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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Randy Randleman (ranked 540 p4p, 732 weight class) and David King (ranked 82 p4p, 111 weight class). Randleman comes into the arena with Bloodhound Gang - Bad Touch blaring out of the sound system. King comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Manchester United Chants George Best Song Spirit In The Sky kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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World class boxer
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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 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Randy Randleman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, David King!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Reed Andrews and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King swings and misses with a hook to the body.
King throws a lazy uppercut
and Randleman counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
King misses with a few strikes there.
Randleman looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
King throws a hook but Randleman blocks it.
Randleman throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
David King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as King checks a leg kick.
King keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
King sizes up Randleman with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Randleman staying out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Randleman just misses with a punch to the body.
Randleman misses with a kick to the body.
King throws a right hand that Randleman ducks under and follows up with a left that Randleman also avoids with ease.
Randleman was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
King looks to score with a jab to the body but Randleman is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Randleman misses with an attempted mid kick.
King swings widly with a right hand
and Randleman counters with a lovely straight right hand!
It looks like David King has been cut.
King swinging wildly here.
King fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Randleman looks to land a left hand but King moved out of range nicely.
King throws out a counter right but Randleman avoids it with no problem.
A low kick lands for Randleman.
A slow jab from Randleman misses its intended target.
King clobbers Randleman with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
King has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
King misses with a straight left.
Randleman feinted there with a counter leg kick.
King fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Randleman manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Randleman misses with a hook
and King connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Randleman's corner calls for a 1-2. Randleman obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
King moves out of range of the body kick.
Randleman will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Randleman takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Randleman slips under a jab.
Randleman tried to counter with a leg kick but King avoided it.
Randleman throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
King misses with a straight right.
King tries to move into range but Randleman moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Randleman misses with a low kick.
King doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
King lands with an overhand left.
Randleman throws a push kick but King slaps the foot to one side.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Randleman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by King.
King paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
King throws a body shot but no joy.
Randleman scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Randleman throws a body kick that misses.
King throws a series of punches but Randleman avoids them all with ease.
King lands a really nice looking cross but Randleman seems unphased.
King throws a shot to the body.
Randleman throws a shot from downtown. King moves away and avoids it.
King scores with a jab.
King misses the shot to the body.
Randleman throws a low kick but King avoids it.
King is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Randleman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Randleman is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Randleman thows a left - swing and a miss!
King misses with a body shot
and Randleman counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
King misses with a hook.
Randleman fires out a quick counter leg kick but King just manages to avoid it.
Nice jab there from King.
Randleman throws a lazy uppercut
and King counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Randleman throws a body punch but King moves out of range.
King looks to throw the jab but Randleman is out of range.
King throws a body punch but Randleman moves out of range.
King tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Randleman was well out of range. Poor timing from King.
King throws the left hand but Randleman avoids the punch easily.
King looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
David King dominated that round.
The cut man is working on David King's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
King misses with a wild body shot.
King throws a hook but Randleman blocks it.
Randleman lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
King digs a good hook to Randleman's body.
King misses with an uppercut.
King throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Randleman quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
King connects with a body shot.
King misses with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slow jab from King misses its intended target.
King ducks under a wild hook from Randleman.
King takes a swing at Randleman's ribcage but misses.
Randleman throwing a counter right hand but King manages to avoid it.
King waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Randleman.
Randleman feinted there with a counter leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Randleman connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Randleman with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
King missing with a left hand there. Randleman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Randleman throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nice uppercut lands for King. That snapped Randleman's head back.
King looks to land a left hand but Randleman moved out of range nicely.
Randleman lands with a hook. King tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
David King seems to be getting the better of the standup.
King misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Randleman.
King moves forwards but Randleman connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Randleman takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A lazy left from King finds it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Randleman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from King.
King swings for the body but Randleman moves out of range.
King misses with a few strikes there.
King lands a glancing blow to the side of Randleman's head.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Randleman might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
King throws a body punch but Randleman moves out of range.
Randleman feinted there with a counter leg kick.
King throws a jab but it's blocked by Randleman.
Randleman is looking to counter punch.
King jabbing away but nothing is landing.
King lands with an overhand left.
King thuds a left hand into Randleman's body.
King takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
King displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from King.
King throws a hook but Randleman blocks it.
King misses with an uppercut.
King fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
King lands with an uppercut that bounces Randleman off the cage and back into range.
King ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Randleman moves away.
King has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Randleman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. King sees it coming and avoids it easily.
King appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Randleman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but King moves away.
King throws an overhand right that lands on Randleman's shoulder, as Randleman tries to avoid the shot.
King throws a looping overhand right but Randleman ducks down to avoid it.
King jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Randleman on the wrong end of a nice hook.
King misses with a hook. Randleman ducked under it nicely.
Randleman thuds a left hand into King's body.
Randleman takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Randleman listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
King checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Randleman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from King.
Randleman's hands are dropping dangerously low here and King connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Randleman scrambles back to his feet.
King connects with a jab.
Randleman throws a body kick that misses.
King throws a left and a right that both miss
and Randleman counters with a huge head kick that drops King! The ref dives in to stop the fight and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Randy Randleman!
Randy Randleman bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
The defeated David King had this to say: 'Goin' t'pub afterwards, have a few pints & move on to the next chapter. I couldn't be mithered with it all anyway, you know what I mean? Can't be arsed'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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