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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Saidou Toure (ranked 1436 p4p, 3244 weight class) and Frank Lucas (ranked 199 p4p, 394 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Saidou Toure!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frank Lucas!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Leandro Rodrigues and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Lucas.
Toure closes the distance but Lucas moves to the side
and Lucas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lucas fails to land with a series of punches.
Toure tries to counter by clinching up but Lucas breaks away and moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Toure.
A big left from Toure misses.
Lucas works the jab nicely.
Toure throws the left hand but Lucas avoids the punch easily.
Lucas tries to keep at a distance but Toure has taken the fight into the clinch.
Toure scores with a nice hook to the head.
Still in the clinch, Lucas scores with a nice short uppercut.
Toure misses with some punches.
Lucas tries to throw a body punch but Toure avoids it by throwing Lucas back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lucas prevents a body shot from Toure.
Lucas taking a breather.
Toure misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucas is leaning against Toure and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short right from Lucas.
Toure makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Toure being controlled against the cage.
Toure misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lucas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Toure throws a shot from downtown. Lucas moves away and avoids it.
Toure throws a lazy uppercut
and Lucas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A slow jab from Toure misses its intended target.
Lucas works Toure's body with a nice hook.
Toure takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Toure on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Toure looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toure fails in his attempt to clinch.
Toure wants to clinch
and Lucas counters with a right hand to the body.
Toure looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Toure throws a lazy uppercut
and Lucas makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Lucas throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lucas with a nice calf kick.
Saidou Toure seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lucas circles away from the clinch attempt
and Lucas counters with a one-two to the body.
Toure tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lucas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Toure clinches with his opponent.
Lucas has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lucas escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lucas throws a low kick but Toure moves out of range easily.
Toure tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Lucas counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Toure connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Toure on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lucas. Lucas obviously looking to wear him down.
Lucas throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Toure tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lucas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nice body kick from Lucas.
Toure rushes Lucas and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Toure misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lucas leaning against his opponent.
Lucas stalling the fight.
Toure tries to throw a body punch but Lucas avoids it by throwing Toure back against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Toure.
Toure tries a body shot but Lucas blocks it.
Lucas lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Toure backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lucas misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short left from Lucas.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Come on Lucas - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Lucas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Toure connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Lucas scores with a kick to the midsection.
Lucas dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Toure. That did some damage!
Toure wants to clinch.
Toure throws a right and a left that Lucas avoids nicely.
Lucas looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Lucas feints and then cracks Toure's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Toure down.
Toure throws a poor cross that misses
and Lucas counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lucas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Toure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Lucas dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Lucas swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Toure wants to clinch.
Toure scores with a jab to the body.
Lucas tries to score with a low kick but Toure moves his leg out of the way.
Lucas keeps the fight on the outside.
Toure tries to close the distance and clinch but Lucas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lucas tries a head kick but it misses.
Toure seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Toure throws a big shot that misses.
Toure throws a nice looking combination but Lucas bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Toure tries to close the distance and clinch but Lucas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucas looks for the body kick but Toure saw that one coming.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Lucas in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Lucas misses with an uppercut. Toure saw that one coming.
Toure wants to clinch.
Lucas scores with a kick to the midsection.
Toure swings widly with a right hand
and Lucas counters with a nice leg kick.
Toure moves in looking to clinch but Lucas pushes him off.
A punch lands to the side of Toure 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A good leg kick by Lucas.
Lucas throws a body shot but no joy.
Lucas swats away the attempt to clinch by Toure.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lucas jabs Toure right on the nose. Toure blinks but takes it well.
Toure throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lucas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lucas was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Toure ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Lucas moves away.
Lucas has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Toure tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lucas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Toure looks to land a left hand but Lucas moved out of range nicely.
Toure throws a jab but it's blocked by Lucas.
Toure fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Toure is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Toure gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Lucas counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lucas turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A good leg kick by Lucas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Toure looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lucas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lucas lands a right hook to the body.
Toure tries to clinch up.
Lucas doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Toure tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lucas scores with a jab to the head.
Lucas circles away from the clinch attempt
and Lucas counters with a good, hard body kick but Toure shrugs it off.
Lucas thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Toure if he has to take too many more of those.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Toure tries to move into range but Lucas moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Toure closes the distance looking to clinch
and Lucas counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A lazy left from Lucas finds it's target.
A lazy left from Lucas finds it's target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lucas lands a two punch combo.
Toure scores with a three punch combo!
Toure tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lucas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
It seemed like Lucas was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Toure takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Lucas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lucas throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Toure is looking to clinch.
Toure is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Lucas throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Toure moves to clinch but Lucas breaks away
and Lucas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Lucas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!
A slapping body kick lands there for Lucas.
Toure lands with a good body shot.
Toure fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lucas scores with a jab to the body.
Toure waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Lucas.
Lucas avoids the body shot from Toure.
Toure swings widly with a right hand
and Lucas counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lucas moves out of range as Toure strikes.
Toure on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toure tries to clinch up.
A head kick from Lucas lands but Toure takes it in his stride.
Toure connects with a single shot there.
Lucas thuds his right hand into Toure's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lucas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toure tries to clinch but Lucas is having none of it.
Toure looks to land a left hand but Lucas moved out of range nicely.
Toure misses with a hook
and Lucas counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lucas lands a nice looking body kick.
Lucas keeps the fight on the outside.
Lucas scores with a body shot.
Lucas fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Toure.
Toure tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Lucas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Toure wants to clinch up but Lucas keeps it at a distance.
Lucas appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Lucas scores with a hook to the body. Toure takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Lucas lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Saidou Toure has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lucas connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A solid body kick from Lucas.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lucas misses with an attempted mid kick.
Toure tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lucas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lucas scores with a leg kick.
Lucas scores with a shot to the body.
Toure looks to score with a jab to the body but Lucas is just out of range.
Toure tries to clinch
and Lucas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Toure takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Toure tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lucas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Toure shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Lucas buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lucas fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Toure misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lucas.
Toure moves to clinch but Lucas breaks away
and Lucas counters with a good low kick that Toure was not able to check.
Lucas lands a head kick!
Lucas scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Lucas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lucas lands with a kick to the ribs.
Toure throws a right hand that misses
and Lucas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Toure misses with a jab to the body
and Lucas counters with a two punch combo.
Toure will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Lucas takes a jab right on the kisser.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Toure looks to land a combination but Lucas avoids it well.
Lucas steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lucas thuds his shin into the meat of Toure's side.
Lucas cracks Toure with a right hand to the side of the head.
Lucas cracks a nice hook into Toure's ribs.
Lucas with the inside leg kick.
Toure looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Lucas throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Crunch! Lucas slams his shin into Toure's torso.
Lucas pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Toure back to the cage. Lucas follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Lucas throws a nice inside leg kick.
Lucas lands with a good body shot.
Lucas pushes Toure away with a front kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Toure throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lucas counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Toure thinking.
Frank Lucas is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Toure misses with a wild body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Lucas comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Lucas winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Lucas!
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