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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Oliver Lancaster (ranked 302 p4p, 879 weight class) and Eron Saunders (ranked 46 p4p, 123 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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215
9 - 2 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Decent wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Oliver Lancaster!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eron Saunders!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Emerson Jorge and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Saunders does no damage.
It looked like Lancaster wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Saunders bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Lancaster's head.
Saunders displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lancaster throws out the jab.
Saunders misses the jab.
Lancaster seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Saunders swings widly with a right hand
and Lancaster counters with a stiff right hand.
Lancaster clinches up against the cage.
Saunders cracks Lancaster with a nice body shot.
Lancaster throws a punch but it's blocked by Saunders.
Saunders takes a shot to the head.
Lancaster working aggressively here.
Lancaster misses with a punch on the inside.
Lancaster misses with a punch to the body.
Lancaster with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lancaster tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lancaster misses with a punch to the body.
Saunders blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lancaster with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lancaster tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Saunders's elbow.
Saunders scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lancaster swings wildly with an uppercut but Saunders uses good head movement to avoid it.
Saunders can't find room to land a body shot as Lancaster controls the action.
Saunders takes a shot to the head.
Lancaster swings wildly with an uppercut but Saunders uses good head movement to avoid it.
Saunders tries to work over Lancaster's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Saunders misses with a hook from the clinch.
Saunders swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lancaster tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Saunders's elbow.
Lancaster lands with a right to the head.
Lancaster misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lancaster tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lancaster working aggressively here.
Lancaster misses with a punch to the body.
Lancaster scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Saunders.
Lancaster tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Saunders's elbow.
A nice left hand lands by Lancaster.
Saunders has a couple of punches blocked by Lancaster.
Lancaster pushes Saunders back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Saunders throws a head punch that misses.
Saunders pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lancaster clinches.
A body shot lands from Lancaster.
Saunders can't find room to land a body shot as Lancaster controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lancaster.
Lancaster tries to land knees in the clinch but Saunders avoids the damage to the body.
Saunders blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lancaster lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Saunders misses with a hook to the ribs.
Saunders scores with a shot to the side of Lancaster's head.
Saunders lands a right hand.
Saunders comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saunders lands with a light punch inside.
Lancaster misses with a hook to the ribs.
Lancaster misses with the head strike.
Lancaster tries to throw a body punch but Saunders avoids it by throwing Lancaster back against the cage.
Lancaster tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Saunders's elbow.
Lancaster lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Saunders or not.
Saunders lands an elbow inside that Lancaster shrugs off.
Lancaster lands a body punch.
Saunders blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Lancaster as the two fighters clinch.
Lancaster tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Saunders's elbow.
Saunders tries to stall but Lancaster uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A short body shot lands from Lancaster as the two fighters clinch.
Saunders looks winded!
Lancaster lands a left hand.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lancaster.
Lancaster tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lancaster misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lancaster tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Saunders lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lancaster backwards.
Saunders blocks an uppercut.
Lancaster lands a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lancaster throws a punch but it's blocked by Saunders.
Lancaster scores a nice knee to the body.
Lancaster unloads a knee to the mid-section. Saunders lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Lancaster with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lancaster lands with a right to the head.
Lancaster throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Lancaster scores with a nice hook to the head.
Nice body punch from Lancaster.
Lancaster doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lancaster jumps guard and drags Saunders to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Lancaster pulls Saunders in close to prevent any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Oliver Lancaster dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Lancaster throws a hook but Saunders blocks it.
Lancaster throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lancaster misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Saunders.
Saunders takes a swing at Lancaster's ribcage but misses.
Lancaster slips a jab from Saunders.
Saunders cracks Lancaster with an open hand slap.
Saunders misses with a left hand
and Lancaster counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Saunders misses with a right hand
and Lancaster lands a stunning uppercut that sends Saunders to the mat!
Saunders is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lancaster passes to side control.
Saunders is still in real trouble! Can Lancaster finish him?
Lancaster is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Saunders can do to turn this around?
Lancaster stands up and beckons Saunders to his feet.
Saunders closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Saunders seems to have recovered his senses.
Lancaster fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Saunders looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lancaster looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lancaster lands a nice hook to Saunders's body. Saunders takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Lancaster drops Saunders with a big left hand! Saunders is injured, injured bad! Lancaster jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Oliver Lancaster!
Oliver Lancaster is the new light heavyweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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