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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leroy Longo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Perrin GoldenEyes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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214 lbs
2 - 7 - 0 |
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201 cm
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213 lbs
4 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin |
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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
2 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Leroy Longo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Perrin GoldenEyes!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Robert Douchet and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Longo drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Longo wants to stand but GoldenEyes has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Longo decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on GoldenEyes, up you get!
Longo shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. GoldenEyes eats them both and turns towards Longo to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
It looks like Perrin GoldenEyes has been cut.
GoldenEyes closes the distance looking to clinch
and Longo counters with a two punch combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
GoldenEyes wants to clinch up but Longo keeps it at a distance.
GoldenEyes has managed to clinch.
GoldenEyes stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Longo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
GoldenEyes is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Longo is defending well for now.
Longo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
GoldenEyes looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Leroy Longo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
GoldenEyes closes the distance and clinches.
Longo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
GoldenEyes has managed to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Longo working hard to break the clinch.
Longo blocks a body shot from GoldenEyes.
Longo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Longo drives through with a takedown into guard.
Longo gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Longo lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but GoldenEyes circles away quickly and effectively.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Longo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but GoldenEyes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Longo tries for a takedown but GoldenEyes sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Longo swinging wildly here.
GoldenEyes tries to clinch but Longo is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - GoldenEyes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Longo lands a nice shot to the body.
Longo drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
GoldenEyes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Longo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Longo keeps the fight on the outside.
GoldenEyes tries to clinch but Longo moves away
and Longo counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
No joy there for Longo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
GoldenEyes leaves Longo with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Longo tries to keep at a distance but GoldenEyes has taken the fight into the clinch.
Longo is trying to pull guard but GoldenEyes has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Leroy Longo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Longo has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. GoldenEyes is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Longo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
GoldenEyes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Longo's efforts to push away.
Longo tries to break the clinch but GoldenEyes is controlling the position.
Longo wants to break the clinch but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leroy Longo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Perrin GoldenEyes's cut.
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.
GoldenEyes leaves Longo with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Longo misses with a takedown attempt - GoldenEyes sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Longo circles away from the clinch attempt.
GoldenEyes closes the distance and pushes Longo back into the cage.
Longo tries to break the clinch but GoldenEyes is controlling the position.
GoldenEyes stops a takedown attempt from Longo.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Leroy Longo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Longo prevents a body shot from GoldenEyes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Longo tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. GoldenEyes smiles and moves away.
GoldenEyes moves into range and clinches up with Longo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Longo is trying to break the clinch but GoldenEyes has him pressed against the cage.
GoldenEyes prevents a takedown attempt there.
GoldenEyes struggles to land a body shot inside as Longo controls his hands.
Longo tries to circle away but GoldenEyes has him pinned against the cage.
GoldenEyes misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Our sources have told us that Longo has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Longo tries to pull guard but GoldenEyes holds him up against the cage and eventually Longo drops back down to his feet.
Longo prevents a body shot from GoldenEyes.
GoldenEyes gets through Longo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
GoldenEyes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Longo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Longo working hard to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Longo gets control of GoldenEyes's arms and successfully pulls guard. Longo will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
GoldenEyes throws a strike but Longo rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
GoldenEyes pushes Longo off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Longo misses with a takedown attempt - GoldenEyes sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
GoldenEyes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Longo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Perrin GoldenEyes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
GoldenEyes moves into the clinch successfully.
Longo tries to pull guard but GoldenEyes forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
GoldenEyes stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Longo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
GoldenEyes manages to break the clinch.
GoldenEyes has managed to clinch.
Longo tries to pull guard but GoldenEyes forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Longo is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
GoldenEyes lands a nice shot to the body.
GoldenEyes trying to land knees to the body.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Longo can't break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Perrin GoldenEyes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Perrin GoldenEyes's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
GoldenEyes tries to clinch there but Longo circles away.
GoldenEyes tries to clinch up
and Longo counters with a right hand to the body.
GoldenEyes wants to clinch up but Longo keeps it at a distance.
Longo tries to bum rush GoldenEyes with a series of wild strikes but GoldenEyes uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Longo shoots in for a takedown but GoldenEyes shows good takedown defense.
GoldenEyes shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. GoldenEyes showed some decent athleticism there.
GoldenEyes throwing shots but Longo is blocking nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
GoldenEyes escapes and gets back to his feet.
GoldenEyes is looking to clinch but Longo is avoiding it.
A quick step to the side and Longo tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
GoldenEyes leaves Longo with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Longo shoots in but GoldenEyes avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Leroy Longo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Longo gets tackled into the cage by GoldenEyes. GoldenEyes maintains the clinch.
GoldenEyes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Longo looks for the body kick but GoldenEyes saw that one coming.
Longo looks for the body kick but GoldenEyes saw that one coming.
GoldenEyes dodges the punch combination from Longo.
GoldenEyes tries to clinch but Longo moves out of range.
It looked like Longo was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
GoldenEyes throws a one two combo.
GoldenEyes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Longo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Longo was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
GoldenEyes doesn't manage to clinch there - Longo circles away.
GoldenEyes is looking to clinch but Longo is avoiding it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Longo.
Longo shoots in looking for a takedown. GoldenEyes tries to sprawl out of it but Longo keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. GoldenEyes manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Longo looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
GoldenEyes has his feet on Longo's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Longo circles away from the clinch attempt
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Longo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
GoldenEyes moves out of range of the body kick from Longo.
Longo misses with a double jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
GoldenEyes tries to close the distance and clinch but Longo swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Longo shoots in but no luck this time.
Longo lands a two punch combo.
Longo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
GoldenEyes tries to clinch up
and Longo counters with a three punch combo that has GoldenEyes backing up. GoldenEyes nods at Longo to acknowledge the strikes.
Longo tries for a takedown but GoldenEyes sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Longo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
GoldenEyes feints the counter takedown.
GoldenEyes clinches.
GoldenEyes misses with a punch to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as GoldenEyes takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Longo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Longo is looking for a takedown up against the cage. GoldenEyes gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
GoldenEyes struggles to land a body shot inside as Longo controls his hands.
GoldenEyes lands a body punch.
GoldenEyes prevents a takedown attempt there.
A body shot lands from GoldenEyes.
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 Leroy Longo.
I think Longo has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Leroy Longo!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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