BYB 23 | EXTREME FIGHTING SERIES HIGHLIGHTS | 01/18/2024 | beIN SPORTS USA
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00:00 [ Music ]
00:11 >> Please welcome Henry Williams.
00:14 [ Applause ]
00:22 >> Matt Phillips and Henry Williams.
00:30 [ Music ]
00:45 >> Magic man yesterday, Henry Williams literally stole the show in the fighter interviews.
00:51 He had everybody going with some of his jokes.
00:54 The one thing he did make very clear to us, he has a nickname now and it is not the Florida Gremlin, it's the Florida Gremlin.
01:02 The Florida Gremlin.
01:05 Matt Phillips from upstate New York.
01:07 Baby face, 26 years old.
01:12 On his debut when he defeated Paul Heels at BYB 18 in London, England.
01:19 He said it was a good time.
01:21 He said his style translates to the Trigon.
01:24 It worked in his favor because he was able to use his slick boxing skills, Paulie, but also he liked that there was nowhere to go for his opponent.
01:33 Here we go.
01:36 Henry Williams, black and red trunks, Matt Phillips, the white with the white trim.
01:42 And quickly power punches to the body coming from Henry Williams here in this first round.
01:48 >> Yeah, it seems like, oh, good combination on the counter there by Williams.
01:51 It seems like Williams tried to see what Phillips had by starting fast.
01:54 >> Big shots late from Phillips.
01:57 >> No throwing.
01:58 >> Yeah.
02:02 >> Started on both guys.
02:03 >> Really good start for our night here in South Florida.
02:06 Both with cuts under the eye.
02:10 Round number two.
02:12 Black and red trunks for Henry Williams looking for his second BYB win.
02:17 Good start with a triple left hand, Paulie.
02:20 >> Yeah, he went downstairs with it out in the last shot.
02:23 >> Body head.
02:24 Matt, you can hear the contact right in front of our broadcast position.
02:28 >> Creative shot selection, part of Williams.
02:31 And he always keeps starting with the educated jab.
02:34 >> Two bare knuckle wins for Williams, Paulie.
02:37 Came in a combined two minutes and 21 seconds.
02:41 >> Counter right hand there over the top of Phillips' jab.
02:43 >> Five, six, seven, eight.
02:47 You want to continue? Walk over here.
02:49 >> That's the thing, man. I think, if anything--
02:51 >> Under the right eye of Matt Phillips.
02:54 And that's that jab of Henry Williams.
02:56 >> Yep.
02:57 Great position battle here.
02:59 Really impressive.
03:02 >> Again, putting his hands together nicely here in round number two.
03:06 >> It's not for lack of trying from Phillips, but he is swallowing up bad now, man.
03:11 That right eye, man, is swollen from underneath.
03:15 You start to wonder if there's overbone damage.
03:17 >> Yep.
03:18 >> He knows how to take a punch or two.
03:24 Having a decent rest.
03:27 >> Stop!
03:28 >> See, the beginning of the round.
03:40 >> Little right hook on the inside.
03:41 >> Boom!
03:46 >> Nice little counter there as well.
03:47 >> It is all over!
04:02 >> Yeah, that swelling was bad.
04:04 >> Yep.
04:05 >> And you start to wonder if there's overbone damage there.
04:08 >> And as you could tell, Phillips did not want the doctor to stop the fight.
04:13 But fighter safety is always paramount inside combat sports, especially here in BYB.
04:19 And Phillips, the vision might have been a bit impaired.
04:23 And with that, keep him safe.
04:26 And Henry Williams gets the victory.
04:29 His second straight inside the trigon.
04:34 >> Of 2 minutes 59 seconds of round number 2, declaring the winner by way of technical knockout,
04:41 the Florida Gremlin, Henry Williams!
04:49 >> Henry Williams composed.
04:55 [music]
04:59 >> First fight since an MMA matchup one year, seven months, and two days ago for the Croatian,
05:13 Adriana Vukovic, highly decorated at home, three-time Croatian boxing champion.
05:21 The Red Queen, always willing and ready.
05:25 She said, "Anytime, any moment, I'm always here, and I'm ready to play."
05:30 Jamie Driver coming off that title fight against Josette Cotton,
05:34 in which Cotton won by unanimous decision.
05:37 But a big change has been made by Jamie Driver.
05:41 She went back home to her home state of New Jersey.
05:45 And here we go!
05:48 >> Double jab right hand, and that right hand landed.
05:51 >> Jamie Driver comes out quickly. They work in the clinch.
05:54 Vukovic, something she's familiar with.
05:57 Big start for Jamie Driver, right in front of our broadcast position.
06:05 >> I'll tell you, Driver is missing those shots. Vukovic is not making her miss them,
06:09 so there's an opportunity for Driver if she shortens her shots up.
06:13 >> It is all over, just like that! Jamie Driver finishes Adriana Vukovic.
06:20 >> See again, a lot misses. Look, Driver missing a lot, that much, Driver missing.
06:27 And Vukovic is not making defensive moves there, so she's not making her miss there.
06:30 So it was a matter of time before the shot finally starts landing.
06:32 Vukovic still has not, no clue how to defend herself here,
06:36 and just kind of turns her back into the ropes.
06:39 Really reacted like somebody who'd maybe gotten into a fight for the first time in their life,
06:42 and yet she's had...
06:43 >> Ladies and gentlemen, a series of unanswered blows obligates referee Samuel Burgos
06:48 to stop this contest with an official time of 34 seconds of the opening round.
06:53 Your winner, by way of technical knockout,
06:57 the Red Queen returns, Jamie Driver!
07:05 >> Jamie Driver's debut was a 58-second finish tonight.
07:11 She finishes her opponent in just 34 seconds.
07:16 The Red Queen will visit with Carissa Maxwell.
07:20 And they both come in under the contracted weight of 160 pounds.
07:27 Henry "Rome" Lindsey, and much like Quinton "Rampage" Jackson,
07:37 Henry made it very clear that he's Henry outside of combat,
07:41 but he is Rome when he goes in.
07:44 Paulie, as you know, fighters have their time.
07:48 Many of them end up being some of the all-time greats, Hall of Famers,
07:52 but the coaches always seem to stay around,
07:54 and since Manasian has moved to California, he has found Colin Oyama.
08:00 >> Who's gonna go backwards? Go, Colby. >> Yep.
08:02 >> Who's gonna go backwards? >> I don't know.
08:03 I think they're both gonna go forward, and maybe one will fall.
08:07 >> Here we go!
08:08 >> And a nice left lance quickly, not once but twice.
08:12 >> A double kill!
08:13 [crowd cheering]
08:15 >> Both went down.
08:17 >> It's Rocky Apollo. He's saying--he's like the old days.
08:20 He's saying, "Come on, let's grapple."
08:23 >> I don't think he knows where he is.
08:24 He's asking him to grapple, like he's in samba.
08:27 >> That was almost a double kill.
08:28 >> It was.
08:29 >> Over a minute.
08:31 [crowd cheering]
08:33 >> Wow!
08:34 >> That was crazy.
08:36 >> Down.
08:38 >> See, he's hurt here, watch.
08:39 See, he kind of goes down there.
08:41 I don't know, actually, if he did go down.
08:42 Actually, I mean, he might not have touched.
08:44 >> Right at the ear, Paulie.
08:45 >> Yeah, but what did he get--what did Rome get hit with?
08:47 'Cause he went down, too.
08:48 Was he just going down 'cause he was still hurt from the chop before?
08:50 >> Because he was going forward.
08:52 [laughter]
08:54 >> Ladies and gentlemen, referee Bobby Wambacher
08:57 reaches the count of ten with an official time of 27 seconds
09:01 of the opening round declaring the winner
09:04 by way of knockout,
09:06 the Black Hole,
09:09 Rome Lindsay!
09:13 >> It was crazy.
09:14 So Rob looked back at his corner wondering,
09:15 "How's that, the announcement?"
09:17 He still doesn't know he lost by knockout, dude.
09:19 The guy still doesn't realize he lost by knockout.
09:21 >> Right now, it's cruiserweight time, our tale of the tape
09:25 between Fuentes and Dixon.
09:27 To win, Dixon,
09:35 nickname "The Crazy Cat,"
09:37 born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
09:39 fighting out of Charlotte, North Carolina.
09:41 One of his training partners, B.Y.B. veteran Tyler Sigman.
09:52 Jordan Fuentes, the Cuban crocodile.
09:56 Here we go!
10:01 Black and red trunks for Dwyane Dixon.
10:05 Fuentes, there's the uppercut.
10:07 >> There it is.
10:08 Presence of mind, check.
10:10 Oh, there's that uppercut again, Goldie.
10:15 >> Fuentes sees it, his corner feels it.
10:21 >> And round one.
10:23 >> You think you gotta give Fuentes round one,
10:27 but I think he's making his life a little bit more difficult
10:29 than he needs to.
10:31 >> Bounce.
10:33 All of a sudden, Dixon trying to land that left hook he told him to.
10:39 >> Oh, good shot there.
10:42 >> Uppercut from Dixon.
10:43 >> Yeah, and again, you're allowing Dixon to hang around.
10:45 You're gonna give him an opportunity to land these punches.
10:48 >> And fired because of it.
10:50 >> That's the counters, blood coming flying out of the mouth of DeWitt Dixon.
10:54 >> That's why we call ourselves the Inkwells.
10:57 >> That's exactly right.
10:59 We got ourselves a fight.
11:02 Red trunks for DeWitt Dixon.
11:09 Inkwell debut.
11:11 Black trunks and the uppercut from Jordan Fuentes.
11:19 And the battle will continue.
11:21 >> He's about to be pretty consistent in landing that right hand.
11:28 But you see the way Dixon kind of rides with it.
11:32 We were able to take some of the sting off it.
11:34 So you would imagine now there'd be more and more missing.
11:36 But again, Fuentes goes straight back, pulling back square with his hand down.
11:40 Taking unnecessary shots.
11:44 Or shots that, you know, he could easily be avoiding.
11:47 Corner of your guard.
11:49 Fuentes said, "Show your heart. Have some heart."
11:53 >> Nice jab there from Fuentes.
11:56 Let's see a little bit more consistency with that as well.
11:58 There it is.
12:00 You see what he does, he just kind of sits back and waits on, kind of watches his work.
12:03 >> Yep.
12:04 >> He could kind of follow through instead of suiting a jab and then taking a step back.
12:08 But like I said, there he is again.
12:10 The pullback on the initial shot and then getting hit on the pull.
12:13 I mean, this is consistent.
12:14 Instead of telling him to have heart, they should be telling him some simple instructions like this in the corner.
12:19 >> 26-year-old Venezuelan.
12:22 Both are 5'11".
12:24 White boy from Hialeah will have a slight reach advantage.
12:30 >> You see the damage from the jab under the left eye that Dixon just wiped.
12:35 Fuentes saying mouthpiece.
12:43 Fuentes' own mouthpiece came out.
12:45 He didn't even take a shot there.
12:47 Oh, nice little turn jab.
12:50 Oh, there's a right hand from Fuentes there.
12:51 >> Dixon went southpaw last round, Paulie, but it was for about 8 seconds.
12:57 >> Just jabs, following around the triangle, a few more jabs.
13:01 Pullback squared again.
13:02 He's just lucky Dixon didn't throw any punches there.
13:04 It's sort of a repeat but a little slower as they get more fatigued.
13:08 I don't think a lack of a jab was a problem.
13:10 I think it's the follow-up to the jab.
13:11 He's got an opportunity there instead of watching it work.
13:13 >> And his trainer, former world kickboxing champion, so he knows a little something.
13:17 Big swing by DeWitt Dixon.
13:20 >> Oh, another right hand there from Dixon.
13:26 Every once in a while, he lets what there's noise around, you know?
13:29 >> Final 10 seconds of the fight.
13:32 Dixon's swarming at the end.
13:40 They go the distance.
13:42 >> All three judges turn in identical scores of 49 to 46 in favor of the winner.
13:49 By way of unanimous decision,
13:52 El Cocodrilo Cubano,
13:57 Jordan Fuentes!
14:02 >> Unanimous decision victory, 49-46 on all three scorecards.
14:09 He gets the beautiful medal from Scott Burt.
14:12 41-year-old Rene Rodriguez against the 26-year-old Venezuelan.
14:19 From Sucre, Venezuela,
14:27 Gregory Cisneros.
14:29 [music]
14:39 June 5th, 2015.
14:43 >> Ready? Fight!
14:45 >> Here we go!
14:46 Rene Rodriguez and Gregory Cisneros.
14:49 Orange trunks for White Boy, the legacy of God.
14:52 Coming forward black and white.
14:54 Quick hands by Rene Rodriguez and a knockdown.
14:57 >> Five, four, three, two, one.
15:00 >> Six, seven, eight.
15:02 >> Sucre tried to get that right back, but he walked into Rodriguez flurry.
15:05 >> And oh, by the way, Rene is in the best shape of his life.
15:08 Down about 20 pounds from when we saw him the last time.
15:12 >> Now, Sucre has a problem hitting guys when they're down.
15:14 He's already been disqualified for this.
15:16 >> Yeah, we're there.
15:17 >> Let's see here.
15:18 >> Looks like just a warning.
15:19 >> Watch your back of the head!
15:21 >> Now he's referring to his own fight.
15:25 >> On any kind of emotion, negatively shown by Cisneros.
15:30 Good discipline by Rodriguez.
15:35 Man, his hands look good tonight.
15:40 Oh, my!
15:44 Huge shot!
15:46 >> That's the thing, man, Cisneros when you can punch, he's showing it before.
15:53 >> It is all over!
15:55 Gregory Cisneros by knockout!
15:59 >> I hate to say it, man, but Venezuelans, no matter where they are,
16:02 they always can punch, man.
16:03 I don't know.
16:04 I don't know.
16:05 Them and Colombians and certain, you know, there's places in certain parts of the world
16:08 where they just come, they just bring punchers.
16:10 >> Oh, you see a little short left hook.
16:17 That was a short left hook.
16:18 Compact.
16:20 Rodriguez had, you know, basically went down the same--
16:23 the same thing that had given him all that success and the cost of the fight,
16:26 which was that enthusiastic two-fisted combination.
16:28 He falls in here.
16:29 You see what he's doing.
16:30 He's coming in square and kind of falling in.
16:32 You gotta still keep your discipline when attacking.
16:34 You see he's kind of falling in and he runs right into a short left hook.
16:38 I mean, I tell you, Cisneros threw that punch really, really short.
16:42 >> Ladies and gentlemen, referee Bobby Wambacher waves off the action
16:46 with an official time of 1 minute 34 seconds.
16:49 >> 34 seconds of the opening round declaring your winner
16:53 by way of knockout, the legacy of God,
16:58 Gregorio Cisneros!
17:04 >> I fight a little bit of everything.
17:06 >> I was going to say that was 94 seconds of a lot of stuff.
17:09 >> A little bit of fouling.
17:10 >> From Wales, Daniel Larell and Cub Hawkins
17:15 are tail of the tape for this title fight.
17:18 [music]
17:30 >> Hawkins usually fights at a lower weight class, Goldie.
17:32 He's doing this for the opportunity to fight for the police Gazette title.
17:37 >> Here we go!
17:39 White trunks for Cub Hawkins.
17:42 The blue trunks, Larell, 8 and 2 in bare knuckle fights.
17:47 7 of his 8 wins by knockout.
17:51 >> Hawkins walked into one there. He's got to be careful.
17:56 The thing about Hawkins, he's got a lot of pride in taking this fight.
17:59 He gets hurt there again on the inside.
18:01 You mentioned Larell had to lose a lot of weight for this fight.
18:04 Hawkins is fighting at the heaviest of his career.
18:06 He gets his respect there with a big right hand.
18:08 He's got Larell's attention now.
18:10 >> Good, dirty boxing now by Cub Hawkins.
18:12 >> This is what makes Hawkins.
18:14 The eye, underneath the eyebrow.
18:17 >> Yeah, that is nasty.
18:19 >> Raw meat.
18:20 >> You got that right.
18:21 >> Ouch.
18:22 >> Marvin Eastman style.
18:24 >> Cub Hawkins owns the 185 pound police Gazette diamond belt.
18:30 I agree with you, partner.
18:31 Let's roll it back and let him go again.
18:33 Tonight belongs to the Savage as Lupe makes it official.
18:39 Ladies and gentlemen, under the direction of the ringside physician referee Samuel Burgos
18:44 stops this contest with an official time of 2 minutes 59 seconds of the opening round
18:49 declaring your winner by way of technical knockout and now the inaugural police Gazette 185 diamond title champion
18:59 the still undefeated Cub Hawkins.
19:08 >> Jab.
19:10 >> Targeting that already wounded eye too, Paulie.
19:12 >> Yeah, exactly.
19:13 With the jab he can do that.
19:14 Calm down the aggressiveness.
19:16 >> There it is again.
19:17 Great uppercut.
19:18 What a combination by the Savage.
19:20 >> Big shot there by Luell again.
19:22 Hawkins is hurt.
19:23 He almost went down.
19:24 He just stayed up.
19:25 It's an interesting round, man, because Hawkins had some success but so did Luell.
19:30 >> Ladies and gentlemen, under the direction of the ringside physician referee Samuel Burgos
19:34 stops this contest with an official time of 2 minutes 59 seconds of the opening round
19:39 declaring your winner by way of technical knockout and now the inaugural police Gazette 185 diamond title champion
19:49 the still undefeated Cub Hawkins.
19:59 >> A little hard to wear for a Cub Hawkins, Goldie.
20:01 >> Yes, indeed.
20:04 You can see the class from both men.
20:06 Cub was looking to give some love to his interview and Cub Hawkins gets the belt from Scott Burt
20:11 and he'll talk to Clarissa Maxwell.
20:14 >> Our tale of the tape for this feature co-main event.
20:18 42-year-old Diaz against 43-year-old Mumia Abudayali.
20:25 [MUSIC]
20:52 >> Here we go.
20:56 Man, they come out quickly and there's a right hand that connects.
21:00 >> It's like a street fight.
21:01 He came out flying big time.
21:04 That was a push.
21:06 >> Abudayali gets pushed down.
21:07 Both guys are still standing.
21:08 >> Diaz with the big left hand.
21:13 >> Abudayali smartly takes a knee to recover.
21:16 After going down, of course.
21:20 >> Let's see if that enthusiasm--
21:22 >> Uli's punching a little bit wide but he lands that big shot there.
21:28 >> That was a slip.
21:29 >> Call it a knockdown.
21:32 >> I mean, the first time when he went down, okay, he was smart, but--
21:34 >> And he goes down again.
21:36 And it is all over!
21:38 Just like that!
21:40 Uli Diaz!
21:43 Dominant!
21:45 And it's a BYP debut!
21:53 >> Ladies and gentlemen, after close observation, referee Samuel Burgos
21:56 determines that the blue corner can no longer continue,
21:59 obligating him to stop this contest with official time of 1 minute 13 seconds
22:04 of the opening round.
22:06 Your winner, by way of technical knockout,
22:10 the rep in the MIA, the monster,
22:16 Uli Diaz!
22:21 >> His wife, Dana Brooke, superstar in her own right.
22:26 Jerome Hatch against 33-year-old Mirko Martignac.
22:34 The Hall of Famer, Roy Jones Jr.
22:37 >> That's exactly it. It's not only a good song that pumps you up,
22:40 but the fact that it's also Roy rapping, it gives it that little extra point.
22:44 [MUSIC]
22:55 >> Fight!
22:56 >> Here we go!
22:58 Jerome Hatch said he's worked on his patience, his movement.
23:01 >> Range he wants. Just misses the big right hand there, does Hatch.
23:04 >> Oh, and a big right hand from Martignac.
23:07 >> That's the thing, Martignac can punch going backwards.
23:09 He may not punch as hard as Hatch, but he punches.
23:12 And he can punch in both directions.
23:15 More versatility to Martignac than to Hatch,
23:18 and that's why Hatch has to be careful trying to fly in through the front door like this.
23:21 >> That was the definition of when you chase the knockdown,
23:24 sometimes you get knocked down.
23:26 >> And trying to fly in like this, and he gets the shots.
23:30 Again, Martignac has a good shot selection.
23:32 He's smart, he knows how to set up his shots, he's got good balance,
23:36 and again, he knows how to punch going backwards, as the two knockdowns have proven.
23:40 Hatch doesn't know how to get away, though, that's the thing.
23:43 This is becoming an assault now.
23:44 >> Yep, landing in an extremely high percentage.
23:48 >> And that is the thing you notice even in the first two fights.
23:50 Martignac is a much better fighter, but Hatch is a much harder puncher.
23:53 But the deficiency in punching ability is not as big as the deficiency in fighting ability.
23:59 >> Yep, oh, good 45 seconds. >> That was a nice set up.
24:02 Hook right hand instead of coming up the middle,
24:04 he shot the hook around the side.
24:05 >> It is all over!
24:07 Marvelous Marco Martignac finishes Jerome Hatch,
24:13 and he captures that beautiful double diamond
24:17 Police Gazette Trilogy belt, and knocks down his trainer in the process.
24:22 >> Ladies and gentlemen, the accumulation of punishment forces referee Bobby Wambacher
24:27 to stop this contest with an official time of 2 minutes 21 seconds of the opening round,
24:32 declaring the winner by way of technical knockout,
24:36 still Police Gazette 205 champion,
24:41 the marvelous one, Marco Martignac!
24:48 [cheering]
24:53 [music]
24:55 you
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