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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Francis Lestienne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sor Jaime Lannister (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lestienne comes into the arena with Team BS – Case Depart blaring out of the sound system. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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215 lbs
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212 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Francis Lestienne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sor Jaime Lannister!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Seu Braga and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lestienne fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lannister tries to counter with a clinch but Lestienne shakes him off and moves away.
Lannister has closed the distance and engaged Lestienne in a clinch.
Lannister is pressed up against the cage. Lestienne has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Lannister down to the mat. Lannister avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Lestienne looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Lannister is fending him off so far but Lestienne persists. Nope, Lannister circles away and we're back to standing.
Lestienne definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Lannister tries to clinch there but Lestienne circles away.
Lestienne feints and as Lannister raises his hands in defense, Lestienne changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Lannister can do anything to dispel that myth.
Lestienne loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Lestienne is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lestienne missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lestienne is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Lestienne content to stall in guard here.
Lannister working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Lestienne.
Lestienne controls from within his opponent's guard.
Lestienne postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Lestienne has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Lestienne lands a couple of digs.
Lestienne trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Lestienne looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Lestienne scoring with punches to the head and body.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lestienne slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Lannister really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Lestienne. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Lannister preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lestienne passes Lannister's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Lestienne lands strikes from half guard.
Lestienne throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Lestienne landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Lestienne looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Lannister with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Lestienne sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Lannister on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Lestienne seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lestienne working Lannister over with strikes.
Lestienne drops an elbow to the side of Lannister's head.
Lestienne lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Lestienne lands a big elbow - Lannister is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Lestienne!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Francis Lestienne!
A victorious Francis Lestienne thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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