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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Spike Spiegel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randolph Duke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duke has chosen Pink Floyd - Money as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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180 lbs
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182 lbs
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Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Spike Spiegel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Randolph Duke!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Franklyn Lucas and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duke misses with a straight right.
Duke avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice uppercut there from Spiegel.
Spiegel moves into the clinch successfully.
Spiegel tries a knee to the head but Duke blocks it.
Spiegel landing knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Spiegel scores with a nice short uppercut.
Duke blocking some punches.
Spiegel misses with a knee strike.
Duke takes a knee to the side of the body.
Spiegel lands a knee to the head.
Spiegel has Duke pressed against the cage.
Spiegel tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Spiegel 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 one minute gone in the round.
Spiegel putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Duke in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Duke wants to break free but Spiegel has control.
Duke's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Duke throws a right and a left that Spiegel avoids nicely.
Duke throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Spiegel misses with a jab, cross combination.
Duke ducks under a wild hook from Spiegel.
Spiegel scores with a nice strike.
Duke 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.
Duke fails to land with a series of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spiegel clinches with his opponent.
Spiegel will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Duke up against the cage.
Spiegel with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Spiegel lands a hook that snaps the head of Duke backwards.
Duke is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Spiegel tries to work over Duke's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Spiegel tries to land knees in the clinch but Duke avoids the damage to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duke tries to break free but Spiegel pushes him back against the cage.
Spiegel tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Spiegel lands a nice uppercut.
Spiegel lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Spiegel with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A short right from Spiegel.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Spiegel.
Duke wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Spiegel has him pressed against the cage.
Duke wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Duke on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Duke can't break the clinch.
A short uppercut from Spiegel.
Spiegel gets through Duke's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Spiegel tries to land a knee to the head but Duke blocks with his arms.
Spiegel lands with a left to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Spiegel tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Duke's elbow.
Spiegel misses with a knee to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Spike Spiegel dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Duke drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Duke blocks a jab.
Spiegel moves away from the strike by Duke.
Spiegel cracks a nice hook into Duke's ribs.
Spiegel fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Good shot there by Spiegel.
Spiegel misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Duke takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Spiegel.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spiegel connects with a solid leg kick.
Spiegel fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Duke circles away from the clinch attempt
and Duke counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Spiegel doesn't manage to clinch there - Duke circles away.
Duke moves out of range as Spiegel throws a body kick.
Spiegel looks to score with a jab to the body but Duke is just out of range.
Spike Spiegel is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A solid body kick from Spiegel.
Spiegel gets a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duke is trying to stall.
Spiegel misses with a knee strike.
Spiegel just leaning against Duke, taking a breather.
A frustrated look appears on Duke's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Duke blocking some punches.
Duke on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Spiegel with a knee to the head.
Spiegel lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Spiegel scores with a knee to the head.
Spiegel tries a knee to the head but Duke blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spiegel tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Duke blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A frustrated look appears on Duke's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Spiegel throws a punch but it's blocked by Duke.
Duke has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Spiegel has a couple of punches blocked by Duke.
Spiegel missing with knees to the body.
Spiegel is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Spiegel landing knees to the body.
Spiegel lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Spiegel is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Duke is defending well for now.
Spiegel tries to land knees in the clinch but Duke avoids the damage to the body.
Spiegel unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duke is trying to force a seperation but Spiegel has the dominant position.
Duke tries to break free but Spiegel pushes him back against the cage.
Duke pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Spiegel staying out of range there.
Spike Spiegel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Spiegel tries to close the distance and clinch up but Duke swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Duke loads up on a big right hand but Spiegel slips the punch.
Duke is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Duke looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Duke gets tackled into the cage by Spiegel. Spiegel maintains the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Spiegel lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Duke backwards.
Spiegel displaying some good clinch control by pressing Duke up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Spike Spiegel dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Spiegel scores with a push kick.
Spiegel lands a head shot.
Spiegel throws a jab when Duke was well out of range.
Spiegel misses with the combination.
Spiegel throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Duke stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Spiegel is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Spiegel lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Duke avoids a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spiegel is looking to slow Duke down with leg kicks.
A big left from Duke misses.
Spiegel scores with a jab to the jaw.
Spiegel is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Duke can do to turn this around?
The fight stays on the outside here - Spiegel looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Spiegel tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Spike Spiegel is winning the standup battle so far.
Duke slips a straight right by Spiegel.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Duke keeps the fight on the outside.
Duke needs to keep his hands up - Spiegel had a free shot at his head there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spiegel scores with a jab. Duke acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Spiegel moves into the clinch successfully.
Spiegel holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Duke looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Spiegel stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Duke wants to get back to striking at distance but Spiegel won't allow it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Spiegel obliges.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Spiegel obliges.
Spiegel lands a right hand that snaps the head of Duke backwards.
Spiegel has Duke pressed against the cage.
Spike Spiegel has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Spiegel lands a body punch in the clinch.
Duke on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Spiegel misses with a punch on the inside.
Spiegel with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Spiegel.
Spiegel tries to land a knee to the head but Duke blocks with his arms.
Randolph Duke has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Spiegel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Spiegel throws a knee to the head but misses.
Spiegel stalling in the clinch.
Spiegel looking to throw knees to the head but Duke is blocking nicely.
Spiegel tries to work over Duke's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Spiegel struggles to land a body shot inside as Duke controls his hands.
Spiegel looking to throw knees to the head but Duke is blocking nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Spiegel using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Duke has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Spiegel is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
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!
Spiegel has Duke pressed against the cage, preventing Duke from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Spike Spiegel showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Spiegel has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Spike Spiegel!
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energy
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hype
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mgr
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RATING
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