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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dominick De Struicao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lance Legstrong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Struicao's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Walk With Me In Hell. 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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196 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dominick De Struicao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 16 - 0, fighting out of London, Lance Legstrong!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Daniel Bishop and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Legstrong bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Legstrong looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Legstrong scores with a body shot.
De Struicao gets in close and instigates a clinch.
I was talking to De Struicao's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Legstrong throws a punch but it's blocked by De Struicao.
Still in the clinch, De Struicao scores with a nice short uppercut.
Legstrong misses with a hook from the clinch.
De Struicao fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Legstrong tries a body shot but De Struicao blocks it.
De Struicao tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Legstrong's elbow.
De Struicao is trying to break the clinch but Legstrong is controlling him.
De Struicao will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Legstrong up against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Legstrong.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Legstrong lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt De Struicao or not.
De Struicao is leaning against Legstrong and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
De Struicao tries to work over Legstrong's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
De Struicao tries to throw a body punch but Legstrong avoids it by throwing De Struicao back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Struicao swings wildly with an uppercut but Legstrong uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've been informed that Legstrong has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Legstrong tries a body shot but De Struicao blocks it.
De Struicao tries to throw a body punch but Legstrong avoids it by throwing De Struicao back against the cage.
Legstrong misses with a hook from the clinch.
De Struicao is leaning against Legstrong and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Legstrong tries to throw a body punch but De Struicao avoids it by throwing Legstrong back against the cage.
De Struicao misses with a hook to the ribs.
Legstrong scores with a shot to the side of De Struicao's head.
De Struicao avoids a wild elbow strike from Legstrong.
Legstrong has a couple of punches blocked by De Struicao.
Legstrong misses with some punches.
Legstrong gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Legstrong is thwarting De Struicao's attempts to control the position.
Legstrong wants to take a breather but De Struicao is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Struicao is looking for a sweep. Legstrong is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Legstrong is working for a submission of some sort.
Legstrong wants to take a breather but De Struicao is having none of it.
Legstrong seems to be working for a kimura but De Struicao defends the submission attempt.
De Struicao wants to control but Legstrong is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
De Struicao trying to control but Legstrong postures up.
Legstrong keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
De Struicao is looking to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legstrong is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, De Struicao has managed to free his arm - good work.
De Struicao tries to get to full guard but Legstrong has control of the leg.
Legstrong tries to pass to full mount but De Struicao defends it.
De Struicao is trying to maintain the position but Legstrong is very close to passing his half guard.
De Struicao is looking to improve his position.
Legstrong is trying to control the action in half guard but De Struicao is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
De Struicao tries to roll over but Legstrong keeps him under control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
De Struicao trying to control from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
No luck for Legstrong with that takedown attempt.
Legstrong scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Legstrong is working for a submission of some sort.
De Struicao is trying to get back to full guard.
Legstrong content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lance Legstrong dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
De Struicao throws a big shot that misses.
Legstrong pushes De Struicao away with a front kick.
A clash of legs there as Legstrong blocks the low kick.
Legstrong has taken the fight to the clinch.
De Struicao struggles to land a body shot inside as Legstrong controls his hands.
Legstrong swings wildly with an uppercut but De Struicao uses good head movement to avoid it.
Legstrong throws a head punch that misses.
Legstrong prevents a body shot from De Struicao.
Legstrong misses with a punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from De Struicao.
Legstrong tries for a takedown but De Struicao manages to get underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Struicao blocking some punches.
Legstrong goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
De Struicao lands a nice uppercut.
Legstrong throws an elbow that misses.
De Struicao avoids a wild elbow strike from Legstrong.
De Struicao tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Legstrong's elbow.
Legstrong blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Struicao misses with a short punch on the inside.
Legstrong misses with a punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Legstrong.
Legstrong scores with a shot to the side of De Struicao's head.
Legstrong has a couple of punches blocked by De Struicao.
De Struicao trying to control the position but instead, Legstrong has worked for underhooks and has pushed De Struicao into the cage.
A short body shot lands from Legstrong as the two fighters clinch.
De Struicao misses with a hook to the ribs.
Legstrong doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Legstrong works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Legstrong postures up.
Legstrong preventing the sweep.
De Struicao is trying to keep Legstrong in close.
Legstrong advances position into side control!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legstrong is looking to take a break and control but De Struicao is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
De Struicao is holding Legstrong down, trying to stall.
Legstrong tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Legstrong has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
De Struicao is trying to control Legstrong's posture but Legstrong avoids it.
Legstrong controls the position from side control.
De Struicao is trying to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legstrong is looking to take a break and control but De Struicao is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
De Struicao wants to control but Legstrong postures up.
De Struicao is looking to reverse the position.
Legstrong taking a breather here.
Legstrong thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
De Struicao sneaks back into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
De Struicao won't allow Legstrong to pass to mount.
Legstrong is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
De Struicao wants to control but Legstrong is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Legstrong wants to take a breather but De Struicao is having none of it.
De Struicao trying to hold on to Legstrong's head to control him but Legstrong postures up.
De Struicao is looking to improve his position.
Legstrong trying to control from half guard but De Struicao is working away.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Legstrong content to control rather than advance.
Legstrong is sneakily working for an arm triangle but De Struicao sees it coming and defends easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lance Legstrong showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Legstrong uses good head movement to avoid the hook from De Struicao.
Legstrong fails in his attempt to clinch.
Legstrong decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Legstrong has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
De Struicao wants to improve his position but Legstrong is controlling well.
De Struicao preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Legstrong seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but De Struicao does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
De Struicao wants to improve his position but Legstrong is controlling well.
Legstrong tries to pass the half guard into mount. De Struicao knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Legstrong wants to take a breather but De Struicao is having none of it.
Legstrong is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
De Struicao works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Legstrong wants to control from the top but De Struicao keeps moving.
De Struicao manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Legstrong manages to get himself to full guard.
Legstrong had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. De Struicao defends it easily.
De Struicao has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
De Struicao seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
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.
De Struicao continues to stall.
De Struicao passes into half guard.
Legstrong actively working from the bottom here.
De Struicao prevents Legstrong from improving his position.
De Struicao goes for a cartwheel guard pass here but Legstrong does a handstand and catches De Struicao in mid air with a triangle! Could it be? It is! It's the triple decker pecker wrecker! The fighters land on the ground with Legstrong on top - De Struicao is already out from the submission! Legstrong gives De Struicao's pecker the obligatory post submission twist and this one is aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall over! Are you kidding me! That is world class Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. That guy is my hero!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (TDPW) . Lance Legstrong!
Lance Legstrong was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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