Dirty Boxing 4 live updates: Gable Steveson vs. Billy Swanson results, live stream, round-by-round analysis and highlights

“I feel fantastic,” Steveson said post-fight. “I came into an environment that wasn’t sound to me but hopefully I made you love me.

“Just the anxiousness coming into this, trash talk, got to get over a lot of obstacles. I hope I showed the world I can throw a punch.”

Steveson then turned to UFC’s VP of Talent Relations, Mick Maynard, who had watched the performance live on the floor in Nashville.

“Mick, you’ve seen a little bit but I hope to show a lot more.”

Could the UFC be next?

It was the uppercuts that did the damage when Swanson was on his feet, and then the brutal afters when he was on the mat just sealed the deal. We know he can wrestle, but that was a statement finish albeit against an overmatched opponent.

Steveson takes a few shots early but gets through gradually and then just doesn’t let up! The power goes from min to max in an instant and he puts Big Sexy’s lights out in what seemed like 15 seconds!

Both guys are 6-foot-1 but what separates them is Steveson’s extraordinary mass, weighing in at 265 pounds — more than Big Sexy, and whom he also has a three-inch reach advantage over.

Big Sexy.

It doesn’t really remind me of me.

“These fights have been insane tonight,” Jon Jones said. “This is one of the hottest tickets in town.”

Regarding the main event, Jones said: “Gable is a dear friend of mine, a teammate, and it means more than anything. He is in a wonderful place. We will see speed, wonderful combinations. We boxed his second fight for a reason. We want people to see he’s not a takedown, one-trick pony.”

Jones finished by pleading with the UFC and Dana White to find him a place on the much-hyped UFC show at The White House, tentatively set for June, to mark President Donald Trump’s birthday, and the country’s 250th birthday celebrations.

The Schmo didn’t ask him who against, though. Alex Pereira is in the mix, but Tom Aspinall is right there, too, if he can re-gain his vision and overcome Ciryl Gane in their rematch.

“Listen, man. I’m playing a different game to all these other guys,” Bryan Battle said after his win. “These guys are coming to fight, I’m coming to win. They call them Kill Shots, I call then one shot. You put them in my way, I’m going to do kill you.”

It was a left hand from Battle that did the initial damage, forcing Kohring to almost face-plant the canvas. Then, while he’s still on his knees, Battle sends a cheeky right hand when Kohring’s face is just six inches away from his glove. Pow. Welcome to Dirty Boxing Championship.

It’s only the first few seconds of the very first round and these guys are swanging and banging like there won’t be a second! Kohring throws with reckless abandon to the body, Battle fights back and drops Kohring with a highlight-reel finish in the first! Then he goes and gets high fives from everybody at ringside! What an incredible performance!

You’ve been waiting for him, I’ve been waiting for him. One of the mans of the hour … Bryan Battle takes on Nick Kohring in a 185-pound bout.

… but after all these Tucker Carlson nicotine patch adverts even I feel addicted.

Only one judge agreed with Uncrowned, awarding all the rounds to Trinaldo, with two other judges seeing a 29-28 fight. Regardless, the right man won as Trinaldo advances his Dirty Boxing record to 2-0.

He raises Ayman’s hand, acknowledging his teak-tough opponent.

Even though Trinaldo can arguably lose the third round and still win the fight, Trinaldo comes out all-guns blazing, operating like a Duracell-charged bunny, bouncing around the ring and popping Ayman with his punches. Ayman bled profusely from the nose yet showed extraordinary heart to stay upright despite the onslaught. It wasn’t all one-way. Ayman landed a nice right hand, but any success he had was just silenced by Trinaldo’s footwork, speed, and unorthodox aggression.

Round 3: 10-9 — 30-27 Trinaldo

Trinaldo bled slightly from the nose but the cutsman did his job between rounds. Ayman could barely escape damage, either. Trinaldo enters the second round with clinical aggression. Trinaldo fights Ayman into a corner, and mixes his feints with strikes to keep his opponent on his toes. Another winning round from Trinaldo. What a beatdown.

Round 2: 10-9 — 20-18 Trinaldo

Ayman is caught napping as Trinaldo comes out the blocks early with aggression, landing crisp shots. Trinaldo, who is smaller and stockier, does a good job of preventing Ayman from finding the right distance as he almost sticks his head in Ayman’s chest and flings punches at his head. Ayman turns the tide midway through the round. Throws a scything elbow for the strike of the fight from what I can see! Ayman really battling back into this now. Difficult one to score now in the final minute. The first round is up for grabs. Another elbow lead from Ayman, and Trinaldo drops him! Trinaldo pummeling him now. Big first round.

Round 1: 10-9 — Trinaldo

And Francisco Trinaldo and Nayanesh Ayman are in the ring for their welterweight fight. Let’s go!

One of the most brutal first-round beatdowns you’ll have seen all month.

“I love it,” Ware said after the win. Anik asked what’s next, and a man who just let his fists do the talking, simply said: “Another DBX fight.”

I like this dude. A bruiser’s frame with fan-friendly striking. For sure want to see more from Ware.

Oh my God! That was almost a first-round knockout with the very first punch! Ware starts like he means business, cracking Schenk with a right hook that wobbled his opponent from the off! Then he drops in! And again! That’s twice in 45 seconds. It could all be over! But the referee allows him to re-set. But then a straight left drops Schenk! Just how many knockdowns is this already? Is this a 10-7? Ware is brutalizing him! Body-shot! Nasty business. Can Schenk even get up? He can! But he’s wobbly. The referee calls it! That’s my knockout of the night! Be Ware, indeed, Jason Anik! Be Ware, indeed.