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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Paul Landen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ken Masters (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Masters has chosen Simply the Best as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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168 lbs
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paul Landen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 1, fighting out of London, Ken Masters !
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Paul Tew and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Landen moves out of range as Masters strikes.
An attempted straight right counter from Landen misses the target.
Masters throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
We've been hearing reports that Landen has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Landen blocks a leg kick.
Landen fires out a quick counter leg kick but Masters just manages to avoid it.
Landen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Masters moves out of range of the strikes.
Landen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Masters scores with a hook to the body. Landen takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Landen misses with a looping right.
Masters steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Landen.
Masters takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Masters pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Landen half committed to a counter leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Landen throws a body shot but no joy.
Masters wants to counter the offense by Landen and move into the clinch position.
Landen feints and then cracks Masters 's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Masters down.
Good work by Landen as he checks the leg kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Landen - that will leave a mark!
Nice body kick from Masters .
That's one minute gone in the round.
Masters wants to slow Landen down by chopping away at his legs.
Masters ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Landen moves away.
Landen throws a shot to the body.
Landen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Masters scores with a head kick.
The fighters circling - Masters throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Landen is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Landen rushes Masters and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Landen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Landen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Landen digs a right hand into Masters 's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Masters 's gas tank.
A nice right hand lands inside from Landen.
Landen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Landen lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Masters looks winded!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Masters misses with some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Landen just leaning against Masters , taking a breather.
Masters drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Landen gets the underhooks and prevents it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Masters .
Masters swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Masters misses with a punch to the body.
Landen looking to stall.
Masters blocks an uppercut.
Landen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Come on Landen - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Landen misses with a body punch.
Masters misses with a hook to the ribs.
Masters blocks a body shot from Landen.
Landen stops a takedown attempt from Masters .
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Landen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Landen tries a body shot but Masters blocks it.
Masters lands a nice shot to the body.
Masters pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Masters moves out of range of the body kick from Landen.
Landen moves into range and connects with a jab.
Landen tries a head kick but it misses.
Masters misses with a straight left.
Masters swings for the body but Landen moves out of range.
Landen thinks about countering with a body kick.
Landen throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Masters on the side of the head.
Masters tries to move into range but Landen moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Masters will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Paul Landen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ken Masters .
A slapping leg kick lands for Landen.
Jab by Landen.
Masters is rocked!
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!
Landen clinches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Landen lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Masters is still on wobbly legs! Can Landen finish him?
Landen struggles to land a body shot inside as Masters controls his hands.
Masters seems to have recovered his senses.
Masters stalling in the clinch but Landen improves position.
Landen breaks the clinch.
Paul Landen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Landen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Masters doesn't seem bothered though.
Landen throws out a powerful jab.
Landen works the jab nicely.
Masters fails to land with a series of punches.
Landen throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Masters stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Masters swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Masters misses with an uppercut.
Landen slips under a jab from Masters .
A quick step to the side and Landen tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Landen lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Landen dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Masters goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Masters throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Masters looks to land a right hand but Landen moved out of range.
Masters looks to throw the jab but Landen is out of range.
Landen tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Landen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A head kick from Masters lands but Landen takes it in his stride.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Landen.
Masters swings for the body but Landen moves out of range.
Masters takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Landen getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Masters throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Landen counters with a straight right hand.
Landen has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Masters .
A jab from Masters finds it's way through Landen's defenses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Landen misses.
Masters fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Landen.
Masters staying out of range there.
Landen slips under a jab from Masters .
Masters keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Landen.
A solid leg kick lands there for Masters .
Masters swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A swing and a miss from Masters .
Masters takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Landen moves out of range as Masters throws a body kick.
Landen was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Masters misses with a low kick.
Landen throwing a counter right hand but Masters manages to avoid it.
Landen is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Nice uppercut there from Landen.
Masters on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Landen is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Masters can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masters drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Masters looks to land a left hand but Landen moved out of range nicely.
Masters lunges at Landen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Landen's hand.
Masters ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Landen moves away.
Landen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Masters tries to score with a low kick but Landen moves his leg out of the way.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Landen.
Masters swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Landen thinks about countering with a body kick.
Masters shoots in for a takedown but Landen shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Masters takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Masters swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A head kick misses from Masters .
Landen quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Landen is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Masters .
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Landen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Landen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Masters misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Landen.
Landen seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Landen throws a low kick but Masters avoids it.
Landen thumps Masters with a low kick.
Landen lands a big head kick that sends Masters tumbling to the mat! Landen takes a step backwards and waves Masters back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Landen throws a sloppy head kick and Masters moves out of range easily.
Masters pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Landen looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
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!
Landen on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Masters takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Masters cracks the inside of Landen's front leg.
Masters waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Landen.
Landen lands a big uppercut and Masters crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Masters looks OK. Landen waves Masters back to his feet!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Masters misses with a body kick.
Landen scores with a spinning back kick!
Landen sends Masters crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Landen is motioning to the referee to let Masters up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Masters misses with the body kick
and Landen counters with a big right hand! Oh Masters is in trouble here! Landen follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paul Landen!
Our winner, Paul Landen, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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