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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Freddy Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xavier Speed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Big heart |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Freddy Lee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Xavier Speed!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Glass and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Speed tries to close the distance and clinch but Lee swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lee thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Speed if he has to take too many more of those.
Speed is looking to clinch but Lee is avoiding it.
Nice takedown defense from Lee. No joy for Speed on that attempt.
Speed fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Lee throws a leg kick which misses Speed's front leg but catches the back leg as Speed tries to avoid it.
Good leg kick by Lee there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Lee chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Lee is looking to chop away at Speed's legs.
Lee tries to work over Speed's front leg with a kick but Speed checks it.
Lee throws a low kick, looking for Speed's leg but Speed calmly moves out of range.
Speed looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Lee is fending him off so far but Speed persists. Nope, Lee circles away and we're back to standing.
Freddy Lee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Xavier Speed.
Speed checks the leg kick.
Speed dives in and grabs Lee's left leg, looking for a takedown. Lee pushes down on Speed's head and hops out.
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!
Lee feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Speed's calf.
Freddy Lee is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Speed fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Lee tries a low kick but Speed avoids it.
Lee lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
No luck for Speed with that takedown attempt.
Lee fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Speed looks gassed!
Lee attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Lee feints and then cracks Speed's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Speed down.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lee, right into the meat.
Speed tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lee connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Lee thumps Speed with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee lands a nice leg kick that just misses Speed's sensitive parts.
An inside leg kick lands from Lee.
Lee scores with a push kick.
Speed has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Lee.
Speed throws a hook but Lee avoids it easily.
Lee fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Lee lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A good leg kick by Lee.
Lee connects with an inside leg kick.
Speed stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Lee.
Good work by Speed as he checks the leg kick.
A good leg kick by Lee.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee cracks the inside of Speed's front leg.
Lee wants to land a leg kick but Speed is out of range.
Speed takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Speed.
Some bone on bone action there as Speed checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Speed throws out a leg kick but Lee moves out of range and Speed only half commits.
Speed throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Lee counters with an inside leg kick.
Lee lands with a thumping leg kick.
Lee scores with a leg kick.
Lee finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Speed checks a leg kick.
Lee chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Speed throws a body kick that misses.
Speed's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Lee throws a leg kick but Speed sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Speed shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lee throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Speed's head.
Speed blocks a low kick nicely.
Lee throws a leg kick which misses Speed's front leg but catches the back leg as Speed tries to avoid it.
Lee fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice body kick from Lee.
Lee throws a low kick but Speed moves out of range easily.
Speed misses with the body kick
and Lee counters with a flying knee. Nice.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Freddy Lee dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
A solid leg kick lands there for Lee.
Speed closes this distance looking for a takedown but Lee circles away.
Speed shoots in for a double leg but Lee sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Lee throws a front kick aimed at Speed's knee but Speed avoids it well.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Speed might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Lee has got the better of the exchanges.
Lee is looking to score with low kicks.
Lee misses with a low kick.
Lee throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Speed's head.
Freddy Lee is winning the standup battle so far.
Lee connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Lee throws out a leg kick but Speed moves out of range and Lee only half commits.
Speed is breathing heavily.
Speed has a takedown stuffed.
Freddy Lee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Xavier Speed.
Speed changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Lee tries to avoid it but Speed manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Lee to the ground. Lee escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Speed fails in his attempt to clinch.
A low kick from Speed misses
and Lee counters with a good, hard body kick but Speed shrugs it off.
A slapping leg kick lands for Lee.
Lee misses with a low kick.
Speed chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lee can pounce on him.
Speed tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Speed tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lee swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lee lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Lee throws a front kick aimed at Speed's knee but Speed avoids it well.
Speed shoots in but Lee avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Speed takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Speed takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Lee fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Speed has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
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!
Lee tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Speed is trying desperately to land a takedown but Lee is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Speed.
Lee lands a leg kick that knocks Speed off balance momentarily.
A chopping leg kick lands by Lee.
Lee connects with an inside leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Lee.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Speed crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Lee - the referee stops the clock and Speed gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Lee. Speed manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Lee turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Lee with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Lee wants to land a leg kick but Speed is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Speed.
Lee lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Speed takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Speed shoots in looking for a takedown. Lee tries to sprawl out of it but Speed keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Lee manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Lee throws a leg kick which misses Speed's front leg but catches the back leg as Speed tries to avoid it.
Lee thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Speed if he has to take too many more of those.
Nice body kick from Lee.
Lee turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Speed throws a lazy right hand but Lee sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee pivots, looking for a leg kick but Speed is out of range and Lee settles back down.
Speed wants to clinch up but Lee keeps it at a distance.
Lee throws a nice inside leg kick.
Speed will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A good leg kick by Lee.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A kick lands to the mid section there for Lee.
Lee scores with a head kick.
Lee throws a head kick that Speed semi-blocks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An inside leg kick from Lee misses.
Speed shoots in and drives through. Lee sprawls well.
Lee throws a low kick but it's checked well by Speed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Freddy Lee dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!
Good work by Speed as he checks the leg kick.
Speed gets a clinch.
Lee breaks the clinch.
Lee moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lee fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Speed has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Lee scores with a head kick.
Speed closes the distance and clinches up with Lee, looking for a takedown. Speed pushes Lee against the cage but Lee circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Speed takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Good work by Speed as he checks the leg kick.
Speed takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Speed displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Lee lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Speed keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Lee chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Lee chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A slapping leg kick lands for Lee.
Lee connects with a solid leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Lee.
A good leg kick by Lee.
Lee feints and then cracks Speed's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Speed down.
Lee thumps Speed with a low kick.
Speed throws a lazy body kick
and Lee counters with a body kick.
Lee chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Speed tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Speed blocks a leg kick.
Lee tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lee lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
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!
Speed fails to land the takedown.
Lee dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Speed. That did some damage!
Lee swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Speed takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Speed shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lee as he jumps to the side.
Freddy Lee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Xavier Speed.
Lee pivots, looking for a leg kick but Speed is out of range and Lee settles back down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee swats away the attempt to clinch by Speed.
Speed tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lee paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lee is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Speed can do to turn this around?
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Lee.
Lee scoring well with a low kick there.
Speed misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lee.
Speed is looking to clinch.
Lee tried to score with a low kick but Speed checks it.
Lee buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Speed chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Lee can pounce on him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Speed.
Lee scoring well with a low kick there.
Speed looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Lee is fending him off so far but Speed persists. Nope, Lee circles away and we're back to standing.
Lee fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Speed.
Speed takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Speed pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lee lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
No luck for Speed with that takedown attempt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A nice leg kick lands there from Lee.
And that's the end of the fight!
Freddy Lee showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Lee, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Freddy Lee!
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