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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Christian Slaughter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Currie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Slaughter's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Crown - World Below. Currie comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Helmet - Just Another Victim kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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160 lbs
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166 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Christian Slaughter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, David Currie!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, David Schapiro and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Slaughter takes one to the chin there.
Slaughter throws a looping overhand right but Currie ducks down to avoid it.
Danga de danga de dang - Currie scores with a four punch combination!
Currie thows a body shot but no joy.
Currie misses with a body kick.
Currie swings for the body but Slaughter moves out of range.
Currie throws a body punch but Slaughter moves out of range.
Slaughter drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Currie misses with a low kick as Slaughter jumps back.
Slaughter misses with a hook. Currie ducked under it nicely.
Slaughter misses with an uppercut.
Currie lands with a straight right. Slaughter didn't see that one coming.
Currie scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slaughter shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Currie defends it nicely.
Currie throws a nice inside leg kick.
Currie misses with a straight left.
Currie lands a jab to Slaughter's midsection.
Slaughter misses with a takedown attempt - Currie sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Good leg kick by Currie there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Slaughter takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Currie stuns Slaughter with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Currie lands a nice looking body shot.
Slaughter is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Slaughter gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Slaughter moves out of range as Currie strikes.
Currie lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Nice body kick from Currie.
Currie throws a nice inside leg kick.
Slaughter takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A nice leg kick lands there from Currie.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Currie tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nice body punch from Currie.
Slaughter avoids the head kick by Currie.
Currie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Slaughter.
Currie attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Currie dodges the punch combination from Slaughter.
Slaughter avoids the body shot from Currie.
Currie is looking to slow Slaughter down with leg kicks.
Slaughter lands a jab to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Currie will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Currie looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Currie feints and then cracks Slaughter's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Slaughter down.
Slaughter moves out of range as Currie strikes.
Currie looks to throw the jab but Slaughter is out of range.
Slaughter with a hook.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Currie throws an overhand right that lands on Slaughter's shoulder, as Slaughter tries to avoid the shot.
Slaughter lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
It looks like David Currie has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Currie fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Slaughter is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Currie dominated that round.
The cut man is working on David Currie's cut.
That's time! Slaughter's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Slaughter takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Currie with a hook.
Currie misses the shot to the body.
Slaughter misses with a jab, cross combination.
Slaughter tries to close the distance and clinch up but Currie swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Currie uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Slaughter.
Christian Slaughter is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Currie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Slaughter.
Slaughter moves out of range as Currie strikes.
Currie throws a nice outside leg kick.
Slaughter moves in looking to clinch but Currie pushes him off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Slaughter is looking to clinch.
Currie tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Slaughter is able to avoid easily.
Currie misses the shot to the body.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Slaughter might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Slaughter throws a jab but it's blocked by Currie.
Currie looks to land a left hand but Slaughter moved out of range nicely.
David Currie is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Slaughter lands a jab to Currie's midsection.
Currie on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Slaughter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Currie moves away.
Currie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Slaughter moves away.
Slaughter lands a nice shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Currie fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Slaughter manages to avoid it.
Currie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Slaughter throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Slaughter fails with an attempt to clinch.
Slaughter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Currie moves away.
Currie circles away from the clinch attempt.
Slaughter throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Slaughter wants to clinch up but Currie keeps it at a distance.
Currie fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Currie with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
David Currie seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Currie thuds a left hand into Slaughter's body.
A big right from Slaughter misses.
Slaughter has taken the fight to the clinch.
Currie lands an uppercut.
Currie wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Currie makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Currie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Slaughter misses the shot to the body.
Currie lands a jab to the head.
Slaughter is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Currie misses with a body shot.
Slaughter avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Currie is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Slaughter rather than just go for the knockout.
Currie lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Slaughter throws out a loose jab but Currie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Slaughter's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Slaughter duly obliges.
Currie throws a body punch but Slaughter moves out of range.
Currie moves out of range of the strikes.
A shot to the body from Currie misses
and Slaughter counters with a straight right hand.
Slaughter wants to clinch up but Currie keeps it at a distance.
Slaughter misses the body punch
and Currie counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Slaughter thinking.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Slaughter fails with an attempt to clinch.
Currie displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Slaughter throws out the jab.
A jab from Slaughter misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Christian Slaughter will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on David Currie's cut.
That's time! Slaughter's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Currie lands a right hook to the body.
Slaughter tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Currie was well out of range. Poor timing from Slaughter.
Slaughter ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Decent striking displayed by Slaughter there.
Currie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Slaughter looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Slaughter falls off balance throwing a combination
and Currie counters with a stiff right hand.
Slaughter throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Currie counter with a right hand.
Currie connects with a good right hand that stumbles Slaughter. Slaughter circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Currie scoring well with a low kick there.
Slaughter scores with a hook.
Currie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Slaughter.
Currie lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Slaughter circles away quickly and effectively.
Slaughter throws a hook but Currie avoids it easily.
Nice body punch from Currie.
Slaughter misses with a double jab
and Currie counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Slaughter shoots in for a double leg but Currie sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Slaughter misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Currie throws a sloppy body shot
and Slaughter connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Currie is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Slaughter.
Slaughter throws a combination that misses
and Currie makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Slaughter misses with a looping right.
Currie smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Currie lands a with a good body shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Currie. That snapped Slaughter's head back.
Slaughter moves out of range of the body kick from Currie.
Slaughter misses with a two punch combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Currie is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Slaughter.
Currie misses with an uppercut. Slaughter saw that one coming.
Slaughter swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Currie counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Currie dips to his left and cracks Slaughter with an uppercut!
Slaughter moves out of range as Currie strikes.
Slaughter on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Currie. Currie obviously looking to wear him down.
Slaughter shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A punch combination from Currie misses.
Slaughter tries to clinch up
and Currie counters with a nice low kick that buckles Slaughter's knee momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Currie feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Slaughter's calf.
Currie digs a good hook to Slaughter's body.
Slaughter drops his hands momentarily and Currie takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Slaughter misses with a body shot
and Currie counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Currie getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Currie misses the jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Currie throws a hook but Slaughter avoids it easily.
Slaughter misses with a body punch
and Currie counters with a nice body kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
David Currie comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Currie has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 28:29
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 28:29
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Currie!
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energy
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hype
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