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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lamont Banner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Youngblood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Youngblood has chosen DJ Khaled - All I do is win as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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223 lbs
10 - 5 - 1 |
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183 cm
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218 lbs
15 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
10 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Lamont Banner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Matt Youngblood!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Dean Styles and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Banner misses.
Banner tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Youngblood swivels and escapes.
Banner has his takedown stuffed
and Youngblood counters with a low kick, right behind Banner 's knee.
Youngblood with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Youngblood catches Banner with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Youngblood dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Banner. That did some damage!
Youngblood throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Youngblood moves into range and clinches up with Banner.
Still in the clinch, Youngblood scores with a nice short uppercut.
Banner looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lamont Banner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Banner is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Youngblood can't fight it off and eventually Banner manages to take the fight to the floor. Youngblood looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Youngblood is trying to keep Banner in close.
Banner distracts Youngblood with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Youngblood manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Youngblood with good strikes from the mount here!
Youngblood unloads with some shots from mount but Banner bucks and avoids them well.
Youngblood looking to control but Banner is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Banner is trying to escape the mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Youngblood thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Banner is looking to improve his position but Youngblood isn't that keen on the idea.
Youngblood trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Youngblood is trying to control here but Banner has managed to regain half guard.
Banner is trying to get back to full guard.
Banner keeps control of the position for the meantime.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Youngblood wants to lay and pray for a moment but Banner keeps working.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Matt Youngblood wasn't active enough on the ground.
Youngblood lands with a cross.
Youngblood lands a nice looking body shot.
Banner misses with a shot to the body
and Youngblood counters with a leg kick.
Youngblood connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Banner lands a jab.
Banner pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Banner lands a nice shot that snaps Youngblood's head back.
That's four 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!
Youngblood leaves Banner with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Banner jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Youngblood lands a body shot.
Youngblood feints and then cracks Banner's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Banner down.
Youngblood buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Banner is breathing heavily.
Youngblood scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Banner doesn't seem bothered though.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Youngblood, right into the meat.
Youngblood slaps away a takedown attempt from Banner, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Youngblood throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Banner gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Youngblood dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Youngblood dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Youngblood lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Banner shoots in looking for a takedown. Youngblood tries to sprawl out of it but Banner keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Youngblood manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Youngblood lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Youngblood throws a head kick that misses.
A jab from Youngblood finds it's way through Banner's defenses.
Horrible takedown by Banner or perhaps it was just good defense by Youngblood which made him look bad.
Youngblood scores with a push kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Banner walks into a stiff left hand from Youngblood.
Youngblood scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Good standup being displayed there by Youngblood as he connects with a hook.
Youngblood rushes Banner and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Youngblood digs a right hand underneath Banner's ribcage. Banner let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Banner takes a shot to the head.
Youngblood lands a left hand that snaps the head of Banner backwards.
Banner is trying to drag Youngblood to the mat but Youngblood just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lamont Banner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Youngblood lands a right hand.
Youngblood scores with a hook to the body.
Youngblood tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Youngblood misses with a hook from the clinch.
Youngblood has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Youngblood lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Youngblood lands with a right to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Youngblood makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Youngblood.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Youngblood pushes Banner back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Youngblood scores with a nice short uppercut.
Youngblood lands with a right to the head.
Banner blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A hook to the body from Youngblood.
A body shot lands from Youngblood.
Youngblood lands a right hand.
Youngblood lands with a short shot to the head.
Banner is rocked!
Youngblood lands a right hand that snaps the head of Banner backwards.
Oh Banner is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Youngblood works on Banner's body with a couple of short punches.
Banner is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Youngblood unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Banner! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Youngblood is unloading with more strikes now! Banner drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matt Youngblood!
An out of breath and clearly excited Matt Youngblood thanked Prestige Nutrition (160!) for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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