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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Gorgon Patriot (ranked 367 p4p, 255 weight class) and Lincoln Storm (ranked 45 p4p, 32 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gorgon Patriot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 29 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lincoln Storm!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Storm stuns Patriot with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd cheers as Patriot lands an impressive looking overhand right. Storm doesn't seem phased though.
Patriot throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Storm tries to work over Patriot's front leg with a kick but Patriot checks it.
Storm displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Patriot throws out the jab.
Storm just misses with a punch to the body.
Patriot loads up on a big right hand but Storm slips the punch.
Storm looks to score with a jab to the body but Patriot is just out of range.
Storm thows a left - swing and a miss!
Storm fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Patriot is out of range.
Storm has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
A head kick misses from Storm.
Patriot swings for the body but Storm moves out of range.
Patriot is looking to chop away at Storm's legs.
Storm throws out a counter right but Patriot avoids it with no problem.
Patriot missing with a left hand there. Storm was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Storm! But no joy.
Patriot moves out of range as Storm strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Patriot takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Patriot tries to land a leg kick but Storm saw it coming and moves away.
Storm throws out a counter right but Patriot avoids it with no problem.
Patriot throws a shot from downtown. Storm moves away and avoids it.
Gorgon Patriot seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Storm moves out of range as Patriot strikes.
Storm slips under a jab.
Patriot looks to throw the jab but Storm is out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Storm! But no joy.
Patriot staying out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Patriot misses with a low kick.
Patriot misses with a looping left.
Storm looks to throw the jab but Patriot is out of range.
Patriot throws a hook to the side of Storm's head but Storm sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Patriot looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Storm blocks a low kick nicely.
Storm throws a solid leg kick but Patriot takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Storm.
Storm misses with a body shot.
Storm throws a body punch but Patriot moves out of range.
Patriot throws a nice inside leg kick.
Storm misses with a hook. Patriot ducked under it nicely.
Patriot blocks a leg kick.
Patriot throws a hook to the side of Storm's head but Storm sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Patriot throws a lazy right hand but Storm sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Patriot has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Storm.
A telegraphed right hand from Storm misses the target.
Storm takes a swing at Patriot's ribcage but misses.
Patriot showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Storm.
Patriot tries to move into range but Storm moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patriot misses with a hook
and Storm counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Patriot connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Patriot throws a shot from downtown. Storm moves away and avoids it.
Patriot lands the left hand.
Storm scores with a body shot.
Patriot throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Patriot throws a jab but it's blocked by Storm.
Patriot throws a looping overhand right but Storm ducks down to avoid it.
Storm blocks a jab.
Storm lands a nice looking body shot.
Storm throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Patriot swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Patriot's corner calls for a 1-2. Patriot obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Storm misses with a hook.
Patriot fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Storm manages to avoid it.
A countering left hand to the body from Storm misses.
Patriot bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A left lands for Patriot.
Patriot takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Storm throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Patriot sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Patriot misses with a straight left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patriot throws an off balance right hand
and Patriot takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Storm on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Patriot throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Storm slips a jab from Patriot.
Patriot scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Patriot rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Storm moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Storm throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Storm on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Storm tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Patriot misses with an uppercut.
Patriot throws a big shot that misses.
Patriot throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Storm sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Storm throws out a counter right but Patriot avoids it with no problem.
Patriot loads up on a big right hand but Storm slips the punch.
A good leg kick by Patriot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Patriot lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Storm has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Storm and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Storm throws a body shot but no joy.
Patriot avoids the body shot from Storm.
Storm throws out a loose jab but Patriot uses good head movement to avoid it.
Storm throws a leg kick which misses Patriot's front leg but catches the back leg as Patriot tries to avoid it.
Patriot throws a lazy right hand but Storm sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Storm. Patriot does a little dance to reset his feet.
Patriot misses with a jab, cross combination.
A nice side step and Storm releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Storm rushes Patriot and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Patriot's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Patriot wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Storm lands an uppercut.
Storm struggles to land a body shot inside as Patriot controls his hands.
Patriot wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Storm has him pressed against the cage.
Patriot manages to break the clinch.
Patriot misses with a straight left.
Storm displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Patriot throws out the jab.
Storm throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
No joy there for Patriot, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Patriot keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Storm.
Storm swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Patriot checks a leg kick.
Storm throws a chopping leg kick but Patriot manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Patriot throws the left hand but Storm avoids the punch easily.
Storm swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Patriot tries to land a front kick but Storm steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Patriot swings for the body but Storm moves out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Gorgon Patriot will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Storm moves away from the strike by Patriot.
Patriot looks to score with a jab to the body but Storm is just out of range.
Patriot scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Storm on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Patriot. Patriot obviously looking to wear him down.
Patriot on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Patriot misses with a low kick.
Patriot dodges the punch combination from Storm.
Storm moves out of range of the strikes.
Storm connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Patriot momentarily.
Storm moves out of range of the leg kick from Patriot.
Storm throws a shot from downtown. Patriot moves away and avoids it.
A little feinted left hand from Patriot on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Patriot throws a combination that misses
and Storm counters with a thumping low kick.
Storm throws a nice inside leg kick.
Storm slips under a jab.
A jab lands there for Patriot.
A big left from Patriot misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Patriot connects with a high kick.
Patriot throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A jab from Patriot misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Storm showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Patriot.
Storm misses the shot to the body.
Patriot throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Storm to counter with a crisp jab.
Patriot pivots, looking for a leg kick but Storm is out of range and Patriot settles back down.
The crowd cheers as Storm lands an impressive looking overhand right. Patriot doesn't seem phased though.
Patriot attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A big right from Storm misses.
Storm throws an overhand right that lands on Patriot's shoulder, as Patriot tries to avoid the shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Patriot misses the target.
Storm tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Patriot throws a lazy body kick
and Storm counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Patriot chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A big left from Patriot misses.
Storm cracks Patriot with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Patriot thows a left - swing and a miss!
Storm swinging wildly here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Patriot keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Storm.
Patriot swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Patriot tries a head kick but it misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Patriot lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Storm tried to score with a low kick but Patriot checks it.
Storm works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Patriot avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Patriot slips under a jab from Storm.
Storm tests Patriot's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Storm wants to slow Patriot down by chopping away at his legs.
Storm with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Patriot looks to land a combination. Storm sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A swing and a miss from Patriot.
Gorgon Patriot is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Storm with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
An inside leg kick from Patriot misses.
It seemed like Storm was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Gorgon Patriot is winning the standup battle so far.
Storm takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Storm connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Storm uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Patriot.
Patriot swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Storm! But no joy.
Patriot throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Storm takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Storm bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Patriot's head.
Storm dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patriot throws an overhand right that lands on Storm's shoulder, as Storm tries to avoid the shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Storm! But no joy.
Good leg kick by Patriot.
Storm throws a body kick that misses.
Patriot takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Storm throws a hook but Patriot avoids it easily.
Storm tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Patriot was well out of range. Poor timing from Storm.
It looked like Patriot wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Patriot avoids the body shot from Storm.
Patriot uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Storm.
Patriot shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Storm ducks under a wild hook from Patriot.
Storm misses with an uppercut
and Patriot counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Storm takes a swing at Patriot's ribcage but misses.
Patriot lunges at Storm with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Storm's hand.
Storm on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Storm works the jab nicely.
Patriot fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Storm.
Patriot swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Storm! But no joy.
Storm thows a left - swing and a miss!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Storm has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Patriot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Storm uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Patriot.
Storm misses with a low kick.
Patriot lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Patriot fails to land with a series of punches.
Patriot checks a leg kick.
Storm takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Patriot missing with a left hand there. Storm was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Patriot throws out a loose jab but Storm uses good head movement to avoid it.
Patriot misses with a hook. Storm ducked under it nicely.
Storm walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Patriot checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Patriot jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Storm takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A telegraphed right hand from Patriot misses the target.
Patriot misses with an uppercut. Storm saw that one coming.
Storm buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Storm ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Patriot moves away.
Patriot is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Storm.
Storm keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Storm throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Gorgon Patriot will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Patriot missing with a left hand there. Storm was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A solid leg kick lands there for Storm.
Patriot scores with a nice strike.
Storm misses with a body kick.
Patriot throws a looping overhand right but Storm ducks down to avoid it.
Patriot misses with a straight right.
Nice straight punches there by Storm. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Storm.
Storm scores with a hook to the body. Patriot takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Patriot pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Storm throws a hook to the side of Patriot's head but Patriot sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Patriot misses with a low kick.
Storm scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Patriot doesn't seem bothered though.
Storm is looking to slow Patriot down with leg kicks.
Storm looks to throw the jab but Patriot is out of range.
Storm throws a hook but Patriot avoids it easily.
Patriot takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Storm uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Patriot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Storm throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Patriot on the side of the head.
Patriot goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Patriot waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Storm.
A swing and a miss from Patriot.
Storm throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A low kick from Patriot is predictable there
and Storm counters with a thumping low kick.
Patriot displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Storm throws out the jab.
Patriot uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Storm.
A counter left hand to the body from Patriot misses its target.
Storm connects with an inside leg kick.
Patriot missing with a left hand there. Storm was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Storm throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Patriot.
Patriot throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Storm on the side of the head.
Patriot tries to score with a low kick but Storm moves his leg out of the way.
Storm misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Patriot.
Storm lands with a thumping leg kick.
Patriot throws a hook but Storm blocks it.
Patriot misses with a combination
and Storm counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Patriot looks to throw the jab but Storm is out of range.
Storm blocks a jab.
Storm dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Patriot. That did some damage!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Storm throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Storm cracks a nice hook into Patriot's ribs.
Patriot throws a looping overhand right but Storm ducks down to avoid it.
Patriot throws a head kick but Storm moves out of range.
Patriot misses with a double jab.
Storm looks to score with a jab to the body but Patriot is just out of range.
Patriot avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Patriot jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Storm throws out a counter right but Patriot avoids it with no problem.
Storm moves away from the strike by Patriot.
Storm throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Patriot scores with a hook to the body. Storm takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Patriot's corner calls for a 1-2. Patriot obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Patriot misses with a looping right.
Patriot throws a big shot that misses.
Storm changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
A jab from Storm misses.
Storm misses with a hook.
Nice defenses there by Storm.
Patriot uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Storm.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Patriot checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Patriot misses with a hook.
Patriot throws a big shot that misses.
Patriot pivots, looking for a leg kick but Storm is out of range and Patriot settles back down.
Storm looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Storm throws a good cross that connects.
Patriot tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Patriot tried to score with a low kick but Storm checks it.
Storm throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Storm connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Storm misses the jab.
Storm blocks a low kick nicely.
Patriot throws out a loose jab but Storm uses good head movement to avoid it.
Patriot misses with a straight left.
Storm scores with a jab to the body.
Patriot is looking to score with low kicks.
Patriot ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Storm moves away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Storm! But no joy.
Storm misses with a low kick as Patriot jumps back.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Patriot.
Lincoln Storm has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Storm closes the distance and clinches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Storm throws an elbow but misses.
Storm swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Patriot looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Patriot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Storm.
Storm prevents Patriot from breaking the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Storm fails to land.
Storm misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Patriot.
Storm misses with the head strike.
Patriot breaks the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lincoln Storm comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Patriot has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gorgon Patriot!
Our winner, Gorgon Patriot, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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