CARD OF THE EVENING LATER ON KICKS OFF WITH JOHN SALTER, ANDREW KAPEL. DON'T BLAME IT ON THIS ONE. BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM, THEY HAVE 25 WINS IN THE FIRST ROUND, EITHER K.O. OR SUBMISSION. SALTER IS A WELL ROUNDED FIGHTER BUT HIS SUBMISSION IS FANTASTIC. >> IF YOU WATCH HIS HIGHLIGHTS, YOU GO READ ABOUT SALTER'S RECORD AND HIS WINS AND LOSSES ON PAPER, YOU'RE GOING TO COME AWAY WITH THE RIGHT OPINION THAT HE'S DANGEROUS ON THE GROUND, BUT YOU MIGHT BE MISLED ABOUT HOW HE GETS THERE. HE DOES A LOT OF WRESTLING. HE'S GOOD AT GETTING POSITION THE FIRST TIME. HE CLOSES THE DISTANCE ON HIS FEET WITH HEAVY PUNCHES. THIS IS A GUY THAT CAN DO A LET BIT OF EVERYTHING. SURE, HE FAVORS THE GROUND. I'LL CONCEDE THAT. IF YOU OVERLOOK HIS RIGHT-HAND, IF YOU OVERLOOK THE ELBOWS AND KNEES, YOU'RE GOING TO BE JUDGING HIM FALSELY. >> HE'S GOING TO GET ANDREW KAPEL ALSO, HIS SECOND FIGHT IN BELLATOR. FIRST FIGHT THEY SAID, OK, HE'S GOING TO GO IN SOMEWHAT.
THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED. >> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A GUY WHO CAN DEAL WITH NERVES. THIS IS A GOOD CLAIM TO FAME. IF THERE'S A GUY YOU WANT TO BEAT AND YOU WANT CREDIT FOR IT, HE'S THE GUY. THAT MEANS SOMETHING. NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL DO IT. KAPP PELLE HAD TO GO INTO THE FIGHT KNOWING HE WAS THE UNDERDOG. HE BROUGHT HIS SKILLS WITH HIM. I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY LEARNED.
>> LET'S SEE IF KAPEL CAN TAKE IT TO THE CAGE. THAT IS LATER ON. IT KICKS OFF OUR MAIN CARD. GOLDIE, TAKE IT BACK, BROTHER. >> OUR TALE OF THE TAPE FOR THIS CONTRACTED MATCHUP, SALIM MUKHIDINOV, SEVEN WINS INCLUDING ONE IN THE BELLATOR CAME TAKING ON. WITH THE OFFICIAL INTRODUCTION, ONCE AGAIN HERE IS THE VOICE. >> Announcer: TONIGHT AT BELLATOR 244 WE GO TO THE CONTRACT WEIGHT OF 147 POUNDS. SCHEDULED FOR THREE FIVE-MINUTE ROUNDS. INTRODUCING IN THE BLUE CORNER AT 5'9" WEIGHS IN AT 148.8 POINTS, SEVEN WINS, FOUR LOSSES, HAILING FROM TAJIKISTAN, HE FIGHTS OUT OF SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, SALIM "THE DREAM" MUKHIDINOV.
AND ACROSS THE CAGE, HIS ADDS SAR AT 5'7" WEIGHING IN 147.5 POUNDS. AS A PROFESSIONAL, THREE VICTORIES, NO DEFEATS, FROM BRAZIL, PRESENTING WEBER ALMEIDA. AND THE REFEREE IN CHARGE, CARRIY HATLEY. >> KERRY HATLEY OUR ARRIVE. AKA AGAINST THE MACHIDA TEAM AND A LITTLE TEAM AT MMA AS WELL. IN SAN JOSE TRAINING OVER THE YEARS. THIRD FIGHT FOR BOTH THESE MEN INSIDE THE BELLATOR CAGE. TONIGHT'S FIGHT BROUGHT TO YOU BY GEICO. RED BLUFFS NOR ALMEIDA. HE WILL SWITCH HIS STAENZ AS WILL HIS OPPONENT IN THE BLUE GLOVES. S. >> GIVING ALMEIDA ONE OF THOSE KICKS. UTILIZING ALMOST A KARATE STANCE. SALIM IS A WELL ROUNDED FIGHTER. HE STARTED OUT MUAY THAI STYLE. >> HE ALSO IS ONE OF MY TRAINING PARTNERS AS WELL FOR YEARS.
SO HE'S HELPED ME. HIS GROUND GAME HAS GOTTEN SO MUCH BETTER, THOUGH. A WHOLE GROUP OF GUYS HAS EVOLVED HIS WRESTLING GAME. A NEW COACH THERE WHO HAS HELPED WITH JUJITSU. DON'T BE SURPRISED IF HE TRIES TO GET A TAKEDOWN HERE WHEN IT COMES TO THE GRAPPLING PORTION OF HIS GAME. >> ONE THING HE NEEDS TO BE CAREFUL OF. WEBER ALMEIDA, ABOVE FELGT BUT WEBER ALMEIDA, YOU COULD SAY HE'S GOT DOGS IN HIS HANDS. IT ONLY TAKES ONE.
HE HAS KNOCKED OUT SEVERAL GUYS IN BELLATOR. HIS HEAD COACH, SHINZO MACHITA. THE DRAGON LEODA MACHITA. >> HE GOT INTO A COUPLE OF GOOD EXCHANGES IN HIS LAST FIGHT. HE LEFT HIS CHIN UP HIGHER IN THE AIR. MORE EXPERIENCE MANY THIS POSITION. NO DOUBT HE HAS THE POWER. >> YOU DON'T SEE GUYS AT 145 THAT HAS THAT ONE-PUNCH KNOCKOUT POWER. HE'S GOT THAT. IT'S RARE. COMES FROM A KARATE BACKGROUND, GOOD CORE STRENGTH. ACTUALLY, HIS FIRST FIGHT WAS AT 170 POUNDS. THEN 135, 145, NOW THIS WEIGHT. LAST THREE FIGHTS FOR MUKHIDINOV HAVE BEEN AT 145, PRIMARILY A LIGHT WEIGHT AND WELTERWEIGHT BEFORE THAT. >> I UNDERSTAND THAT PICK. SOME PORTUGUESE AROUND MY HOUSE. I THINK IT'S COME DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
>> SURE YOU HEAR THAT AUTOMATIC THE TIME. >> MORE THAN I WANT TO. >> MUKHIDINOV IS DOING A NICE JOB OF KEEPING WEBER'S BACK AGAINST THAT CAGE. LOOKING RIGHT HERE RIGHT NOW. COME UP WITH THAT SINGLE. >> SALIM MUKHIDINOV IS IN REALLY TROUBLE NOW. >> IT IS ALL OVER! JUST LIKE THAT! WEBER ALMEIDA BIG RIGHT HAND AND THE FINISH. AND HE REMAINS UNBEATEN HERE INSIDE THE BELLATOR CAGE. >> I GOT TO TELL YOU. THAT IS AS M IMPRESSIVE A PERFORMANCE BY WEBER ALMEIDA. HIS OPPONENT IS DAMN GOOD. ALMEIDA WAITED FOR HIS TO THROW FIRST, CAME OVER THE TOP, LEFT HIMSELF OPEN, SALIM DID.
>> THE BIG RIGHT-HAND LANDED SQUARE IN THE MIDDLE OF MUKHIDINOV'S FACE. HE WAS HURT FROM THAT POINT. HE TOOK QUITE A FEW SHOTS AFTER BUT NOT ANY OF THEM WERE NEEDED. IT WAS THIS BIG RIGHT HAND. >> THIS IS WHAT YOU GET SOMEBODY FROM THE MUKHIDINOV CAMP. THEY KNOW THEIR DISTANCE SO WELL. YOU SAW SALIM REACHING FOR THE PUNCH AND LEFT HIMSELF OUT OF POSITION AND ALMEIDA WAS ABLE TO CAPITALIZE. >> RYAN BAITER. >> RYAN REACHED OUT. LIOTTA COUNTERED, BOOM, RIGHT THROUGH THE WOOD CHIPPER. THERE'S A HAPPY HEAD COACH. VERY IMPRESSIVE AND NOW 4-0 AS A PROFESSIONAL. 3-0 BELLATOR. MUKHIDINOV BLACK BELT. WEBER ALMEIDA, MICHAEL C. WILLIAMS TO MAKE IT OFFICIAL. >> Announcer: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, COMES TO AN END 3:57 ROUND NUMBER ONE FOR THE WINNER BY KNOCKOUT, WEBER ALMEIDA! >> ALL FOUR CAREER WINS BY KNOCKOUT. THREE OF THEM IN THE FIRST ROUND.
>> WEBER ALMEIDA WITH THAT MUKHIDINOV KARATE, EFFECTIVE, VICTORIOUS, BACK UP TO JAKE. >> THANKS, GOLDIE. PRELIMS ROLLING ON TOMORROW. LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT GOLD IS ON THE LINE TOMORROW. OUR CO-MAIN EVENT IS THE FORMER CHAMPION JULIA BUDD TAKING ON JESSY MIELE. THEY HAVE A COMMON OPPONENT. BUDDED KNOCKED HER OUT. . >> YOU CAN TAKE A LOT. THE FACT THAT THEY BOTH FOUGHT JULIA BUDD HAS NOT OFFERED A LOT OF RESISTANCE OF LATE. SHE'S SEPARATED HERSELF FROM THE PACK. I BELIEVE THIS IS WHAT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE WITH JESSY AS WELL, OH, SHE HAS THE SKILL, OH, SHE HAS THE DURABILITY. I THINK THAT'S WHERE SHE COMES INTO PLAY. >> GREAT STRIKING. SHE HAS FOUGHT THE BEST OF THE BEST SINCE SHE GOT INTO THIS BUSINESS.
>> I WOULD WONDER AND QUESTION FROM A MENTAL STAND, IT'S A RELIEF TO BE IN THE THREE ROUND CONTEST FOR THE FIRST TIME. I BELIEVE FOUR YEARS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. IS IT A RELIEF TO NOT FEEL THE STRESS AND THE PRESSURE OF DEFENDING OR TRYING TO CLAIM A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, OR IS IT THE OPPOSITE? I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER. ANYTIME YOU'RE COMING BACK FROM A LOSS OF A CHAMPIONSHIP, YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO PROVE. >> OBVIOUSLY CYBORG AND MIELE DON'T HAVE THE SAME PHYSICAL STRENGTH.
WHAT MIELE CAN TAKE AWAY FROM THE FIGHT. >> ONE THING I THINK SHE CAN TAKE IS TO UNDERSTAND JULIA BUDD IS IMPOSSIBLE. TO UNDERSTAND THERE IS WAYS TO GET INSIDE. THERE IS WAYS TO RATTLE. I DON'T KNOW THAT MIELE HAS THE SAME AS CHRIS CYBORG AND CERTAINLY NOT THE SAME POWER. THAT DOESN'T MEAN SHE CAN'T MAKE THIS A GRITTY FIGHT. TAKE THE KICKS FROM JULIA. IT'S NOT WORTH THE RISK OF SAYING. CLOSE THE DISTANCE. >> SHE COULDN'T FINISH THE FIGHT ON THE GROUND? >> SHE'S NOT LOOKING FOR SUBMISSION. SHE'S LOOKING FOR POSITION. SHE'S A JUJITSU BLACK BELT. FORGET THAT. I WANT TO BE ON TOP. >> WE HAVE A GREAT SEAT UP HERE, NOWHERE NEAR THE THREE GUYS CAGE SIDE.
TIME TO GO BACK TO YOU GUYS. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THIS IS OUR MAIN CARD. IT BEGINS 10:00 EASTERN, 9:00 CENTRAL OUR MAIN EVENT FOR THE LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP, RYAN BADER-VADIM NEMKOV, JESSY MIELE AND JULIA BUDD, THE GUYS WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT. MAYBE OF ALL THE FIGHT INTERVIEWS, YOUR FAVORITE COMMENT WAS WHEN JESSY SAID, NOBODY REALLY WANTS TO BE ON. >> YOU GET A BLACK BELT FROM JUJITSU AND SAY I DON'T WANT TO BE ON BOTTOM. >> I NEVER THOUGHT IN A MILLION YEARS IN MY LIFETIME, I AGREE. TONIGHT THE PRESSURE'S ON JULIA. BUT — OR IS IT. IS SHE HAPPY WITH THE FIGHT? IS SHE GOING TO COME IN AND GO. WE WILL FIND OUT LATER TONIGHT LIVE ON PARAMOUNT NETWORK. >> PRELIMINARY ACTION CONTINUES OUR TALE OF THE TAPE FOR THIS BAN TAM WEIGHT FIGHT. ERIC PEREZ, 19 CAREER WINS, JOSH HILL, IDENTICAL AMOUNTS OF WINS. >> YOU HAD TO SAY IT. >> I DID. >> BOTH GREAT FIGHTERS. IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD. >> HERE'S MICHAEL C. WILLIAMS. >> Announcer: JOINING US TONIGHT LIVE ON BELLATOR CHANNEL.
WELCOME YOU TO THE PRELIMS AT BELLATOR 244. SCHEDULED FOR THREE FIVE-MINUTE ROUNDS. INTRODUCING THE BLUE CORNER AT 5'6" WEIGHING IN 136 POUNDS, HAS A PROFESSIONAL 19 WINS, THREE LOSSES, FROM HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA, "GENTLEMEN" JOSH HILL. AND ACROSS THE CAGE, HIS ADDS SAR, AT 5'8", WEIGHING IN AT 135.6 POUNDS, AS A PROFESSIONAL, 19 VICTORIES, SEVEN DEFEATS FROM NUEVO LEONE MEXICO, FIGHTING OUT OF CALIFORNIA, ERIC PEREZ. IN CHARGE OF THE ACTION, REFEREE CAREY. >> CARRIE HATLEY, OUR REFEREE. BOTH MEN WITH 19 CAREER VICTORIES. >> GET A LITTLE — >> ARE YOU READY FOR IT.
>> READY FOR IT. >> THERE GOW. >> HERE WE GO. TONIGHT'S FIGHT CARD BROUGHT TO YOU BY GEICO. ERIC PEREZ, WINNER OF FIVE OF HIS LAST SIX IN THE RED GLOVES. JOSH HILL IN THE BLUE GLOVES. PEREZ HAD NOT LOST IN FIVE AND A HALF YEARS PRIOR TO LAST DECEMBER WHEN HE WAS FINISHING HIS 54 SECONDS. >> THAT WAS HIS BELLATOR DEBUT BUT HE'S GOT FAST HANDS. HE JUST LANDED A BEAUTIFUL SHOT ON PEREZ. THAT COULD HAPPEN TO ANYBODY IN THIS SPORT.
>> HE'S GOT THE POWER. >> FIRST TIME PEREZ HAS EVER BEEN KNOCKED OUT AS WELL. >> JOSH HILL FROM ONTARIO, CANADA. GOOD EXCHANGE RIGHT THERE. >> WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE, THE STARK CONTRAST BETWEEN THESE TWO GUYS. PEREZ IS A JUNKYARD DOG. HE WILL TAKE SHOTS TO GIVE SHOTS. JOSH HILL IS THE MORE TECHNICAL FIGHTER. HE LIKES TO GET IN AND OUT. HE'LL SWITCH HIS STANCE TO GO FOR THE TAKEDOWN. >> TWO VERY EXPLOSIVE AND DANGEROUS FIGHTERS HERE AT 135. THAT RIGHT HAND, YOU SAW JOSH THROW AND LAND, IT WAS A TELLING SHOT. TIMING OF ERIC PEREZ, ONE THING YOU'RE SEEING, HIS HEAD IS STAYING ON THE CENTER LINE WHEN HE COMES STRAIGHT FORWARD. >> YOU CAN SEE HE GETS TENSE BEFORE HE THROWS. HE'LL BE ABLE TO PICK THAT UP. >> JOSH HILL SPENT SOME TIME IN HIS OWN GYM, VISION QUEST MMA. >> SUCH A GOOD GROUP OF SMALL GUYS THAT ARE THERE IN THAT GROUP. EVERYONE'S BEEN THROUGH THERE, NORMALLY YOU SEE GUYS LIKE THAT, THEY PROBABLY TRAINED. >> BEAUTIFUL EXIT BY JOSH HILL.
SLIDE THAT LEFT ELBOW CLEANLY AGAINST THE RIGHT SIDE OF ERIK PEREZ'S HEAD. WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS A DISPLAY BY JOSH HILL AS FAR AS FIGHTING HARD, BEING EFFECTIVE. DON'T TAKE THE BIG CHANCE. HANDS ARE IN PERFECT POSITION. MMA FOR ABOUT THE LAST FIVE YEARS FOR ERIK PEREZ. THE OTHER GOOD THING ABOUT JOSH HILL, LOOK AT HIS POSITION. LOOK AT HIS HEAD BACK. THAT MAKES IT TO WHERE WHEN YOU TLAND SHOT, IT COULD BE THE PERFECT SHOT TO BE ABLE TO SURVIVE IT IN THE FIGHT. >> CHIN DOES NOT GET UP IN THE AIR.
>> WELL OFF THE CHIN ON THAT ONE. >> NO QUESTION. >> OH. >> WOW. >> JOSH HILL. THEY'RE GOOD. PEREZ BRINGING A LOT OF PRESSURE. HE'S COMING AFTER HILL. FOBZS INTO FORCE YOU INTO THAT FIGHT. UP AND OVER HIS CONDITIONING. AS THIS FIGHT GOES, HE'S STILL GOING TO BE IN HIS GRILLE, PRESSING THE OPTION. >> YOU PROBABLY WEREN'T WRONG. >> WE'RE STILL ON THAT? >> GIVING YOU A LITTLE CREDIT, YOU KNOW.
>> PEREZ, PULL HIS LEG FENCE. >> 20 SECONDS, ROUND 1. >> TIGHT BUT NOT LIKE HE'S LOADING UP AND A LOT OF EXPENDED ENERGY WHERE PEREZ IS THROWING EVERYTHING SO WHEN HE MISSES, HE MISSES HARD. >> GOOD ROUND FOR BOTH FIGHTERS, BUT A CLEAR ROUND AS FAR AS THE GUY WHO IS MORE EFFECTIVE IN THE FIGHT. YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT JOSH HILL IS DOING, HOW HE'S COMPOSED, NOT OVEREXTENDING. >> FANS WATCHING AROUND THE WORLD, MEMBERS OF BELLATOR NATION. WE WANT TO KNOW WHO YOU THINK WILL WIN TONIGHT? WILL IT BE THE CHAMPION DEFENDING FOR THE SECOND TIME OR WILL WE HAVE OUR FIRST RUSSIAN LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION.
CAST YOUR VOTE RIGHT NOW. BADER OR NEMKOV. WE WILL FIND OUT. >> CAN I VOTE? >> YOU CAN. >> YOU WILL HAVE TO EXPLAIN THE JUDGING. >> HE DID, HE CHEATED! >> SHOCKING! >> YOUR FEELINGS REALLY ARE HURT. >> JOSH HILL IN THE BLUE GLOVES AND RED GLOVES FOR ERIK PEREZ. ONE THING JOSH HILL MAY HAVE WANTED TO AVOID, HE HAD TWO LOSSES TO THE SAME MAN OUT OF THREE. >> I WANT TO SEE HILL THROW A FAKE BEFORE HE THROWS THE KICK. HE IS THROWING IT BLINDLY, NO JAB, NOTHING BEHIND IT. >> HIS CALF IS A LITTLE SWOLLEN. AS THE FIGHT GOES ON, HILL KEEPS GOING TO THAT CALF. >> MIXED IT UP GOING UP THE MIDDLE. >> HE IS LOOKING GOOD. HIS HEAD IS STILL NOT CENTERED. EVERY NOW AND THEN YOU WILL HEAR IT FROM HIS CORNER.
HE HAS TO MAKE SURE WHEN HE THROWS, TAKE HIS HEAD OFF THE CENTER LINE. >> HE THREW A FAKE ONE-TWO. >> ON THE FIRST ROUND, HE LOST HIS DEBUT. YOU COULD TELL HE CAME OUT REALLY HARD AND SETTLED INTO THE FIGHT NOW. >> AS YOU SAID, HE'S IN A RHYTHM, FEELING GOOD. BLOCKED THAT SHOT. BLOOD IS COMING OUT OF THE NOSE OF ERIK PEREZ. >> HE NEVER GOT THINGS STARTED. IT WAS OVER BEFORE HE GOT TO SHOW THE SKILLS THAT GOT HIM SIGNED BY BELLATOR. >> EVERY TIME, THERE IS A NEW CONTRACT. THERE IS A LOT OF PRESSURE ON YOU TO PERFORM. IT'S UNFORTUNATE. I THINK RIGHT NOW HE HAS SETTLED INTO THE FIGHT AND LOOKING LIKE HE SHOULD HAVE IN THE FIRST FIGHT. >> HIS OLDER BROTHER FORMER PROFESSIONAL BOXER, COWBOY HE SAYS, THEY ARE TRAINING PARTNERS, SO IT IS A FIGHTING FAMILY FOR THE PEREZ FAMILY. ONE MAN LOOKING FOR THEIR 20th CAREER VICTORY. BOTH MEN LOOKING FOR IT, ONE MAN WILL LEAVE WITH THEIR 20th CAREER VICTORY TONIGHT. WILL IT BE PEREZ IN THE RED GLOVES OR HILL IN THE BLUE GLOVES? >> GOOD POSITION BY PEREZ.
HE AND JOSH HILL ON THE EXIT LANDING THAT ELBOW. HE HAS TO BE CAREFUL OF THE ELBOW OF JOSH. >> IN THE FIRST ROUND AND THIS ROUND HE WAS — >> BIG JOHN, THIS FIGHT IS GOING PRETTY MUCH HOW YOU TALKED ABOUT IT GOING WHEN WE DISCUSSED IT EARLIER. YOU SAID THIS WAS GOING TO BE A TOSSUP FIGHT AND THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE SEEN SO FAR. >> BOTH GUYS ARE SO GOOD. THEY DO THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. JOSH HILL IS A TECHNICAL GUY WHO LIKES TO STAY HYPED. JUNKYARD DOG WILL GO AFTER YOU. >> GREAT TIMING ON THAT. LOADING UP. COMBINATIONS — >> GOOD WORK BY PEREZ TO GET IT BACK. THESE GUYS ARE PUTTING IT OUT THERE. THIS IS A CLOSE, CLOSE FIGHT. >> FINAL TEN SECONDS OF THE SECOND. >> BEAUTIFUL TAP OF THE LEGS, BRING HIM DOWN. RIGHT BACK TO HIS FEET. MORE OF A CHANGE OF POSITION. NICE TAKEDOWN BUT NOTHING HAPPENED WITH IT.
[ BELL RINGS ] >> STILL SCORES THOUGH, RIGHT? >> ABSOLUTELY, BUT IT IS NOT A BIG PART OF THE FIGHT BECAUSE IT DIDN'T HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE FIGHT. >> 20 YEARS AND I'M FINALLY FIGURING OUT THE RULES. >>> GET THE SAME APPAREL THE FIGHTERS WEAR. PURCHASE NOW AND GET 10% OFF WITH PROMO CODE CHAMPION. WE HAVE A CHAMPIONSHIP ON THE LINE LATER TONIGHT LIVE ON PARAMOUNT NETWORK. RYAN BADER AND NEMKOV. HERE WITH US INSIDE OUR SAFE ZONE MOHEGAN SUN ARENA. OUR PARTNERS ARE DOING A TREMENDOUS JOB KEEPING EVERYONE SAFE, HEALTHY AND ALLOWING US TO BRING GREAT BATTLES FROM THE BELLATOR CAGE. BRING ME A SCORECARD, JOHN. >> I THINK IT'S A CLOSE FIGHT. BOTH GUIDES HAVE SOME URGENCY AS FAR AS I NEED TO GET THIS ROUND. >> I THINK IT'S 2-0 HILL.
>> IT COULD BE. HE LANDED SOME GOOD SHOTS. PEREZ DID, TOO. THE JUDGES ONLY SEE THINGS USUALLY FROM ONE PERSPECTIVE. AS THE FIGHT MOVES THE REFEREE GETS IN FRONT OF HIM. WE ARE ABLE TO SEE ON THE BIG SCREENS AND YOU ARE ABLE TO SEE A WHOLE LOT MORE. >> GIVE ME A SCORECARD. >> THANK YOU. >> YOU ARE WELCOME. >> I HAVE GOT YOU, BROTHER. >> WIN OR TIE, I HAVE GOT YOU, BROTHER. >> I THINK THE DIFFERENCE, IN THE SECOND GROUND, THERE WERE THE CLOSE SHOTS WHEREAS PEREZ IS DOING THAT. HE IS MAKING PUNCHES BUT NOT ALWAYS LANDING. THEY LOOK GOOD, BUT THE LANDING SHOTS ARE DONE BY HILL. >> THAT COULD BE RIGHT. YOU SEE A SHOT LAND, SOMETIMES YOU DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE IT LANDS.
>> HOW DID THAT FEEL COMING OUT OF YOUR MOUTH? >> CAUGHT HIM WITH A RIGHT AS HE MOVED IN. >> JOSH IS FUNDAMENTALLY VERY SOUND. >> YEP, VERY SOUND. >> FUN TO WATCH. >> YOU SAID THE BASIC THINGS. >> THE THINGS ABOUT BASIC, I GIVE YOU CREDIT. >> I SAID THINGS ABOUT BASIC. FEELING GOOD RIGHT NOW. >> INSIDE AND THE OUTSIDE. PEREZ SOMETIMES LABORS WHEN HE GETS THERE. >> NICE TRANSITION, DROP LEVEL, RIGHT INTO HIM. THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. NOW HE'S GOING TO THE SEAT BELT POSITION TO CONTROL IT AND NOW STARTING TO WORK FROM THAT. >> A LITTLE BIT OF WRESTLING HAPPENS AT TEAM ALPHA MALE. >> IT DOES BECOME DIFFICULT WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE BACKING YOUR HANDS UP AGAINST THE CAGE. YOU DON'T HAVE THE FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT TO GET THE CHOKE AND GO AFTER THE ARMBARS.
THIS IS A GOOD POSITION FOR JOSH, BUT NOT EXACTLY WHERE HE WANTS TO BE. >> IF HE ROLLS TO ONE SIDE THE FENCE IS THERE AND THAT MAY NOT BE THE SIDE YOU WANT TO BE ON. >> NICE JOB WITH JOSH HILL TRANSITIONING BACK IN. ALL FOUR OF HIS SUBMISSION VICTORIES HAVE COME BY REAR NAKED CHOKE. >> I LIKE TO CALL IT TWO-ON-ONE. TWO HANDS, PUSHES IT AWAY OR CLUTCHES IT AWAY FROM HIS BODY. STARTS SLIDING IT BACK. LIKE HE'S BREAKING THEM OFF. HE IS GOING TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR AGAINST THE FENCE AS WELL. >> TRYING TO LOCK IT IN. TUCKED IN THERE. THIS IS NOT GOING TO WORK. HE COULD COMPLAIN ABOUT THE PAIN ON HIS JAW, BUT THIS IS NOT A CHOKE. >> THAT GOES FOR — JOHN, A STORY FOR ANOTHER TIME.
>> JOE ALWAYS SAYS THE TOUCH, YOU ARE GOOD. >> I ALWAYS SAY IF BIG JOHN McCARTHY PUTS HIS ARM AND MY NECK AND I'M CASHING IN. >> HE OPENED UP WITH THE STRIKING AND WENT BACK TO THE CHOKE. >> FROM THE ARC. >> ONLY 13 SECONDS LEFT. HE HAS DOMINATED THE ROUND. NOW THE ARMBAR ATTEMPT. >> GOING TO FINISH THE ROUND. >> THIS ONE GOES THE DISTANCE. WHO HAS EARNED THEIR 20th CAREER WIN? JOSH HILL OR ERIK PEREZ? >> I ACTUALLY THINK JOSH HILL.
>> NORMALLY HE DOESN'T BREATHE. HIS DIAPHRAGM DOESN'T MOVE. HOW DO YOU GO THAT LONG AND NOT BREATHE. >> HE SAID HE HAS A LEATHER BELT IN THE BAD-ASS ROOM. LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THE WORK, ESPECIALLY THE KNEE. >> THE DUCK OF THE HEAD. JUST GRAZES. BUT IT WAS THE COUNTER WITH THAT RIGHT HAND COMING OVER. THEN HE WOULD SOMETIMES — LOOK AT THAT BEAUTIFUL TRANSITION, DROPS THE LEVEL, DRIVES FORWARD AND CONTROLS HIS OPPONENT AND ENDS UP HITTING THE BACK. THAT WAS A BEAUTIFUL PERFORMANCE BY BOTH, BUT JOSH HILL WAS TECHNICALLY THE BETTER FIGHTER. >> HE GOT PEREZ THINKING HE WAS GOING TO STAND. GOT HIM INTO A COUPLE OF EXCHANGES. AND THEN THE TAKEDOWN. THOSE ARE THE BEST TAKEDOWNS. >> I THOUGHT YOU SAID IT WAS EASY. HE MADE IT LOOK EASY. >> THE TIMING ON IT WAS IMPECCABLE. ANY TIME YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORK HARD.
>> THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT EASY. MICHAEL C. WILLIAMS WILL GIVE US OUR OFFICIAL DECISION. >> Announcer: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WE GO TO THE SCORECARDS. THE FIRST JUDGE HAS IT 29-28 WHILE THE OTHER TWO JUDGES SEE IT THE SAME, 30-27. THE WIN BY UNANIMOUS DECISION, GENTLEMAN JOSH HILL! >> WIN NUMBER 20 FOR JOSH HILL. 2-0 INSIDE THE BELLATOR CAGE. A UNANIMOUS DECISION. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE GENTLEMAN JOSH HILL. >> ONE HOUR AWAY. WE ARE LIVE ON PARAMOUNT NETWORK. THE TITLE IS ON THE LINE.
BADER AND NEMKOV, SCHEDULED FOR FIVE FIVE MINUTES ROUND. THE FORMER CHAMPION AND THE RISING STAR, ALL LIVE AND FREE ON PARAMOUNT NETWORK! >>> FOLLOW US AND GET INSTANT UPDATES AND GET A CHANCE TO HAVE YOUR TWEETS LIVE ON BELLATOR NETWORK. JOIN BELLATOR NATION TODAY. NEXT, LIVE AND FREE ON PARAMOUNT NETWORK. RYAN BADER WILL PUT HIS TITLE ON THE LINE. >> I AM THE BEST THERE HAS EVER BEEN. >> BUT COMING FOR THE GOLD, NEMKOV, NEXT ON PARAMOUNT NETWORK. >> WE CONTINUE INSIDE THE MOHEGAN SUN ARENA WITH OUR PRELIMINARY MATCHUP. THE TWO VETERANS HAVE AT COMBINED 26 WINS. ADAM PICCOLOTTI AND SYDNEY OUTLAW.
>> PICCOLOTTI IS AN OUTSTANDING GRAPPLER, BUT OUTLAW IS SO MUCH BETTER. AGAINST THE REAR NAKED CHOKE, BUT THE FIGHT AGAINST VINCENT HENDERSON IN THE FIRST ROUND HE HAD HENDERSON IN ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS. JUST LOST IN A SPLIT DECISION VICTORY. >> OUR TALE OF THE TAPE FOR THE LIGHTWEIGHT FIGHT. >> THAT'S A BIG REACH ADVANTAGE. >> Announcer: WE GO TO THE LIGHTWEIGHT DIVISION SCHEDULED FOR THREE FIVE-MINUTE ROUNDS. IN THE BLUE CORNER AT 5'9" WEIGHING IN AT 155 POUNDS. 14 WINS AND 4 LOSSES FIGHTING OUT OF COCONUT CREEK, FLORIDA BY WAY OF PENNSYLVANIA IS SYDNEY OUTLAW! AND FIGHTING OUT OF THE RED CORNER AT 5'11" WEIGHING IN AT 155.3 POUNDS. AS A PROFESSIONAL HE STANDS WITH 12 VICTORIES, 3 DEFEATS BY WAY OF HALF MOON BAY, FROM SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, ADAM "THE BOMB" PICCOLOTTI. AND THE REFEREE IN CHARGE IS DAN. >> DAN THE REFEREE, ADAM PICCOLOTTI AND SIDNEY OUTLAR. ADAM PICCOLOTTI WITH EIGHT WINS. SIDNEY OUTLAW IN THE BLUE GLOVES. BOTH MEN BLACK BELTS IN JIU-JITSU. PICCOLOTTI SINCE 2012. OUTLAW EARNED HIS BELT UNDER HENZEL. >> BOTH GUYS COME FROM A VERY DISTINGUISHED PEDIGREE.
>> ADAM IS A BOXING INSTRUCTOR AT A MARTIAL ARTS SCHOOL. WE KNOW HE HAS HAND SHOTS AND SUBMISSION SKILLS. THESE TWO ARE VERY EVENLY MATCHED. >> I AM GOING TO GIVE THE SCRAMBLING PEDIGREE TO PICCOLOTTI. ADAM WILL PROBABLY WIN, BUT HE HAS TO MAKE SURE — >> THAT WAS SO GOOD! DID YOU SEE THE ELEVATOR? BEAUTIFUL WORK ON THE GROUND BY BOTH GUYS. >> THE SCRAMBLE IS NOT OVER YET, I CAN TELL YOU THAT.
>> THE OUTLAW FAMILY FULL OF BOXERS. THE FATHER IS A SOUTHPAW, WAS IN THE BOXING GAME FOR A LONG TIME. RIGHT NOW THEY WORK ON THE GROUND. WHAT YOU ARE SEEING IS ADAM TRYING TO CLEAR HIS HIPS. LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. >> ADAM NEEDS TO BE CAREFUL WHAT HE PUTS OVER. >> HE CALLS IT THE NINJA CHOKE. WORLD FAMOUS. >> NICE SCRAMBLE. ADAM POKING THE HEAD OUT. WHEN HE POKED THE HEAD OUT, OUTLAW TRIED TO TAKE IT BACK.
>> THAT IS A BIG HEAVY SHOT THERE. ONLY TAKES ONE SHOT. WHEN YOU TAKE A BIG SHOT LIKE THAT, ALTERS YOUR ABILITY TO THINK FAST WITH THE FAST PACE. >> OUTLAW ABLE TO SLIDE IT OFF. >> LIKE CHUCK FERRIS, GOING AFTER IT. YOU WATCH FERRIS PLAY AND THEY GO AFTER EACH OTHER. THERE IS ALL THIS MOVEMENT AND EVERYTHING. >> THE GUY IS AN AKA. WHEN HE DOES THAT, I HAVE HAD COUNTLESS SCRAMBLES WITH HIM AND HE NEVER STOPS MOVING. >> AND TALKING ABOUT THE MAN YOU JUST MENTIONED, THE FORMER CAPTAIN OF THE PURDUE KARATE TEAM, A MAD INTELLECTUAL. INTO EVERYTHING ABOUT FITNESS AND HEALTH AND EVERYTHING ELSE. CHESS GOING ON IN THIS BATTLE BETWEEN OUTLAW AND PICCOLOTTI IN ROUND ONE. >> YOU CAN SEE THE STRENGTH OF OUTLAW AS HE MOVES PICCOLOTTI'S HEAD OVER WHERE HE WANTS IT AGAINST THE CAGE.
TAKES A WHILE TO GET IT BACK TOWARDS HIS FEET. >> THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH YOU EARLIER THIS WEEK. ADAM NEEDS TO BE SURE HE IS NEVER IN THIS POSITION. HE NEEDS TO KEEP THE SCRAMBLING GOING UNTIL HE'S ON TOP. ALLOW HIMSELF TO BE PUT INTO TRADITION. >> TRYING TO LAND ELBOWS UNDERNEATH. YOU SAW HIM TAKE A BIG LEFT HAND THAT HIT HIM CLEANLY. IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE THE SHOT THAT COMES FROM ON TOP WITH GRAVITY COMING DOWN. IT HAS MORE THAN THE ONES COMING FROM THE BOTTOM. >> THERE IT IS. SID WITH THE SECOND SHOT. >> VERY CLOSE ROUND ONE. [ BELL RINGS ] >> HERE IS THE ELEVATOR SWEEP I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
OUTLAW COMING OUT ON TOP. THESE ARE TWO GUYS UNDERSTANDING POSITIONING AND FLOW. ADAM GETS BACK AND STARTS LOOKING FOR THE CHOKE. IT WAS CLOSE AT A CERTAIN POINT AND HE LOST THAT POSITION OFF ON THE SIDE. >> WHAT HE DID WAS HELD ON TO ONE POSITION FOR TOO LONG. IF YOU HANG ON TOO LONG, YOU LEAVE YOURSELF VULNERABLE WITH THE REVERSE AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. >> MIKE BROWN IN THE CORNER OF SIDNEY OUTLAW. LATER TONIGHT BADER AND NEMKOV. >> HOW DID YOU HAVE IT? >> I HAD HIM IN THE FIRST ROUND. >> THIS IS LIKE SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT SCORING? >> I DON'T KNOW. >> FANTASTIC. SEE THAT SIDE. WITH THAT RIGHT LEG TRYING TO HOOK. THIS IS WHAT JOHN IS TALKING ABOUT. NOT GIVING INTO THE POSITION AND CONTINUING TO SCRAMBLE. >> THE GLITCH. SIDNEY OUTLAW WITH THAT GLITCH AND NOW SIDE CONTROL. THIS IS WHERE HE HAS TO MAKE SURE HE CONTROLS THE POSITION. IN THE FIRST ROUND HE HELD ONTO THE SUBMISSION SO LONG HE LOST IT.
>> THE BODY LOCK ON THE GOOD SIDE. >> DOESN'T REALLY HAVE THE BODY LOCK. >> NOW THE FIGURE FOUR. >> USING IT FOR BETTER CONTROL, ISN'T HE, JOHN? >> RIGHT NOW WITH WHERE HE'S AT, HE DOES. >> THE FACT THERE WAS FORCE AND PRESSURE ON THE FOOT WITH THE BODY LOCK IS WHAT HELPED TO OPEN IT UP, WASN'T IT? >> WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE FIGURE FOUR, IF YOU PUT THAT FOOT ON THE GROUND, I CAN TURN WITH IT.
IF IT'S UP IN THE AIR, YOU CAN SQUEEZE AND DON'T HAVE THAT SAME ABILITY. >> ADAM GAVE UP THE POSITION AND PUT HIMSELF IN POSITION TO GET OUT OF IT. >> RIGHT NOW HE IS LIKE I AM NOT GOING TO LET YOU LAND THE BIG SHOT ON ME. ADAM HAS TO FIGURE OUT, I HAVE SCRAMBLED, BUT I AM LOSING THE FIGHT. I CAN'T BE ON MY BACK AND WIN THIS FIGHT THE WAY IT'S HAPPENING. >> CAN YOU HEAR THE CORNER OF SIDNEY OUTLAW. >> HE LANDS THE BODY AND HEAD STRIKE LIKE WE SAW IN ROUND ONE. >> IF YOU HAVE YOUR GUARD LOCK, THAT MEANS YOU ARE LOSING. YOU ARE DOING WHATEVER YOU CAN TO HIT SOME SORT OF TRANSITION. YOU DON'T END UP ON THE BOTTOM LIKE ADAM IS NOW. >> IF YOU ARE SURVIVING A FIGHT, YOU ARE NOT IN ACTION AND WINNING THE FIGHT. >> YOU NEED TO USE YOUR SUBMISSION ATTEMPT TO MOUNT AN ATTACK. >> RIGHT THROUGH THERE. >> COULDN'T GET IT. >> GET BACK TO HIS FALL POSITION.
>> SIDNEY OUTLAW MADE HIS BELLATOR DEBUT LAST NOVEMBER. 44 DAYS LATER HE TOOK A SHORT NOTICE FIGHT WITH CHANDLER FROM JAPAN REPLACING THE INJURED ANDERSON AND HAD HIS WIN STREAK SNAPPED IN THAT ONE. >> YOU GET THOSE OPPORTUNITIES NOT ONLY TO FIGHT MICHAEL CHANDLER, BUT JAPAN, AND YOU DON'T GET THOSE COMING AROUND. >> I LOVE THAT HE JUMPED IN. >> THE PRESSURE HE HAS APPLIED IN ROUND TWO. >> ADAM PICCOLOTTI HAS TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO STOP WHAT IS OCCURRING WITH CONTROLLING HIM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CAGE OR EVEN AGAINST THE CAGE. HE HAS TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET AWAY FROM SIDNEY OUTLAW. >> HE HAS TO GET BACK TO HIS FEET. TWO MINUTES OF THE ROUND LEFT — >> HE COULD HAVE DONE IT EARLIER. >> TRY TO PUT PICCOLOTTI IN DANGER LATE IN THE ROUND. [ BELL RINGS ] >> SEE A LITTLE FRUSTRATION BY ADAM PICCOLOTTI AT THE END. JOHN, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE DO WHAT WE JUST SAW SIDNEY OUTLAW DO TO ADAM PICCOLOTTI.
>> ADAM PICCOLOTTI IS AN OUTSTANDING GROUND TECHNICIAN. NOT A GREAT WRESTLER, BUT SOLID. AND A GREAT JIU-JITSU. SIDNEY IS JUST SHUTTING HIM DOWN. >> THAT WAS SIDNEY ROLLING OUT AND HE FIGURED OUT A WAY TO QUIETLY FIGURES OUT A WAY TO GET ON TOP. >> YOU SEE SIDNEY CONTROLLING THE ONE ARM. HE GETS PICCOLOTTI AND THEN HE GETS OUT.
>> Referee: LET'S GO, GENTLEMEN. FINAL ROUND. >> FIVE MINUTES REMAIN. ADAM PICCOLOTTI. RED GLOVES. BLUE GLOVES FOR SIDNEY OUTLAW. >> FAMILY OF BOXING. >> NICE TECHNIQUE BY SIDNEY. CLEAN SHOT. >> GROUND BATTLE. SEE IF THEY STAY ON THEIR FEET FOR A BIT HERE. >> HE'S TRYING TO CHANGE LEVELS. >> AFTER THOSE TWO ROUNDS YOU ARE LOOKING AT WITH ALL OF THE GRAPPLING AND THE CHANGES, BOTH OF THOSE GUYS, THEIR ARMS ARE HEAVY. THERE IS A LOT OF LACTIC ACID, THEY ARE TRYING TO LOOK FOR A WAY TO CALM DOWN AND GET A BREAK. >> — FROM ADAM. BOTH OF THEM, BOTH THEIR ARMS AND SHOULDERS ARE EXHAUSTED. >> SIDNEY TRYING TO CONTROL THE LEG. IF HE HAS THE LEG, HE KNOWS ADAM CAN'T COME ON TOP OF HIM. >> ADAM OPENS THE HEEL FOR THE LEG. >> ONE THING YOU ARE SEEING IS ADAM WITH A HAND BEHIND BETWEEN THE LEGS. SIDNEY COULD TURN THAT POSITION AND BRING ADAM OVER. >> I LIKE HOW HE'S — >> GOOD ELBOWS TO THE BODIES.
HERE IN THE THIRD AND FINAL ROUND OF A VERY CLOSE FIGHT. YOU HEAR THE CORNER OF PICCOLOTTI SAYING THAT OUTLAW IS HURT. >> YOU CAN'T SIT HERE AND TAKE ALL OF THESE SHOTS. THAT LEADS TO SOMETHING ELSE. NOW HE HAS THE LEG WITH HIS LEG CONTROLLING. ALL HE NEEDS TO DO IS BRING HIS LEG OUT. YOU SEE ADAM BRINGING DOWN ALL OF THE WEIGHT ON TOP OF HIS HEAD TO KEEP HIM WHERE HE'S AT. >> HE HAS TO BE CAREFUL. ADAM IS ABLE TO GET HIS LEG FREE A LITTLE MORE, HE COULD SET UP THE TWISTER AS WELL. >> YEAH. >> 90 SECONDS IN THIS BACK AND FORTH BATTLE. >> YOU HEARD ADAM'S CORNER SAY YOU HAVE TO GET UP, ADAM. YOU CAN'T LEAVE THE LEG. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO GET UP IF YOU CAN'T GET THE LEG OUT AND SWING IT OUT.
>> HE HAS TO BE CAREFUL. >> SCOOPED THE RIGHT LEG UP. THAT KEEPS ADAM PICCOLOTTI IN THE POSITION HE IS AT. >> HE SCOOPS HIS HIPS BACK AS WELL AND SPRAWLS ON HIS HEAD. >> WE HAVE SEEN A LITTLE BIT OF EVERY PART OF THE GROUND GAME IN THIS ONE. >> THIS ISN'T AN ISSUE. THE ELBOW CAN CONTROL THE POSITION IF HE GETS ON TOP, BUT ADAM HAS TO CONTINUE TO SCRAMBLE, AND HE HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT.
>> PICCOLOTTI WON THIS ROUND. DON'T FORGET ALL OF THE SHOTS HE LANDED WHEN HE WAS IN THAT POSITION. YOU SAW OUTLAW. PICCOLOTTI WINS THE ROUND, BUT JUST DOESN'T WIN THE FIGHT. >> ANOTHER ONE GOES THE DISTANCE. OUR PRELIMS CONTINUE. >> GOOD THIRD ROUND FROM ADAM PICCOLOTTI. >> HE LANDED A LOT OF SHOTS FROM THIS POSITION. A LOT OF THEM WERE HEAVY SHOTS. SIDNEY, IT IS I AM HOLDING ON TO SOMETHING, I AM TAKING DAMAGE AND CAN ONLY TAKE SO MUCH. THIS WAS THE ESCAPE BY SIDNEY. BEAUTIFUL JOB OF TURNING THAT. YOU THINK HE IS GOING TO GO ONE WAY AND TURNS IT BACK AND SEALS THAT POSITIONAL CHANGE. >> YOU NORMALLY WANT TO TURN TOWARDS THE LEGS. IF HE TURNS TOWARDS THE HEAD, IT GOES RIGHT TO THE HEADLOCK POSITION. >> GREAT SHOW OF RESPECT BETWEEN PICCOLOTTI AND OUTLAW. >> HOW DO YOU NOT RESPECT SOMEONE AFTER THAT BATTLE. >> THAT WAS JUST DISPLAYED INSIDE THE BELLATOR CAGE. HAPPY 32nd BIRTHDAY TO ADAM PICCOLOTTI WHO WILL TURN 32 ON SUNDAY.
>> WE NEED TO GET A CALCULATOR OVER TO THE SCORERS. >> TEN TIMES THREE IS 30. YOU KNOW THAT. >> THAT'S GOOD. >> Announcer: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN AS WE GO TO THE JUDGES' SCORECARDS, THE FIRST ONE, 29-28 FOR OUTLAW, THE SECOND JUDGE SCORES IT 29-28 FOR PICCOLOTTI, THE THIRD AND FINAL JUDGE 29-28 FOR THE WIN BY SPLIT DECISION, SIDNEY OUTLAW! >> SPLIT DECISION VICTORY FOR SIDNEY OUTLAW! THAT SHOWS HOW NERVOUS HE WAS AS THE JUDGES' SCORECARDS WERE BEING SHARED TO THE WORLD BY MICHAEL WILLIAMS.
>> CONGRATULATIONS SIDNEY OUTLAW. JAY, HE IS A FUN GUY TO WALK. >> HE CERTAINLY IS. ALL OF THESE PRELIMINARIES HAVE BEEN FUN TO WATCH. YOU WANT TO GET HIGHLIGHTED ON THE MAIN CARD, THIS IS HOW YOU COME OUT AND FIGHT. ON THE TITLE CARD YOU WRAP A TITLE BELT OR TWO AROUND YOUR WAIST. BUT THE BEST LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT IN THE WORLD. AND IF YOU ARE NEMKOV, IS IT THE STRAIGHT RIGHT? WHAT ARE YOU MOST CONCERNED ABOUT? >> I WOULD IMAGINE THAT NEMKOV DOESN'T WANT TO END UP UNDERNEATH BADER. IF HE STARTS USING THE HANDS JUST TO GET RESPECT, THAT COULD BE A REAL BAD NIGHT. >> IF YOU ARE RYAN BADER, WHAT DO YOU DO? >> JUST CLOSE THE SPACE AND CLOSE FROM THERE. >> LIKE WAIT AND CATCH A KICK THERE.
IT'S SPORT IQ, FIGHT IQ. IT'S INCREASING A LOT. >> I AM SEEING AN EVOLUTION. IT'S NEVER EVERYBODY ELSE'S JOB TO COME GET YOU. BADER IS COMING AWAY. >> HE MAY BE UNKNOWN TO PEOPLE, BUT CERTAINLY NOT TO THOSE IN THE FIGHT WORLD. TAKEN OUT THREE WORLD CHAMPS. >> THERE IS A RULE. IF YOU BEAT A WORLD CHAMPION, YOU GET TO FIGHT FOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP.
HE HAD TO BEAT THREE OF THEM. HE KICKS LIKE A MULE. NOT LIKE OTHER GUYS. IT IS A REAL WEAPON AND NEEDS TO BE RESPECTED. >> WE SEE NEMKOV CAN GET YOU FROM SO MANY ANGLES. IF HE IS GOING TO WIN THIS FIGHT — >> I THINK HE'S STRONG BUT NOT WILLING TO CONCEDE HE'S STRONGER THAN RYAN BADER. HE IS NOT A FISH OUT OF WATER. BADER IS A LOT TO DEAL WITH ON TOP. AT THIS POINT IN NEMKOV'S CAREER, I DON'T LIKE THE WAY HE SCRAMBLES, I HAVE TO TELL YOU. >> WE ARE ONLY ABOUT TWO HOURS AWAY, PARAMOUNT NETWORK FROM THE LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD. FEELS GREAT, DOESN'T IT, GOLDIE? >> NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. RYAN BADER HAS BEEN OUTSTANDING INSIDE THE BELLATOR CAGE. HE WILL HAVE A HUGE CHALLENGE IN THE MAIN EVENT. RIGHT NOW AT 23-0 YAR SLAF AMSOV AGAINST MARK LEMMINGER! >> GREAT POSITIONING IF HE CAN USE IT AGAINST AMSOV, HE HAS A CHANCE. OUR TALE OF THE TAPE CONTRACTED AT 175 POUNDS.
23-0 AGAINST 11-1, 5-INCH REACH ADVANTAGE FOR THE UNBEATEN UKRAINIAN. ONCE AGAIN HERE IS MICHAEL C. WILLIAMS. >> Announcer: TONIGHT WE CONCLUDE THE PRELIMS WITH WEIGHING IN AT 176 POUNDS AND BRINGS 11 VICTORY FROM MADISON, WISCONSIN, MARK LEMMINGER! AND ACROSS THE CAGE FIGHTING OUT OF THE RED CORNER, AT 5'11", WEIGHING IN AT 174.4 POUNDS, ENTERS WITH AN OUTSTANDING RECORD OF 23-0 FROM UKRAINE, PRESENTING YAROSLAV AMSOV! AND THE REFEREE IN CHARGE IS KERRY HATLEY. >> 16-1 AMATEUR RECORD AGAINST 23-0 AMSOV. [ BELL RINGS ] >> AMSOV IN THE RED GLOVES AND LEMMINGER IN THE BLUE GLOVES. HE SAID HE PROVED TO EVERYBODY HE CAN PERFORM ON THE BIG STAGE. >> HE WAS ABLE TO WORK THROUGH IT. I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE FACT HE WAS RIGHT ONTO THE BUTT AGAINST THE FENCE. HERE IS ONE THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT, JOHN, THE HANGOVER FOR YAROSLAV. WITH A HUGE VICTORY. I SHOULD BE NEXT IN LINE. >> I SHOULD BE THE MAIN EVENT. >> WHAT'S GOING ON.
I HAVE A HUGE WIN AND NOW I AM PLAYING SOMEBODY WHO IS RELATIVELY UNKNOWN. AMSOV IS THE FUTURE OF MMA. HE DIDN'T COME FROM A DISTINCT TYPE OF BACKGROUND. HE SAID HE STARTED OUT AS AN MMA FIGHTER BECAUSE HE LEARNED EVERYTHING. YOU WILL SEE HOW HE TRANSITIONED. IT'S WHAT AMSOV DOES IN BEING ABLE TO TRANSITION. LEMMINGER WANT TO BE ON HIS BACK. >> HE CAME BACK. DOESN'T LOOK LIKE HE'S THROWING ANYTHING WITH POWER. >> HE'S BLOODIED UP EARLY. AMSOV, HIS GROUND GAME IS GOOD. HE'S SOLID ON THE GROUND. HE HITS HARD WHEN HE'S IN A GROUND AND POUND SITUATION. HIS WRESTLING IS UNBELIEVABLE AS FAR AS HIS TAKEDOWN TO PUT PEOPLE ON THE GROUND. HE TOOK DOWN ED RUTH MULTIPLE TIMES. YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT AMSOV WAS THE WRESTLING CHAMPION. >> DON'T GET ME WRONG, EDWARDS HAD HIS MOMENTS AS WELL, BUT THE WAY AMSOV CONTROLS THE CAGE, CONTROLS HOW HE PUNCHES, ALMOST EFFORTLESSLY, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS AN EFFECT TO IT.
A LOT OF DAMAGE AND EFFECT TO IT. >> LOOK AT THAT LEFT EYE, NOT LOOKING GOOD. HE IS POURING IT ON. >> AMSOV TEAMMATES WITH HERB WHO WE SAW EARLIER. TRAINS WITH BOTH OF THE BROTHERS. HEAVY GROUND AND POUND EARLY IN ROUND ONE. EVERYTHING ABOUT AM IS TECHNICALLY SOUND. >> NO DOUBT ABOUT IT. LEMMINGER IS GOOD. HE IS A GOOD FIGHTER. HE TOOK THIS FIGHT BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING ELSE TO COME IN AND FIGHT AMSOV. >> NOT GOING TO MAKE ANYBODY CHANGE THEIR MIND. >> THAT'S THE STATEMENT OF THE NIGHT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> IT'S EARLY BUT I WILL TAKE IT. >> ONE MINUTE. >> I THINK WHAT YOU RUN INTO WITH AMSOV, THERE IS NOTHING SPECTACULAR UNLESS YOU ARE WATCHING THE TECHNIQUE OF WHAT HE IS DOING.
>> HE'S NOT FLASHY. >> NOT FLASHY AT ALL. >> BUT EFFECTIVE. >> IT IS EFFECTIVE. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE HE IS HITTING HIM RIGHT NOW. >> THEY ARE RIGHT WHERE THEY NEED TO BE TO OPEN YOU UP AND DO DAMAGE. >> THERE IS JUST A PRESSURE THERE TELLING HIM I CAN'T GET UP. >> LEGENDARY IN HAPPY VALLEY. >> 23-0 IS YAROSLAV AMSOV. AND IT'S NOT OVER. HOW ARE YOU LOOKING AT THIS ROUND 10-8? >> YOU COULD DEFINITELY LOOK AT IT 10-8. DID YOU HAVE DOMINATION OF ACTION? DEFINITELY. AND NOT JUST THE CUT. HE WAS HURT BY THE SHOT.
>> THE CUT OVER THE LEFT EYEBROW. >> TALK TO US ABOUT THE CUTS. >> THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL, CLEAN-CUT, BUT AMSOV IS NOT THROWING WITH EVERYTHING HE HAS. IT'S TIMING AND ACCURACY THAT MAKES THE SHOT HARD. AND THE CUT YOU ARE LOOKING AT IS WHAT THE DOCTORS ARE LOOKING AT. ANY CUT WITH THE LINES OF THE FACE IS USUALLY A GOOD CUT. WHEN IT STARTS TO CROSS MULTIPLE STRUCTURES UNDER THE EYE IS WHAT GIVES DOCTORS A LOT OF CONCERN. >> YOU HAVE A LOT OF LINES ON YOUR FACE. >> I LOOK LIKE A CHARPEI PUPPY. >> LIKE I SAY, I HAVE YOU BACK. >> THEY ARE TAKING A GOOD LOOK AT THAT ONE. >> IT IS ALL OVER. IT IS ALL OVER.
>> KIND OF THE PLACEMENT LIKE YOU TALKED ABOUT. IT'S UNDER THE EYEBROW. THAT'S THE CONCERN. >> I THOUGHT IT WAS COMING DOWN INTO HIS EYE. >> IT WAS COMING DOWN INTO THE EYELID ITSELF. ANY TIME YOU ARE IN THE EYELID ITSELF. I THINK WE WILL SEE DANIELS HERE NEXT WEEK. I HAD HIM WHERE HE HAD A CUT THAT WENT INTO HIS EYELID WHEREAS HE CLOSED HIS EYELID YOU COULD SEE HIS EYE THROUGH IT.
YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WITH ANYTHING IN THE EYELID. >> I WANTED TO POINT OUT THIS EXCHANGE. ALL OF THE PUNCHES ARE COMING FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES. UPPERCUT, LEFT HOOKS. CHANGING THE ANGLES OF ALL OF THEM. THERE IS A VERY LAST PUNCH THERE THAT CUT HIM WITH MORE OF A GRAZING OF A GLOVE. THAT SOMETIMES DOES THE MOST DAMAGE. >> MANY TIMES IT STRETCHES THE SKIN TO THE POINT WHERE THE SKIN TEARS.
>> MARK LEMMINGER SAID I GET CUT ALL OF THE TIME, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT ONE, YOU CAN SEE WHY THE DOCTOR'S JUDGMENT WAS TO STOP THE FIGHT. IT IS 24-0 FIRST ROUND FINISHES FOR YAROSLAV AMSOV! . >> MICHAEL C. WILLIAMS TO MAKE IT OFFICIAL. >> Announcer: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, UPON THE ADVICE OF THE RINGSIDE REFEREE, BECAUSE OF THE CUT, THE CONTEST IS WAVED OFF OFFICIALLY.
BY TKO, HE IS STILL UNDEFEATED, YAROSLAV AMSOV! >> TOP OF THE HOUR WE GET THINGS STARTED LIVE ON PARAMOUNT NETWORK. GOING TO BE A GOOD NIGHT OF FIGHTS. THE HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE IS ON THE LINE. >> ABSOLUTELY, GOLDIE AND IT FEELS LIKE IT IS. WE ARE ABOUT 20 MINUTES AWAY FROM OUR MAIN CARD STARTING OVER ON PARAMOUNT NETWORK. >> I AM FIRED UP. I LIKE A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. AND ROY NELSON HAS SOMETHING SPECIAL HE BRINGS. AND WE HAVE THE FORMER CHAMPION BACK, JULIA BUDD! >> ABSOLUTELY. RYAN BADER, WILL HE COME OUT THE BEST ON THE PLANET OR WILL NEMKOV GET REVENGE FOR HIS MENTOR? >> RYAN BADER RAN THROUGH THE HEAVYWEIGHT GRAND PRIX AND MADE HISTORY. NEXT LIVE AND FREE ON PARAMOUNT NETWORK. RYAN BADER WILL PUT HIS TITLE ON THE LINE. BUT COMING FOR HIS.
