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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gabriel Read (ranked 2395 p4p, 3810 weight class) and Leonard Susskind (ranked 308 p4p, 480 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gabriel Read!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Leonard Susskind!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Igor Prikhodko and Vladimir Khabensky.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Read connects with a nice looking jab.
Read throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Susskind stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Susskind has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Read lands a jab.
It looks like Leonard Susskind has been cut.
Read lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Susskind darts in and clinches Read up against the cage.
Read has had enough of the clinch but Susskind keeps him there for the moment.
Read wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Susskind throws a head punch that misses.
Read prevents a body shot from Susskind.
Susskind has Read pressed against the cage, preventing Read from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Susskind keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Read's efforts to push away.
Read is looking to break free of the clinch but Susskind has double underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Susskind fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Read is trying to break free.
Susskind has Read pressed against the cage, preventing Read from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Read blocks a body shot from Susskind.
Read breaks the clinch.
Read connects with a crisp jab.
Susskind takes a jab right on the kisser.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Susskind misses with a hook. Read ducked under it nicely.
A lazy left from Read finds it's target.
A big right from Susskind misses.
A decent looking cross lands there for Read.
Susskind takes a jab right on the kisser.
Gabriel Read seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Susskind stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
It looks like Gabriel Read has been cut.
Susskind throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Susskind on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Susskind feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Read sprawling to the canvas! Read rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Susskind finish him?!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Read scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Susskind walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Read moves into range and connects with a jab.
Susskind tries to clinch up
and Read counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Read has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Read scores with a nice right hand.
That has opened up Leonard Susskind's cut even more.
Susskind missing with a left hand there. Read was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Read is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Read scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Read swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Read lunges at Susskind with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Susskind's hand.
A left lands for Read.
Read lands a nice shot that snaps Susskind's head back.
The cut above Leonard Susskind's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Susskind connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gabriel Read's cut is getting worse.
Susskind feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Read sprawling to the canvas! Read rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Susskind finish him?!
Susskind with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Read to score with a decent uppercut.
Susskind takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Read dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Read connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Read is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Susskind darts in and clinches Read up against the cage.
Read blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Susskind.
Gabriel Read's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Read is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Read tries to break free but Susskind pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Susskind fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Read wants to break the clinch but can't.
Read is trying to break free.
Read is trying to break free.
Susskind keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Read's efforts to push away.
Read tries to break the clinch but Susskind is controlling the position.
Susskind keeps control of Read as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Susskind lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Read backwards.
Read misses with a punch to the body.
Read tries to break the clinch but Susskind is controlling the position.
Read's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Read lands a jab to the head.
Susskind walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Susskind throws the left hand but Read avoids the punch easily.
Susskind ducks under a wild hook from Read.
Jab, jab by Read - just one landing.
Read keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Susskind.
Read jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Read throws a hook but Susskind blocks it.
Susskind tries to counter with a clinch but Read shakes him off and moves away.
Read throws a lazy right hand but Susskind sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Read takes one on the button.
The fighters circling - Read throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Good shot there by Read.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Susskind sends Read crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Susskind is motioning to the referee to let Read up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Jeez, Gabriel Read's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Gabriel Read's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Leonard Susskind!
After winning the bout, Leonard Susskind thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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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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