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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vincent Lemieux (ranked 1628 p4p, 2722 weight class) and Charlie Darwin (ranked 47 p4p, 63 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 35 - 38 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Vincent Lemieux!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charlie Darwin!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Ben Zyskovitsi and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Lemieux misses.
Darwin connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Lemieux's hands.
Darwin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Darwin throws a hook but Lemieux avoids it easily.
Lemieux tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Darwin manages to circle out of the way.
Darwin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lemieux.
Lemieux moves forwards but Darwin connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Darwin wants to land a leg kick but Lemieux is out of range.
Lemieux lands a big right hand that sends Darwin crashing to the mat! Lemieux stays standing though and waves Darwin back to his feet!
It looks like Charlie Darwin has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lemieux misses with a body shot.
Lemieux drives through and clinches with Darwin against the cage.
Darwin is trying to break the clinch but Lemieux is controlling him.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Lemieux.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lemieux tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Darwin is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Lemieux working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Darwin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Darwin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lemieux can't find room to land a body shot as Darwin controls the action.
Nice body punch from Lemieux - that landed with a thud.
Darwin avoids the elbow strike from Lemieux, against the cage.
Lemieux avoiding damage as Darwin throws knees to the body.
Lemieux throws a punch but it's blocked by Darwin.
Lemieux has a couple of punches blocked by Darwin.
Darwin blocks a body shot from Lemieux.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Darwin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Darwin blocks a body shot from Lemieux.
Darwin stalling in the clinch but Lemieux improves position.
Lemieux scores with a shot to the side of Darwin's head.
Darwin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Lemieux on the inside.
Darwin is rocked!
A head punch on the inside from Darwin fails to land.
Darwin is still on wobbly legs! Can Lemieux finish him?
Darwin throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lemieuxs head.
Darwin seems to have recovered his senses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Darwin trying to stall but Lemieux improves his position.
Lemieux throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Lemieux blocks a body shot from Darwin.
Darwin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Darwin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lemieux backwards.
Darwin manages to break the clinch.
Lemieux swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Darwin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Darwin fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Darwin moves out of range of the strikes.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Darwin! But no joy.
Lemieux moves in looking to clinch but Darwin pushes him off.
Darwin misses with a wild body shot.
Lemieux misses with a two punch combination.
Darwin looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Darwin looks for the body kick but Lemieux saw that one coming.
Lemieux is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Lemieux tries to clinch but Darwin is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lemieux throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lemieux sends Darwin crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Lemieux is motioning to the referee to let Darwin up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Darwin lands the left hand.
Darwin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Lemieux.
Lemieux is looking to counter the offense by Darwin and move into the clinch.
Darwin scores with a nice right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lemieux digs a good hook to Darwin's body.
Lemieux scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Darwin throws a hook to the side of Lemieux's head but Lemieux sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A telegraphed right hand from Lemieux misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lemieux ducks under a wild hook from Darwin.
Vincent Lemieux seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lemieux misses with a wild body shot.
A nice side step and Darwin releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Darwin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lemieux throws an off balance right hand
and Lemieux takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lemieux swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Darwin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Darwin throws a hook to the side of Lemieux's head but Lemieux sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Darwin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lemieux.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lemieux walks into a stiff left hand from Darwin.
Darwin fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Lemieux on the side of the head.
Darwin is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Lemieux had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Lemieux cracks Darwin with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Darwin looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Lemieux finish him?
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Vincent Lemieux dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Charlie Darwin's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Lemieux lands an uppercut, right on the button! Darwin tumbles backwards into the cage, staring vacantly into space! He's got no idea where he is, who he is or what day it is... Poor guy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Vincent Lemieux!
In defeat, Charlie Darwin stepped up to the mic, saying 'I'm contemplating my future.. I don't think I have what it takes anymore. This might've been my last fight of my career. '.
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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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