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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eleuando Le Fleur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benny Silver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eleuando Le Fleur could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Benny Silver's chin.
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199 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
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212 lbs
11 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
KO power |
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Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eleuando Le Fleur!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Benny Silver!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silver looks to clinch
and Le Fleur counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Le Fleur looks for the body kick but Silver saw that one coming.
Le Fleur motions for Silver to come forward. Le Fleur throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Le Fleur throws a leg kick
and Silver counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Le Fleur avoids the elbow strike from Silver, against the cage.
Le Fleur misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silver lands an elbow just above Le Fleur 's eye.
Le Fleur misses with the head strike.
I was talking to Le Fleur's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Silver blocking some punches.
Silver leaning against his opponent.
Silver lands an elbow just above Le Fleur 's eye.
Le Fleur misses with a hook from the clinch.
Le Fleur lands a nice shot to the body.
Le Fleur swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Le Fleur misses with a punch on the inside.
Silver blocking some punches.
Silver lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Eleuando Le Fleur has been cut.
Silver is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Silver blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Fleur misses with a hook to the ribs.
Le Fleur has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Silver blocks an uppercut.
Le Fleur misses with a body punch.
Silver is struggling to control the position.
Le Fleur taking a breather.
Silver stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Silver creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Le Fleur's defenses.
Le Fleur looking to slow down the pace here.
Silver blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Le Fleur pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Le Fleur jabs Silver right on the nose. Silver blinks but takes it well.
Benny Silver seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Le Fleur pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Silver clinches up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Silver continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Silver told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Le Fleur swings wildly with an uppercut but Silver uses good head movement to avoid it.
Le Fleur working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Le Fleur tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Le Fleur misses with the head strike.
Silver comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Silver lands a damaging elbow.
Le Fleur takes an elbow to the temple.
Eleuando Le Fleur's cut is getting worse.
Silver's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Le Fleur avoids a wild elbow strike from Silver.
Le Fleur lands with a short shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Silver.
Le Fleur misses with a punch on the inside.
Silver pushes off an throws an elbow but Le Fleur leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Silver tries to stall but Le Fleur uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Silver looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Le Fleur swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Le Fleur has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nice elbow from Silver.
Le Fleur tries to work over Silver's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Silver misses with an elbow over the top.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Silver.
Silver lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Le Fleur swings wildly with an uppercut but Silver uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silver throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Silver misses with an elbow over the top.
Silver blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Le Fleur takes an elbow to the temple.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le Fleur misses with a body punch.
Silver blocking some punches.
Silver prevents a body shot from Le Fleur.
Silver pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Le Fleur avoids the elbow strike from Silver, against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Silver prevents a body shot from Le Fleur.
Silver gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Eleuando Le Fleur's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Silver gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silver letting Le Fleur take a breather here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Le Fleur is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Silver is keeping busy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Le Fleur lands a right hand that snaps the head of Silver backwards.
Silver just leaning against Le Fleur, taking a breather.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Eleuando Le Fleur will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Eleuando Le Fleur's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Le Fleur has taken the fight to the clinch.
Silver lands an elbow that stopped Le Fleur in his tracks for a moment.
Silver creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Silver throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Le Fleur is trying to maintain a safe position but Silver gets an underhook and turns Le Fleur into the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Silver just misses with a elbow thrown towards Le Fleur's brow.
Silver avoiding damage.
Silver blocks an uppercut.
Le Fleur throws a punch but it's blocked by Silver.
A head punch on the inside from Le Fleur fails to land.
Silver pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Le Fleur takes an elbow to the forehead.
Jeez, Eleuando Le Fleur's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Silver is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Le Fleur wants to get back to striking at distance but Silver won't allow it.
Silver is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Le Fleur looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Fleur misses with a punch on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Silver as Le Fleur tries to tie him up.
Le Fleur breaks from the clinch.
Silver fails in his attempt to clinch.
Silver tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Le Fleur paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Silver clinches up against the cage.
Le Fleur pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Le Fleur throws a chopping leg kick but Silver manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Le Fleur misses with a low kick.
Silver tries to close the distance and clinch but Le Fleur swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Silver moves into range and clinches up with Le Fleur.
Le Fleur swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silver throws an elbow that misses.
Le Fleur tries to work over Silver's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silver lands an elbow just above Le Fleur 's eye.
Silver comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Eleuando Le Fleur's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Benny Silver!
Benny Silver is the new light heavyweight champion!
Benny Silver very nearly forgot to thank Divinity 160Q for $50 SALE amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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energy
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hype
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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