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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jacque Joteel (ranked 22 p4p, 103 weight class) and Abraham Durden (ranked 2 p4p, 13 weight class). Joteel comes to the cage accompanied by Moogwalze. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jacque Joteel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Abraham Durden!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Alan Glass and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Joteel connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Joteel misses with a body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Durden uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Joteel.
Durden jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Durden throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A big right from Joteel misses.
Joteel backing away here, and Durden unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Durden misses with a straight right.
It looked like Joteel wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Joteel fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Durden looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Durden moves away from the strike by Joteel.
Durden misses with a low kick.
Durden throws a leg kick but Joteel sees it coming and moves out of range.
Durden swings away with a body shot that misses
and Joteel counters with a stiff right hand.
Durden takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Joteel throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A low kick from Durden misses
and Joteel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Durden scores with a leg kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nice body punch from Durden.
Joteel scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Durden throws the kick towards the body but Joteel avoids it.
Joteel misses with a body kick.
Durden is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Joteel with a body shot.
Durden connects with a right hand. Joteel shakes it off.
Durden has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Joteel there.
A big left from Durden misses.
It looked like Joteel wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Durden takes a swing at Joteel's ribcage but misses.
Durden fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Joteel is out of range.
Durden swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Joteel is looking to counter with head kicks.
Abraham Durden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crunch! Durden slams his shin into Joteel's torso.
Joteel doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Joteel has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Chakuriki LA Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Durden gets tackled into the cage by Joteel. Joteel maintains the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Joteel.
Durden has had enough of the clinch but Joteel keeps him there for the moment.
Joteel scores with a shot to the side of Durden's head.
Durden takes a shot to the head.
Joteel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Joteel misses with a punch to the body.
Joteel lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Joteel working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Joteel lands a body punch in the clinch.
Durden breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Durden pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Joteel connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A telegraphed right hand from Durden misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durden takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Durden lands with a thumping leg kick.
Joteel uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Durden.
Joteel moves out of range as Durden strikes.
Joteel is looking to counter with a body kick.
Joteel lands with an overhand left.
Some bone on bone action there as Joteel checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Durden blocks a jab.
Durden slips a jab from Joteel.
Good leg kick by Durden.
Joteel takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Joteel buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Durden.
Joteel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Joteel misses with a low kick.
Durden takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Joteel plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Joteel lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Durden at a distance.
Durden changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A big left from Joteel misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Joteel crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Durden - the referee stops the clock and Joteel gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Durden. Joteel manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Joteel misses with a straight left.
Joteel steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Durden.
Durden staying out of range there.
Durden misses with a looping right.
Joteel swings for the body but Durden moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Durden on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Durden misses the target.
A nice inside leg kick there by Durden. That's going to slow Joteel down.
Joteel closes the distance and pushes Durden back into the cage.
Joteel throws a punch but it's blocked by Durden.
Nice body punch from Joteel - that landed with a thud.
Joteel prevents Durden from breaking the clinch.
Durden is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Joteel lands with a light punch inside.
Joteel misses with a body punch.
Durden breaks the clinch.
Joteel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Durden.
Durden wants to slow Joteel down by chopping away at his legs.
Joteel shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Joteel.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Joteel throws a head kick but Durden moves out of range.
Durden scores with a leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Durden misses with an uppercut. Joteel saw that one coming.
Durden pivots, looking for a leg kick but Joteel is out of range and Durden settles back down.
Joteel ducks right into an uppercut from Durden.
Durden misses with a kick to the body
and Joteel counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Durden with the inside leg kick.
Durden connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Durden on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
No joy there for Durden, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Durden throws a solid leg kick but Joteel takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Durden.
Durden throws a jab when Joteel was well out of range.
A swing and a miss from Durden.
Durden throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Joteel cracks Durden with an open hand slap.
Joteel throws a chopping leg kick but Durden manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Durden misses with a hook. Joteel ducked under it nicely.
Joteel throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Joteel moves forwards but Durden connects with a nice, crisp jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jacque Joteel dominated that round.
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.
Nice defenses there by Durden.
Durden avoids the body shot from Joteel.
Joteel throws a push kick but Durden slaps the foot to one side.
Durden avoids the body shot from Joteel.
Joteel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Jacque Joteel is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice defenses there by Joteel.
Joteel connects with a solid leg kick.
Durden has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Joteel.
Joteel misses with a straight right.
Durden misses with a low kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Durden.
Joteel misses the jab.
It seemed like Durden was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Joteel bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Joteel is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Durden can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joteel moves out of range as Durden strikes.
Joteel stuns Durden with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Joteel throws a leg kick which misses Durden's front leg but catches the back leg as Durden tries to avoid it.
Joteel throws a leg kick but Durden checks it.
Joteel throws a head kick that Durden semi-blocks.
Joteel scores with a spinning back kick!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joteel scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Joteel uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Durden.
It looked like Joteel wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Joteel throws a hook to the side of Durden's head but Durden sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Durden misses the shot to the body.
Durden waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Joteel.
Joteel throws a jab but it's blocked by Durden.
Durden throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Joteel stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Durden misses with a hook. Joteel ducked under it nicely.
Durden takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Joteel is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Durden throws a quick inside leg kick.
Durden tries to land a leg kick but Joteel saw it coming and moves away.
Durden connects with a body shot that sends Joteel's belly button to the back.
Joteel connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Durden momentarily.
Joteel misses with a wild body shot.
Joteel sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Joteel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Durden defending well as Joteel loads up on a big left hand.
A bone on bone clash there as Joteel blocks the leg kick.
Durden has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Joteel.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Joteel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Joteel throws a hook but Durden avoids it easily.
Durden misses with a right hand
and Joteel counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Durden misses with a body kick.
Joteel moves out of range of the strikes.
Joteel jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
A cross from Joteel lands.
Durden takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Joteel fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Durden looks for the body kick but Joteel saw that one coming.
Durden slips a jab from Joteel.
Joteel throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Joteel walks into a left hand.
Durden connects with a body shot.
A clash of legs there as Joteel blocks the low kick.
Durden throws a leg kick that misses.
Joteel throwing a counter right hand but Durden manages to avoid it.
Joteel moves out of range of the strikes.
Joteel scores with a nice head shot.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Joteel.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Joteel tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Durden lands a nice shot to the body.
Joteel takes a swing at Durden's ribcage but misses.
It seemed like Durden was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
The fighters circling - Joteel throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Joteel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Durden manages to avoid it.
A big left from Joteel misses.
Durden throws a leg kick which misses Joteel's front leg but catches the back leg as Joteel tries to avoid it.
Durden does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Durden swings for the body but Joteel moves out of range.
Durden throws a series of punches but Joteel avoids them all with ease.
A slapping leg kick lands for Joteel.
Durden swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Joteel throws a hook to the side of Durden's head but Durden sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Durden connects with a nice looking jab.
Joteel takes a swing at Durden's ribcage but misses.
Joteel tried to score with a low kick but Durden checks it.
Durden throws a jab when Joteel was well out of range.
Joteel throws a big shot that misses.
Durden misses with a body kick.
It looked like Joteel was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Durden.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durden uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Joteel.
Joteel on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Joteel fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Joteel misses with a body shot.
Durden throws a looping overhand right but Joteel ducks down to avoid it.
It appears Joteel was looking to counter with a kick there.
Joteel tries to clinch up but Durden circles away and keeps his distance.
Durden works Joteel's body with a nice hook.
Durden is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Joteel.
An attempted straight right counter from Joteel misses the target.
Durden is looking to chop away at Joteel's legs.
Durden finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Good exchange - Joteel coming out on top.
Durden ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Joteel moves away.
Joteel appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Durden ducks under a wild hook from Joteel.
Durden was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Joteel connects with a nice looking jab.
Joteel takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Durden scores with a kick to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Joteel with the inside leg kick.
A jab from Joteel misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jacque Joteel dominated that second 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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
A chopping leg kick lands by Durden.
Durden throws a body punch but Joteel moves out of range.
Joteel tests Durden's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Durden tries to land a front kick but Joteel steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Joteel just misses with a punch to the body.
Joteel lands a nice hook to Durden's body. Durden takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Joteel throws a hook but Durden avoids it easily.
Durden throws a leg kick but Joteel sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Joteel has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Durden.
The fighters circling - Durden throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Durden loads up on a big right hand but Joteel slips the punch.
Joteel uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Durden.
Joteel is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Durden.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Joteel blocks a jab.
Durden throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Joteel quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Joteel looks to land a combination but Durden avoids it well.
Joteel throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Joteel misses the shot to the body.
Durden throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Joteel.
Durden misses with a hook. Joteel ducked under it nicely.
Durden is looking to chop away at Joteel's legs.
Durden is looking to slow Joteel down with leg kicks.
Durden is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Joteel.
Joteel tries to clinch up.
Durden feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Joteels jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
The fighters circle momentarily. Joteel darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Durden swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Joteel swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Durden feints and then cracks Joteel's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Joteel down.
Joteel throws a right hand that Durden ducks under and follows up with a left that Durden also avoids with ease.
Joteel scores with a punch to the head.
Nice jab there from Durden.
Durden throws a body punch but Joteel moves out of range.
Joteel fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Durden fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Joteel.
Durden throws a leg kick
and Joteel counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Durden thinking.
Joteel misses with an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Joteel bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Durden misses with a low kick.
As Durden backs away, Joteel returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Durden misses the shot to the body.
Durden takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Durden fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Joteel manages to avoid it.
Durden has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Durden ducks under a wild hook from Joteel.
Joteel goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Joteel misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Durden.
Durden throws a push kick but Joteel slaps the foot to one side.
Joteel tries to land a front kick but Durden steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Durden takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A swing and a miss from Durden.
Durden takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Joteel.
Durden waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Joteel.
A bone on bone clash there as Durden blocks the leg kick.
Durden cracks Joteel with a right hand to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durden wants to land a leg kick but Joteel is out of range.
Durden throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Joteel seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Joteel is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Joteel moves into the clinch successfully.
Durden has had enough of the clinch but Joteel keeps him there for the moment.
Joteel struggles to land a body shot inside as Durden controls his hands.
Joteel pushes Durden back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Durden wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Joteel has him pressed against the cage.
Joteel keeps control of Durden as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Durden pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Joteel moves out of range of the leg kick from Durden.
Durden misses with a low kick.
Joteel scores with a punch to the head.
Joteel misses with a head kick.
Joteel slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Durden is looking to slow Joteel down with leg kicks.
Durden walks into a stiff left hand from Joteel.
Durden has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Joteel.
Durden dips to his left and cracks Joteel with an uppercut!
Joteel misses with an uppercut. Durden saw that one coming.
That's four 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!
Joteel closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Joteel lands a left hand that snaps the head of Durden backwards.
Durden wants to break the clinch but can't.
Durden tries to work over Joteel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Joteel blocking some punches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Joteel.
Nice body punch from Joteel - that landed with a thud.
Durden lands with a left to the head.
A right hand to the body from Joteel.
Durden takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Durden breaks the clinch.
Joteel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Durden.
Durden waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Joteel.
Durden tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Joteel was well out of range. Poor timing from Durden.
Durden takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Joteel slips under a jab.
Joteel paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Durden is looking to chop away at Joteel's legs.
Abraham Durden has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Durden throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Joteel counters with a right hand to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jacque Joteel showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Joteel has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight for Jacque Joteel!
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight for Jacque Joteel!
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight for Jacque Joteel!
Jacque Joteel wins by unanimous decision!
A victorious Jacque Joteel thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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