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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Uebishe Lesnoe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Willy Hardwood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lesnoe comes to the cage accompanied by It's On!. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Uebishe Lesnoe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 12 - 1, fighting out of London, Willy Hardwood!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Dillan Fox and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardwood uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lesnoe.
Lesnoe seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Lesnoe avoids the body shot from Hardwood.
Lesnoe gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That kick from Lesnoe tenderised Hardwood's leg. Hardwood is trying to keep his angry face on.
Lesnoe circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lesnoe feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Hardwood misses with a body shot
and Lesnoe counters with a slapping leg kick.
Hardwood has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Lesnoe lands a head kick. Hardwood smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Lesnoe lands a leg kick that knocks Hardwood off balance momentarily.
Lesnoe fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hardwood has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Lesnoe scores with a shot to the body.
Lesnoe connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
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!
Lesnoe throws the kick towards the body but Hardwood avoids it.
Hardwood let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Hardwood tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lesnoe was well out of range. Poor timing from Hardwood.
A jab from Hardwood misses.
Hardwood with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nice body punch from Lesnoe.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardwood blocks a low kick nicely.
Hardwood fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lesnoe has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Hardwood lands a nice looking body kick.
Hardwood throws a leg kick which misses Lesnoe's front leg but catches the back leg as Lesnoe tries to avoid it.
A solid body kick from Lesnoe.
Lesnoe throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hardwood on the side of the head.
Hardwood fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lesnoe manages to avoid it.
Lesnoe throws a chopping leg kick but Hardwood manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Hardwood cracks Lesnoe with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hardwood bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Lesnoe's head.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Lesnoe, right into the meat.
Lesnoe lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hardwood's sensitive parts.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hardwood lands the left hand.
Hardwood tries to work over Lesnoe's front leg with a kick but Lesnoe checks it.
A quick step to the side and Lesnoe tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lesnoe pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lesnoe swings for the body but Hardwood moves out of range.
Hardwood tries a quick counter leg kick but Lesnoe is wise to it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardwood dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
An inside leg kick from Lesnoe misses.
Lesnoe checks a low kick from Hardwood.
Hardwood goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Lesnoe throws a body kick that misses
and Hardwood counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hardwood looks to score with a jab to the body but Lesnoe is just out of range.
Lesnoe drops his hands momentarily and Hardwood takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Hardwood scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lesnoe doesn't seem bothered though.
Some bone on bone action there as Hardwood checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Lesnoe fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hardwood throws a low kick, looking for Lesnoe's leg but Lesnoe calmly moves out of range.
Lesnoe quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Lesnoe takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hardwood throws a body kick that misses.
Lesnoe lands the left hand.
Lesnoe lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Lesnoe throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Hardwood to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lesnoe has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Lesnoe there as he acknowledges the shot.
Lesnoe tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hardwood moves away from the strike by Lesnoe.
Both fighters circling a little - Lesnoe finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Lesnoe throws a front kick aimed at Hardwood's knee but Hardwood avoids it well.
Hardwood throws a counter combo.
Lesnoe checks a leg kick.
Hardwood throws a low kick but Lesnoe moves out of range easily.
Hardwood dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lesnoe. That did some damage!
Hardwood throws a leg kick that misses.
Lesnoe is looking to counter punch.
Lesnoe with a hook.
Lesnoe tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hardwood is able to avoid easily.
Hardwood fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lesnoe manages to avoid it.
Hardwood loads up on a big right hand but Lesnoe slips the punch.
Lesnoe misses the shot to the body.
Hardwood uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lesnoe.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardwood scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nice defenses there by Lesnoe.
Lesnoe looks to land a body kick but Hardwood moved away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lesnoe getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Lesnoe moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hardwood throws a hook but Lesnoe blocks it.
Lesnoe thinks about countering with a body kick.
Hardwood looks to score with a jab to the body but Lesnoe is just out of range.
Lesnoe is looking to counter with a body kick.
Hardwood has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hardwood there as he acknowledges the shot.
Hardwood gets a clinch.
Lesnoe lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lesnoe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Hardwood creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lesnoe misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hardwood blocking some punches.
Lesnoe softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Lesnoe misses with a shot to the kidneys.
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 Uebishe Lesnoe will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Hardwood takes a jab right on the kisser.
Lesnoe keeps Hardwood at a distance using the push kick.
Lesnoe misses with a wild body shot.
Hardwood gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Lesnoe takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Hardwood motions for Lesnoe to come forward. Hardwood throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lesnoe clobbers Hardwood with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hardwood avoids the head kick by Lesnoe.
A jab from Hardwood misses.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Lesnoe lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Hardwood has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hardwood and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hardwood dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lesnoe feints and then cracks Hardwood's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hardwood down.
Some bone on bone action there as Lesnoe checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lesnoe on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Hardwood cracks the inside of Lesnoe's front leg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lesnoe. Hardwood does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lesnoe moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hardwood wants to slow Lesnoe down by chopping away at his legs.
Hardwood dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lesnoe ducks under a wild hook from Hardwood.
Lesnoe on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Lesnoe throws a body shot but no joy.
Hardwood tries to land a leg kick but Lesnoe saw it coming and moves away.
An attempted straight right counter from Lesnoe misses the target.
Hardwood walks into a stiff left hand from Lesnoe.
Lesnoe lands a nice hook to Hardwood's body. Hardwood takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Nice defenses there by Lesnoe.
Hardwood checks the leg kick.
Hardwood connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Lesnoe thuds a left hand into Hardwood's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hardwood throws a leg kick but Lesnoe sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hardwood throws an overhand right that lands on Lesnoe's shoulder, as Lesnoe tries to avoid the shot.
Lesnoe tries to move into range but Hardwood moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Lesnoe looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hardwood keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Hardwood keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lesnoe swinging wildly here.
Lesnoe keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hardwood moves out of range of the body kick from Lesnoe.
Hardwood slips under a jab from Lesnoe.
Hardwood waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lesnoe.
Lesnoe is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Hardwood takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hardwood takes a jab right on the kisser.
Lesnoe throws a jab but it's blocked by Hardwood.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lesnoe throws a body kick that misses.
Hardwood blocks the body kick.
Lesnoe goes for a double leg but Hardwood avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Hardwood continues to drive forward.
Lesnoe throws a leg kick but Hardwood moved away.
Hardwood throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lesnoe misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hardwood swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Lesnoe misses with a kick to the body.
Lesnoe uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hardwood.
Lesnoe throws a front kick that sends Hardwood stumbling back into the cage.
Lesnoe attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Uebishe Lesnoe is winning the standup battle so far.
Hardwood chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Lesnoe throws a body shot but no joy.
Lesnoe looks to land a body kick but Hardwood moved away.
Hardwood was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Lesnoe scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hardwood throws a body punch but Lesnoe moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardwood on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hardwood throws a leg kick which misses Lesnoe's front leg but catches the back leg as Lesnoe tries to avoid it.
Hardwood tried to score with a low kick but Lesnoe checks it.
Hardwood just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromLesnoe.
Hardwood walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Lesnoe checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lesnoe swings for the body but Hardwood moves out of range.
Lesnoe jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
That kick from Lesnoe tenderised Hardwood's leg. Hardwood is trying to keep his angry face on.
Hardwood thumps Lesnoe with a low kick.
Hardwood fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Lesnoe.
Hardwood throws a low kick but Lesnoe moves out of range easily.
Lesnoe swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lesnoe thumps Hardwood with a low kick.
Lesnoe chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hardwood can pounce on him.
Lesnoe rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hardwood counters with a good low kick that Lesnoe was not able to check.
Hardwood moves out of range of the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Uebishe Lesnoe will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Lesnoe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It seemed like Hardwood was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hardwood lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Lesnoe has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Lesnoe and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hardwood uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lesnoe.
Lesnoe on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hardwood throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hardwood avoids the head kick by Lesnoe.
Hardwood misses with a wild body shot.
Lesnoe ducks right into an uppercut from Hardwood.
Hardwood moves into the clinch successfully.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hardwood misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hardwood wants to break free but Lesnoe has control.
Hardwood misses with a body punch.
Lesnoe is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hardwood is keeping busy.
Lesnoe tries to work over Hardwood's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardwood trying to control the position but instead, Lesnoe has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hardwood into the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hardwood.
Lesnoe misses with a punch on the inside.
Hardwood slows down the pace here.
Lesnoe throws a punch but it's blocked by Hardwood.
Lesnoe working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Lesnoe scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lesnoe pushes Hardwood back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Lesnoe tries a body shot but Hardwood blocks it.
Lesnoe lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Lesnoe misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lesnoe throws a punch but it's blocked by Hardwood.
Hardwood escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lesnoe misses with an attempted mid kick.
Uebishe Lesnoe is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lesnoe connects with a body shot.
Lesnoe scores with a nice body kick.
A big right from Hardwood misses.
Hardwood steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lesnoe.
Lesnoe slips a straight right by Hardwood.
Lesnoe fails to land the takedown.
Lesnoe throws a big shot that misses.
Hardwood swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Lesnoe takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lesnoe will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Hardwood scores with a nice strike.
Hardwood throws a jab when Lesnoe was well out of range.
Lesnoe throws the kick towards the body but Hardwood avoids it.
Lesnoe blocks a head kick by Hardwood.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lesnoe scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lesnoe lands a nice shot that snaps Hardwood's head back.
An inside leg kick from Hardwood misses.
Lesnoe lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Lesnoe takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hardwood closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Hardwood moves into range and clinches up with Lesnoe.
Lesnoe lands a left hand.
Lesnoe misses with a body punch.
Hardwood just leaning against Lesnoe, taking a breather.
Hardwood is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hardwood tries to circle away but Lesnoe has him pinned against the cage.
Hardwood manages to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hardwood moves out of range as Lesnoe throws a body kick.
Lesnoe lunges at Hardwood with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hardwood's hand.
Lesnoe scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Hardwood doesn't seem bothered though.
Hardwood has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Lesnoe.
Hardwood takes one to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hardwood with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lesnoe to score with a decent uppercut.
Hardwood's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Jab by Lesnoe.
Lesnoe fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Willy Hardwood has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lesnoe avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lesnoe misses with a kick to the body
and Hardwood cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lesnoe bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hardwood's head.
Lesnoe misses with a body kick.
Hardwood tries a quick counter leg kick but Lesnoe is wise to it.
Lesnoe looks for the body kick but Hardwood saw that one coming.
Lesnoe misses the shot to the body.
Some wild striking there from Hardwood.
And that's the end of the fight!
Uebishe Lesnoe showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lesnoe has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Uebishe Lesnoe!
A victorious Uebishe Lesnoe thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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