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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dale La Grande (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sum Ting Wong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). La Grande's entrance music is What are you waiting FOR!. A fine choice. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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143 lbs
10 - 2 - 0 |
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162 cm
20
143 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
Experienced |
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Decent knees
Powerful |
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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
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dale La Grande!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sum Ting Wong!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Columbo Gatti and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wong moves into range and clinches up with La Grande.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. La Grande obliges.
La Grande blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
La Grande blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
La Grande tries to land knees in the clinch but Wong avoids the damage to the body.
La Grande definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Wong tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and La Grande avoids it.
La Grande lands a damaging elbow.
La Grande on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wong avoids a wild elbow strike from La Grande.
La Grande scores with a knee to the head.
Wong landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
La Grande gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
La Grande takes a knee to the side of the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wong connects with a nasty looking knee right to La Grande's face.
Wong blocks an elbow strike from La Grande.
Wong tries to land a knee to the head but La Grande blocks with his arms.
Wong blocks an elbow strike.
Wong trying to land knees to the body.
La Grande tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wong misses with a knee strike.
Wong avoiding damage as La Grande throws knees to the body.
Wong misses with a knee to the head.
Wong takes an elbow to the temple.
La Grande throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Wong throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but La Grande blocks it with crossed arms.
La Grande tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
La Grande utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
La Grande with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wong tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wong 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.
Wong on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wong lands a knee to the head.
Wong scores with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Wong obliges.
Wong using the Thai plumb to throw knees but La Grande has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
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!
Wong looking to throw knees to the head but La Grande is blocking nicely.
Wong trying to land knees to the body.
Wong trying to land knees to the body.
La Grande using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wong has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wong missing with knees to the body.
Wong lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
La Grande lands a damaging elbow.
La Grande blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wong is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. La Grande is defending well for now.
La Grande connects with a nasty looking knee right to Wong's face.
La Grande landing knees to the body.
Wong using the Thai plumb to throw knees but La Grande has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
La Grande gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Wong avoids a wild elbow strike from La Grande.
La Grande throws an elbow but it's blocked.
La Grande lands a knee to the head.
La Grande throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Wong throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wong tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and La Grande avoids it.
La Grande is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wong is defending well for now.
La Grande putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wong in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Grande lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Wong misses with a knee to the head.
La Grande lands a nice elbow.
Wong avoiding damage as La Grande throws knees to the body.
La Grande is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wong is defending well for now.
La Grande pushes off an throws an elbow but Wong leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, La Grande just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wong's brow.
Wong is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. La Grande is defending well for now.
La Grande lands a nice knee to the body.
La Grande comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Wong avoids a wild elbow strike from La Grande.
La Grande looks to throw an elbow but misses.
La Grande using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
La Grande misses with an elbow strike.
A knee to the head by La Grande.
La Grande misses with an elbow over the top.
La Grande is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wong is defending well for now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wong with a knee to the head.
Wong throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but La Grande blocks it with crossed arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wong is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
La Grande lands an elbow inside that Wong shrugs off.
Wong throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but La Grande blocks it with crossed arms.
Wong throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but La Grande blocks it with crossed arms.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
La Grande tries a knee to the head but Wong blocks it.
A knee to the head by Wong.
It looks like Dale La Grande has been cut.
La Grande looks to throw an elbow but misses.
La Grande looks to throw an elbow but misses.
La Grande misses with a knee to the head.
La Grande on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
La Grande comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Wong tries a knee to the head but La Grande blocks it.
La Grande with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
With the fighters up against the ropes, La Grande throws an elbow but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La Grande tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wong avoids it.
Wong crunches a lovely knee into La Grande's ribcage.
La Grande looks to throw an elbow but misses.
La Grande throws an elbow but it misses.
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 Dale La Grande will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dale La Grande's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
La Grande tries to clinch up but Wong circles away and keeps his distance.
La Grande tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wong closes the distance and clinches.
La Grande lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
La Grande lands a damaging elbow.
Wong blocks the elbow strike.
Wong is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Wong unloads a knee to the mid-section. La Grande lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wong misses with a knee strike.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Wong obliges.
Wong on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
La Grande tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
La Grande using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wong has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wong with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wong misses with a knee to the head.
Wong using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La Grande letting Wong take a breather here.
Wong connects with a nasty looking knee right to La Grande's face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wong effectively controlling the action here.
Wong tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
La Grande on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wong landing some nice looking knees to the body.
La Grande lands an elbow inside that Wong shrugs off.
La Grande avoiding damage as Wong throws knees to the body.
Wong blocks an elbow strike.
Wong blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Wong tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and La Grande avoids it.
La Grande lands a nice elbow.
Wong throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wong managing to block the knees to the body from La Grande.
La Grande throws an elbow but it's blocked.
La Grande throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Wong is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. La Grande is defending well for now.
La Grande misses with an elbow strike.
La Grande missing with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Grande letting Wong take a breather here.
Dale La Grande has scored more points in the clinch so far.
La Grande looks to throw an elbow but misses.
La Grande lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
La Grande lands an elbow inside that Wong shrugs off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wong dodges an elbow strike from La Grande.
Wong tries to land knees in the clinch but La Grande avoids the damage to the body.
La Grande missing with knees to the body.
La Grande lands an elbow that stopped Wong in his tracks for a moment.
Wong avoids a wild elbow strike from La Grande.
Knees in the clinch landing for La Grande.
La Grande lands an elbow just above Wong 's eye.
Wong misses with a knee to the head.
Wong tries a knee to the head but La Grande blocks it.
La Grande trying to land knees to the body.
La Grande misses with an elbow strike.
Wong lands a good knee to the midsection. La Grande won't want to take too many of those.
Wong using the Thai plumb to throw knees but La Grande has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wong misses with a knee strike.
Wong tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wong with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the fighters up against the ropes, La Grande throws an elbow but misses.
La Grande misses with an elbow over the top.
Wong dodges an elbow strike from La Grande.
La Grande misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Wong.
La Grande pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Wong tries a knee to the head but La Grande blocks it.
La Grande blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
La Grande landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wong is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. La Grande is defending well for now.
La Grande throws an elbow but it misses.
Wong throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wong avoids the elbow strike from La Grande, against the ropes.
La Grande lands an elbow just above Wong 's eye.
La Grande comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Wong misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from La Grande.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Grande utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
La Grande lands a knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wong trying to land knees to the body.
Wong looking to throw knees to the head but La Grande is blocking nicely.
La Grande lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
La Grande gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wong avoids a wild elbow strike from La Grande.
La Grande lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Wong throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but La Grande blocks it with crossed arms.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. La Grande obliges.
La Grande comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Wong avoiding damage as La Grande throws knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the ropes, La Grande throws an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the ropes, La Grande throws an elbow but misses.
Wong connects with a knee to the head.
Wong throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but La Grande blocks it with crossed arms.
Wong missing with knees to the body.
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 Dale La Grande will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Dale La Grande's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
La Grande rushes Wong and presses him up against the ropes.
La Grande lands a knee to the head.
Wong using the Thai plumb to throw knees but La Grande has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
La Grande misses with an elbow strike.
Wong avoiding damage as La Grande throws knees to the body.
La Grande throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Wong blocks an elbow strike.
Wong blocks an elbow strike.
La Grande tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wong avoids it.
La Grande misses with an elbow strike.
La Grande lands an elbow inside.
Wong unloads a knee to the mid-section.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La Grande throws an elbow but it misses.
Wong working La Grande over with knees to the body.
Wong connects with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wong tries to land a knee to the head but La Grande blocks with his arms.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
La Grande misses with an elbow over the top.
Wong with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wong manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
La Grande managing to block the knees to the body from Wong.
Wong with an attempt at a knee that misses.
La Grande on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
La Grande with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, La Grande just misses with a elbow thrown towards Wong's brow.
La Grande tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Wong avoids it.
Wong just leaning against La Grande, taking a breather.
Wong lands a knee to the head.
La Grande is rocked!
Wong misses with a knee to the head.
Oh La Grande is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wong throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wong tries a knee to the head but La Grande blocks it.
Wong throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but La Grande blocks it with crossed arms.
La Grande seems to have got his legs back now.
Wong tries a knee to the head but La Grande blocks it.
Wong tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wong misses with a knee to the head.
Wong missing with knees to the body.
La Grande scores a nice knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wong blocks the elbow strike.
La Grande connects with a knee to the head.
La Grande misses with a knee strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wong avoids a wild elbow strike from La Grande.
La Grande misses with an elbow strike.
La Grande with an attempt at a knee that misses.
La Grande tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wong connects with a knee to the head.
Wong avoiding damage as La Grande throws knees to the body.
Wong misses with a knee strike.
Wong is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. La Grande is defending well for now.
La Grande creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
La Grande trying to land knees to the body.
La Grande lands an elbow that stopped Wong in his tracks for a moment.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wong.
La Grande pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Wong connects with a nasty looking knee right to La Grande's face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wong avoiding damage as La Grande throws knees to the body.
La Grande on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wong tries a knee to the head but La Grande blocks it.
La Grande misses with an elbow strike.
Wong looking to throw knees to the head but La Grande is blocking nicely.
Wong avoiding damage as La Grande throws knees to the body.
La Grande misses with a knee strike.
Wong blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
La Grande lands an elbow inside.
Wong using the Thai plumb to throw knees but La Grande has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wong with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
La Grande with a knee to the head.
Wong is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. La Grande is defending well for now.
Wong avoids a wild elbow strike from La Grande.
La Grande pushes off an throws an elbow but Wong leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
La Grande misses with a knee strike.
Wong blocks the elbow strike.
Sum Ting Wong has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Grande creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Wong misses with a knee to the head.
La Grande tries to land knees in the clinch but Wong avoids the damage to the body.
Wong blocks the elbow strike.
Wong tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
La Grande is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Wong is defending well for now.
La Grande avoiding damage as Wong throws knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wong tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and La Grande avoids it.
La Grande working Wong over with knees to the body.
Wong throws a knee to the head but misses.
Wong missing with knees to the body.
Wong lands a knee to the head.
Wong managing to block the knees to the body from La Grande.
La Grande lands an elbow inside.
La Grande missing with knees to the body.
La Grande misses with an elbow strike.
Wong missing with knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Dale La Grande.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for La Grande, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 30:27
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 29:28
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dale La Grande!
An out of breath Dale La Grande thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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