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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lanny Poffo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kelly Leak (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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205 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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217 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Good kicks
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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
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lanny Poffo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kelly Leak!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Frank Dennis and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leak leaves Poffo with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Poffo misses with an uppercut. Leak saw that one coming.
Leak catches Poffo with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Leak swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Poffo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Leak.
Leak lands with a nice body kick.
Poffo lands a right hook to the body.
Leak scores with a shot to the body.
Poffo fails with a takedown attempt.
Leak's jab looks to have found its range, popping Poffo under the eye.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Leak throws the left hand but Poffo avoids the punch easily.
Poffo tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Leak swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lanny Poffo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Poffo misses with a hook.
Leak swings for the body but Poffo moves out of range.
Leak scores with a punch to the head.
Leak showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Poffo.
Poffo fails with a takedown attempt.
Leak scores with a leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Poffo crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Leak - the referee stops the clock and Poffo gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Leak. Poffo manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Leak misses with a looping right.
Leak slips under a jab from Poffo.
Leak closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Leak keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Leak lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Poffo with a lazy takedown attempt
and Leak counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Leak waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Poffo.
Leak connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Poffo. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Leak stuffs the takedown.
Jab, jab by Leak - just one landing.
Poffo misses with a takedown attempt - Leak sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Leak misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Leak lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Leak keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Leak tries to bum rush Poffo with a series of wild strikes but Poffo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nice uppercut there from Poffo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leak misses with an uppercut. Poffo saw that one coming.
Leak with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Leak throws a hook but Poffo avoids it easily.
Poffo thows a body shot but no joy.
Kelly Leak is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Leak lets loose with a powerful body kick. Poffo will feel that in the morning.
Poffo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Leak.
Leak is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Poffo had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Leak scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A left and a right from Leak both land. Nice combination.
Leak fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Kelly Leak seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Poffo gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Poffo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Leak throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Poffo on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poffo slips a straight right by Leak.
Leak throws a hook to the side of Poffo's head but Poffo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Leak throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Poffo on the side of the head.
Poffo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Leak circles away quickly and effectively.
Poffo tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Leak sizes up Poffo with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Leak lands a jab to Poffo's midsection.
A left lands for Leak.
Poffo blocks a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Leak does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Poffo takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
An inside leg kick from Leak misses.
Leak looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kelly Leak dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Leak pivots, looking for a leg kick but Poffo is out of range and Leak settles back down.
Leak throws a hook but Poffo blocks it.
Leak works Poffo's body with a nice hook.
Leak getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Leak has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A big left from Leak misses.
A big left from Leak misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Leak. Poffo does a little dance to reset his feet.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Poffo might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Poffo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Leak counters with a nice uppercut.
Leak throws a looping overhand right but Poffo ducks down to avoid it.
A big left from Poffo misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Leak.
Poffo lands the left hand.
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!
Poffo throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Leak sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leak misses with a double jab
and Poffo counters with a nice double leg into side control. Leak won't be happy with that.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
You can see the frustration on Leak's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Poffo landing strikes.
Poffo tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Leak is looking to regain half guard here but Poffo keeps moving and retains side control.
Leak pushes Poffo away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Poffo gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Leak holds on to Poffo's head and controls the position momentarily.
Poffo creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Leak is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Leak defending against the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leak is not content to let Poffo control the position.
Leak pushes Poffo away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Poffo gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Poffo throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Leak is pushing Poffo's head away, looking to escape. Poffo manages to hold on to the position though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Poffo scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Leak to see if he's OK.
Leak on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Lanny Poffo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Poffo scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Leak to see if he's OK.
Poffo wants to control but Leak is keeping him busy.
Poffo tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Leak is working to avoid the ground and pound but Poffo connects with a decent elbow.
Poffo is working Leak over with some ground and pound from side control.
Leak struggling a bit here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leak pushes Poffo away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Poffo gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Poffo working the ground and pound.
Leak is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Poffo cracks Leak with a big elbow.
Leak is rocked!
Poffo cracks Leak with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Poffo immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Leak is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Poffo!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lanny Poffo!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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