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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between King Leonidas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alphons Draclau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leonidas comes to the cage accompanied by The 300. This should be fireworks!
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135 lbs
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143 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, King Leonidas!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alphons Draclau!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Columbo Gatti and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leonidas keeps the fight on the outside.
Leonidas misses with a left hand
and Draclau counters with a low kick, right behind Leonidas 's knee.
Draclau will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Draclau throws a shot to the body.
Leonidas misses with a right hand
and Draclau counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Draclau not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Leonidas avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Draclau.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Leonidas is not content to let Draclau control the position.
Leonidas blocking the ground and pound attempt from Draclau.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leonidas is not content to let Draclau control the position.
Leonidas tries to kick Draclau off in order to stand up. Draclau Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Draclau trying to control the action but Leonidas is working from the bottom.
Draclau looking to control but instead Leonidas has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Leonidas looks like he's trying to stand up.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Draclau in particular looking to stall.
Leonidas regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Draclau.
Leonidas will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draclau thows a big elbow that misses.
Draclau throws a strike but Leonidas rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Draclau working for a triangle but Leonidas defends it easily.
Draclau bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Leonidas's guard.
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.
Draclau is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Leonidas is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Leonidas has escaped and now he's on top!
Draclau has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Draclau is trying to control the position but Leonidas postures up.
Draclau looking to hit a scissor sweep but Leonidas is one step ahead there.
Draclau thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alphons Draclau dominated that 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.
Draclau misses with a low kick.
Draclau shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Leonidas defends it nicely.
Draclau shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Leonidas takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Leonidas is squirming around, avoiding Draclau's attempts to control the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Draclau throwing strikes here but Leonidas is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Draclau looking to finish Leonidas with some ground and pound. This is bad for Leonidas!
Draclau throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Draclau can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Leonidas is looking to escape.
Leonidas holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Draclau tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draclau lands a nice shot to the head.
Draclau looking to control but Leonidas is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Leonidas's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Draclau sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Draclau won't let Leonidas get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Draclau is in the full mount, landing strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draclau trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Leonidas avoids a series of strikes thrown by Draclau.
Leonidas avoids a series of strikes thrown by Draclau.
Draclau landing strikes from the mount.
Leonidas suckers Draclau into throwing a sloppy strike and uses the momentum to reverse the position beautifully! Leonidas is now in Draclau's guard!
Leonidas wants to stand and escape but instead Draclau has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draclau with a flurry of punches that miss.
Draclau looking to pass the guard.
Draclau postures up and lands a big shot to Leonidas's brow.
Alphons Draclau has got the better of the ground game so far.
Draclau controlling from the top position.
Draclau wants to control from the top but Leonidas keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alphons Draclau showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Leonidas misses with a hook
and Draclau counters with a nice low kick that buckles Leonidas's knee momentarily.
Leonidas throws a lazy uppercut
and Draclau makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Draclau scoring well with a low kick there.
Leonidas takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Leonidas swings widly with a right hand
and Draclau counters with a nice double leg into side control. Leonidas won't be happy with that.
Draclau wants to control but Leonidas is keeping him busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Draclau tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Leonidas wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Draclau misses with the ground and pound.
Draclau lands some shots froms side control.
Draclau wants to control but Leonidas is keeping him busy.
Leonidas really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Draclau sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Leonidas is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Draclau trying to control the action but Leonidas is working from the bottom.
Draclau controlling the position from side mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Draclau with the ground and pound but Leonidas regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Draclau lands strikes from half guard.
Draclau missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Draclau landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leonidas is staying active underneath Draclau, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Draclau is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Draclau not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Draclau throwing shots but Leonidas is blocking nicely.
Draclau thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Leonidas avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Draclau.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alphons Draclau really dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Draclau will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Draclau has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Draclau there as he acknowledges the shot.
Draclau swings away with a body shot that misses
and Leonidas counters with a series of strikes. Draclau will be more careful next time no doubt.
King Leonidas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Leonidas throws a left and a right that both miss
and Draclau counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Leonidas wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Draclau doesn't manage to clinch there - Leonidas circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leonidas swings widly with a right hand
and Draclau counters with a stiff right hand.
Leonidas takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Leonidas throws an off balance right hand
and Draclau counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Leonidas cracks Draclau with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Leonidas gets tackled into the cage by Draclau. Draclau maintains the clinch.
Draclau lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Leonidas can't break the clinch.
Leonidas tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Draclau smiles and moves away.
Leonidas misses with a lunging right hand
and Draclau counters with a single leg into guard. Leonidas didn't expect that.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leonidas keeping moving, preventing Draclau from controlling successfully.
Draclau tries to free his leg and advance position but Leonidas is retaining full guard.
Leonidas is looking to stand up but Draclau isn't so interested in that idea.
Leonidas keeping moving, preventing Draclau from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Alphons Draclau hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Leonidas misses with a hook
and Draclau counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Leonidas rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Draclau holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Leonidas lands a left hand that snaps the head of Draclau backwards.
Leonidas wants to get back to striking at distance but Draclau won't allow it.
Leonidas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Draclau lands a slapping body shot.
Leonidas throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Draclau counters with an inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leonidas rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Draclau counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Alphons Draclau seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Good leg kick by Draclau there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Leonidas misses with an uppercut
and Draclau counters with an outside leg kick.
Leonidas is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Danga de danga de dang - Leonidas scores with a four punch combination!
Draclau throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Leonidas lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Alphons Draclau will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Draclau throws a wild body kick that Leonidas sees coming a mile off.
Leonidas lands with a straight right. Draclau didn't see that one coming.
Leonidas connects with a right hand. Draclau shakes it off.
Leonidas fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Leonidas misses with a double jab
and Draclau counters with a head kick. That will keep Leonidas thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Draclau takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Leonidas misses with a left hand
and Draclau counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Leonidas misses with a lunging right hand
and Draclau counters with a nice leg kick.
Draclau scoring well with a low kick there.
Leonidas throws an off balance right hand
and Draclau counters with a nice low kick that buckles Leonidas's knee momentarily.
Draclau misses with a body punch
and Draclau takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Draclau misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Leonidas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Draclau is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Leonidas rather than just go for the knockout.
Leonidas misses with a hook
and Draclau counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Leonidas throws an off balance right hand
and Draclau counters with a series of strikes. Leonidas will be more careful next time no doubt.
Draclau throws a quick inside leg kick.
Draclau misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Leonidas counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Draclau buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leonidas misses with a hook
and Draclau counters with a straight right hand.
Leonidas falls off balance throwing a combination
and Draclau counters with a nice low kick that buckles Leonidas's knee momentarily.
Leonidas swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Draclau counters with a nice double leg into side control. Leonidas won't be happy with that.
Leonidas is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
King Leonidas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Alphons Draclau is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Draclau goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Leonidas rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Draclau's guard! Nice work there by Leonidas!
Draclau is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alphons Draclau comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Draclau has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alyssa Summers scores the fight 45:50
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 45:50
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alphons Draclau!
Alphons Draclau is the new bantamweight champion!
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