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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Herbie Fleck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Steele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fleck comes into the arena with Trivium - Down From The Sky blaring out of the sound system. Steele has chosen Freak On A Leash as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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211 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Herbie Fleck!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, George Steele!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Bruno Lombardi and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steele misses with an attempted mid kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Steele.
Fleck swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A chopping leg kick lands by Steele.
Steele misses with a body shot.
George Steele seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Steele scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Steele scores with a kick to the body.
Steele ducks under a wild hook from Fleck.
Steele throws a jab but it's blocked by Fleck.
Steele lands a nice looking body kick.
Steele darts in and clinches Fleck up against the cage.
Fleck tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Steele lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fleck backwards.
Steele lands an uppercut.
Steele landing knees to the head.
It looks like Herbie Fleck has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fleck lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Steele.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steele lands a hook that snaps the head of Fleck backwards.
Fleck lands a nice uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Steele creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fleck misses with some punches.
Fleck tries a body shot but Steele blocks it.
Steele landing knees to the head.
Fleck is trying to force a seperation but Steele has the dominant position.
A nice left hand lands by Steele.
Steele's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Steele stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Fleck working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Steele's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short uppercut from Fleck.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Steele throws a knee to the head but misses.
Fleck lands a left hand.
It looks like George Steele has been cut.
Fleck pressing his opponent against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steele lands a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Steele scores with a nice short uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Steele.
Steele throws an elbow but it misses.
Steele tries to land knees in the clinch but Fleck avoids the damage to the body.
Steele lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Fleck.
Steele misses with a knee to the head.
Fleck misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Steele pushes Fleck back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fleck manages to break the clinch.
Fleck's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Steele connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Fleck scrambles back to his feet.
Steele thows a body shot but no joy.
Steele tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fleck throws a jab but it's blocked by Steele.
Fleck waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Steele.
Fleck moves away from the strike by Steele.
Fleck swats away the attempt to clinch by Steele.
Fleck displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Steele throws out the jab.
Fleck looks to throw the jab but Steele is out of range.
Fleck thows a body shot but no joy.
Steele throws out a loose jab but Fleck uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fleck misses with a hook. Steele ducked under it nicely.
Fleck misses with a hook. Steele ducked under it nicely.
Steele throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Steele throws the left hand but Fleck avoids the punch easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steele moves away from the strike by Fleck.
Steele throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fleck steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Steele.
Fleck throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Steele scores with a body shot.
Some wild striking there from Steele.
Fleck chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Steele can pounce on him.
A big left from Fleck misses.
Steele fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Fleck.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Steele rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Fleck cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Steele cracks the inside of Fleck's front leg.
Steele cracks Fleck with a right hand to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
George Steele dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Steele takes a swing at Fleck's ribcage but misses.
Steele sizes up Fleck with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Fleck sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A looping hook to the body misses from Steele. Fleck does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fleck avoids a punch combination nicely.
Steele tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fleck was well out of range. Poor timing from Steele.
Steele drives through and clinches with Fleck against the cage.
Fleck misses with a punch to the body.
Fleck blocking some punches.
George Steele seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A short uppercut from Steele.
Steele's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Fleck can't find room to land a body shot as Steele controls the action.
Steele softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steele has a couple of punches blocked by Fleck.
Steele managing to block the knees to the body from Fleck.
Steele connects with a knee to the head.
Fleck is rocked!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Steele.
Oh Fleck is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Steele tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fleck blocking some punches.
Fleck misses with a punch to the body.
Steele throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fleck blocks it with crossed arms.
A head punch on the inside from Steele fails to land.
Fleck blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Steele misses with an elbow over the top.
Steele pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Steele misses with some punches.
Steele throws a punch but it's blocked by Fleck.
Steele misses with a punch on the inside.
Steele misses with a short punch on the inside.
Steele misses with the head strike.
Steele using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fleck has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fleck can't find room to land a body shot as Steele controls the action.
Steele misses with a hook from the clinch.
Steele tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Steele throws an elbow but it misses.
Steele throws a knee to the head but misses.
Steele tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Steele tries a knee to the head but Fleck blocks it.
Fleck blocking some punches.
Steele tries to land a knee to the head but Fleck blocks with his arms.
Steele misses with a knee strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fleck dodges an elbow strike from Steele.
Steele with an attempt at a knee that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Steele.
Steele tries a knee to the head but Fleck blocks it.
Steele misses with a hook from the clinch.
Steele doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fleck blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Steele fails to land.
Fleck tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Steele's elbow.
Steele throws a punch but it's blocked by Fleck.
Steele fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Fleck blocks an uppercut.
Steele swings wildly with an uppercut but Fleck uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fleck blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steele looking to throw knees to the head but Fleck is blocking nicely.
Steele with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Steele with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A head punch on the inside from Steele fails to land.
Steele throws a punch but it's blocked by Fleck.
Steele throws a knee to the head but misses.
Steele swings wildly with an uppercut but Fleck uses good head movement to avoid it.
Steele misses with a short punch on the inside.
Steele pushes off an throws an elbow but Fleck leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Steele tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Fleck blocks the elbow strike.
Steele misses with the head strike.
Steele doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Steele misses with the head strike.
Steele tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fleck blocks an uppercut.
Steele creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Steele misses with some punches.
Steele throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A head punch on the inside from Steele fails to land.
Steele throws an elbow that misses.
Steele misses with the head strike.
Steele pushes off an throws an elbow but Fleck leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Fleck blocks an uppercut.
Fleck seems to have got his legs back now.
Fleck misses with some punches.
Fleck lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fleck works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Steele is breathing heavily.
Fleck lands a right hand.
Fleck's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Steele pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Fleck swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Steele thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fleck swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Steele misses with an uppercut
and Fleck counters with a leg kick.
Fleck uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Steele.
George Steele seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Steele looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Fleck moves out of range of the leg kick from Steele.
Steele misses with a jab, cross combination.
Steele misses with a body shot.
Steele tries to clinch up but Fleck circles away and keeps his distance.
Steele takes one to the chin there.
Fleck takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A chopping leg kick lands by Steele.
Fleck keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Steele closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Steele misses with the combination.
Steele tries to clinch up.
Steele scores with a head kick. Fleck tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Fleck will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Steele throws the kick towards the body but Fleck avoids it.
Nice body kick from Steele.
Steele throws out a loose jab but Fleck uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fleck is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Steele.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Steele throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Fleck bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Steele stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
George Steele showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Steele misses with a looping left.
Steele throws a head kick that misses.
Steele looks to land a right hand but Fleck moved out of range.
Fleck connects with a body shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Fleck. That snapped Steele's head back.
Steele cracks Fleck with a good jab.
Steele throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Fleck.
Steele works the jab nicely.
Steele tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fleck swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fleck misses the jab.
Steele pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fleck throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Steele misses with a shot to the body
and Fleck makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fleck moves out of range of the strikes.
Fleck blocks a leg kick.
Steele misses with a right hand
letting Fleck counter with a right hand.
Steele is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Steele throws a looping overhand right but Fleck ducks down to avoid it.
Fleck misses with a looping right.
Fleck 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.
Fleck sizes up Steele with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Steele connects with a leg kick. Fleck looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Fleck throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Steele counters with a three punch combo that has Fleck backing up. Fleck nods at Steele to acknowledge the strikes.
Fleck scores with a jab to the body.
Steele uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fleck.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steele throws a sloppy body shot
and Fleck counters with a nice uppercut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Steele throws a right hand that Fleck ducks under and follows up with a left that Fleck also avoids with ease.
Steele takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fleck misses with a wild body shot.
Steele thows a leg kick but Fleck checks it
and Fleck counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Steele avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A punch lands to the side of Steele 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Steele tries to clinch but Fleck is having none of it.
Steele defending well as Fleck loads up on a big left hand.
Steele throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Fleck connects with a good right hand that stumbles Steele. Steele circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Fleck gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Steele just misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steele misses with a low kick.
Fleck throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Steele tries a head kick but it misses.
Steele defending well as Fleck loads up on a big left hand.
Fleck avoids the body shot from Steele.
Steele throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Steele misses with a straight right.
Fleck checks a leg kick.
Fleck misses with a looping left.
Fleck takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Fleck avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Herbie Fleck has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fleck manages to break the clinch.
Fleck looks to land a right hand but Steele moved out of range.
Fleck throws an off balance right hand
and Steele counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fleck is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Fleck throws out a powerful jab.
Fleck thows a body shot but no joy.
Fleck swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Steele moves forwards but Fleck connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That has opened up George Steele's cut even more.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Steele fails with an attempt to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fleck tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Steele was well out of range. Poor timing from Fleck.
Steele jabs Fleck right on the nose. Fleck blinks but takes it well.
Steele is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fleck.
And that's the end of the fight!
Herbie Fleck showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Steele 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Montenegro scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... George Steele!
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