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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robert Lewandowski (ranked 5410 p4p, 4902 weight class) and Kevin Gates (ranked 587 p4p, 558 weight class). Robert Lewandowski has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good takedowns
Brawler
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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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Robert Lewandowski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Kevin Gates!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Ron Honeybunn and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gates misses with a low kick.
Lewandowski gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Gates counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Gates.
Gates stalling against the cage.
Lewandowski tries for a takedown. No joy.
Gates has Lewandowski pressed against the cage.
Gates pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Gates lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Lewandowski has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Lewandowski and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Lewandowski gets the takedown into side control.
Lewandowski advances to mount.
Gates tries to hold on but Lewandowski pushes him away.
Gates is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Lewandowski lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gates holds on for dear life.
Lewandowski cracks Gates with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Lewandowski looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Lewandowski working for a guillotine from mount but Gates is in no mood to give up.
Lewandowski working Gates over with strikes here.
Lewandowski working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Gates is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Gates working to try and regain half guard.
Lewandowski blocks Gates's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Gates is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Lewandowski is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Lewandowski 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.
Lewandowski lands a heavy elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lewandowski looking to ground and pound but Gates is blocking nicely.
Gates is in all sorts of trouble here.
Lewandowski with the ground and pound from mount.
Gates is bucking up trying to escape but Lewandowski cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Gates is trying to stand up.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Gates can do anything to dispel that myth.
Lewandowski wants to control the pace but Gates is squirming around nicely.
Gates wants to try and get back to his feet.
Gates manages to work a leg through to get back to half guard here. Good work there by Gates, under a barage of strikes from Lewandowski.
Gates keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Lewandowski working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Gates keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewandowski is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Lewandowski landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Gates looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Gates is looking for a sweep. Lewandowski is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Lewandowski is looking for a kimura here.
Gates is in trouble now - Lewandowski has advanced to mount!
Gates working to try and regain half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gates is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Lewandowski looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
A nice elbow there by Lewandowski.
Gates manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Lewandowski seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Lewandowski landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Gates tries to get to full guard but Lewandowski has control of the leg.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lewandowski is working for a kimura but Gates is defending it quite comfortably.
Gates has his hands clasped together around Lewandowski's back. He's all about the action.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Robert Lewandowski dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Lewandowski is trying hard to land a takedown here. Gates sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Lewandowski shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Robert Lewandowski seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lewandowski shoots for a takedown but Gates saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Robert Lewandowski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
No luck for Lewandowski with that takedown attempt.
Gates misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gates shoots in and gets a takedown into Lewandowski's guard.
Lewandowski can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Gates controls the pace.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lewandowski utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gates trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gates postures up in Lewandowski's guard and throws a big left but Lewandowski blocks it.
Gates has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Lewandowski is proving hard to escape from.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Gates missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Lewandowski shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Gates as he jumps to the side.
Lewandowski goes for a double leg but Gates avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Gates continues to drive forward.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Lewandowski has Gates pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Gates manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Gates gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Gates throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gates slows the pace down in half guard.
Gates's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Gates is trying to work for a kimura but Lewandowski is defending well.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gates defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Lewandowski.
Gates doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Lewandowski has his takedown stuffed
and Gates counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Gates stalls.
Lewandowski is working for takedown but Gates is calmly controlling the position for now.
Lewandowski is working for takedown but Gates is calmly controlling the position for now.
Lewandowski is working for takedown but Gates is calmly controlling the position for now.
Lewandowski is fighting off a takedown attempt but Gates is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Lewandowski to the mat. Lewandowski regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Lewandowski is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Gates wants to pass the guard but Lewandowski is keeping the position.
Gates showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gates trying to stand up but can't free himself from Lewandowski's guard.
Lewandowski looking to control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kevin Gates showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Lewandowski blocks a leg kick.
Lewandowski shoots in for a takedown but Gates shows good takedown defense.
Gates shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Lewandowski manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Gates postures up.
Gates looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Lewandowski gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Gates counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Gates gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Lewandowski regains guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gates throwing strikes but missing.
Lewandowski working a defensive guard here.
Gates trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Lewandowski manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Lewandowski stopping the sweep attempt from Gates.
Lewandowski wants to control from the top but Gates keeps moving.
Gates managing to control the position.
Let's hope that Gates has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gates looking for a sweep. Not yet Gates, not yet.
Lewandowski working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Gates's head.
Gates really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Lewandowski. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Gates avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Lewandowski won't allow Gates to sweep him here.
Lewandowski lands a couple of elbows.
Lewandowski prevents Gates from getting back to his feet.
Lewandowski is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Lewandowski is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Gates pulls Lewandowski in close to prevent any damage.
Lewandowski wants to control from the top but Gates keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gates controlling the position.
Robert Lewandowski overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gates looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Lewandowski works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Gates is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Lewandowski scores with a couple of nice shots.
Gates keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Lewandowski thows a huge punch but Gates dodges it nicely.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Lewandowski scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Lewandowski throwing shots but Gates is blocking nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kevin Gates comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Gates has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 27:29
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 27:29
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 27:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kevin Gates!
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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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