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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Labayen Luceno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Martin Legeld (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Legeld's choice of entrance music: System Of A Down-Metro. Labayen Luceno could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Martin Legeld's chin.
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205 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Labayen Luceno!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Martin Legeld!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Chad Campbell and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luceno closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Luceno misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Luceno gets underhooks to prevent Legeld's takedown attempt.
Luceno wants to get back to striking at distance but Legeld won't allow it.
Legeld wants a takedown.
Luceno turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Luceno manages to end up in side control.
Luceno controls the position.
Legeld is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Luceno working the head with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Legeld struggling a bit here.
Luceno grinds an elbow into Legeld's temple.
A control attempt from Legeld but he's now mounted!
Luceno wants to take Legeld's back here but Legeld is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Luceno prevents Legeld from getting the reversal.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legeld is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Luceno controlling from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legeld tries to hold on but Luceno postures up.
Luceno raining down shots from the mount!
Luceno pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Luceno looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luceno get's back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Labayen Luceno dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Luceno scores with a takedown into Legeld's guard.
Legeld is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Luceno is aware though and is defending well.
Luceno is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Luceno works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Legeld trying to control here.
Luceno not doing much here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Labayen Luceno just wasn't active enough.
Legeld has his takedown stuffed
and Luceno connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legeld shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Legeld is breathing heavily.
Luceno gets back to full guard.
Luceno has his hands on Legeld's head, controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luceno is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Luceno trying to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Luceno lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Legeld!
Luceno looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Luceno is looking to take Legeld's back but instead Legeld gets back to half guard. Nice work.
Legeld tries to get to full guard but Luceno has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Labayen Luceno dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Legeld moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Legeld has his takedown stuffed
and Luceno holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Luceno stalls.
Luceno jumps guard and drags Legeld to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Luceno working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Legeld doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Legeld manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Legeld is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luceno is adopting a defensive guard.
Legeld postures up in Luceno's guard and throws a big left but Luceno blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Legeld throws a strike but Luceno rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Labayen Luceno overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Luceno's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Luceno wants to stand and escape but instead Legeld has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Luceno controls Legeld momentarily but Legeld frees himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legeld stands over his opponent and dives in with a flying punch! Luceno throws up his legs and catches Legeld in a triangle! Oh this looks tight! Legeld tries to escape but he's forced to tap! Wow, fantastic work there by Luceno! That came out of nowhere!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Labayen Luceno!
Labayen Luceno retains his light heavyweight title!
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hype
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