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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Darken Rahl (ranked 1430 p4p, 1694 weight class) and Emanuel Le Delma (ranked 160 p4p, 184 weight class). Le Delma comes into a darkened arena with his song building. La rage 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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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 11 - 1, fighting out of New York, Darken Rahl!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Emanuel Le Delma!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Le Delma throws a low kick but Rahl avoids it.
Le Delma lands the left hand.
Nice uppercut lands for Le Delma. That snapped Rahl's head back.
Le Delma throws a jab when Rahl was well out of range.
Rahl misses the jab.
Le Delma connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Rahl momentarily.
A jab from Le Delma does it's job there.
Rahl swings away with a body shot that misses
and Le Delma counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Rahl throws a big shot that misses.
Le Delma throws a body punch but Rahl moves out of range.
Rahl appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Rahl throws the left hand but Le Delma avoids the punch easily.
Le Delma doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Le Delma scores with a three punch combo!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rahl just misses with a punch to the body.
Rahl misses with a hook.
Le Delma connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Le Delma lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rahl. Le Delma does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Delma looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
The fighters circling - Rahl throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A little jabbing left from Le Delma on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Le Delma misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Rahl counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Le Delma!
Rahl decides to stand back up.
Le Delma fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rahl manages to avoid it.
Le Delma has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Rahl throws an overhand right that lands on Le Delma's shoulder, as Le Delma tries to avoid the shot.
Rahl slips a jab and a cross from Le Delma.
Le Delma feints and then cracks Rahl's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Rahl down.
Le Delma paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Le Delma ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Le Delma throws a sloppy head kick and Rahl moves out of range easily.
Le Delma uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Rahl has time to react.
Le Delma has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Le Delma is looking to score with low kicks.
Le Delma tries to land a leg kick but Rahl saw it coming and moves away.
Rahl throws a jab when Le Delma was well out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le Delma lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Emanuel Le Delma seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Le Delma jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Le Delma cracks Rahl with an open hand slap.
Rahl throws a big shot that misses.
Rahl swinging wildly here.
Rahl ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Le Delma moves away.
Le Delma scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Le Delma connects with a leg kick.
Rahl is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Le Delma's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Rahl pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rahl defending well as Le Delma loads up on a big left hand.
Rahl definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Rahl misses with a leg kick
and Le Delma counters with a nice uppercut.
Rahl thuds a left hand into Le Delma's body.
Rahl is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rahl lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Le Delma at a distance.
Le Delma misses with a looping right.
A telegraphed right hand from Rahl misses the target.
Le Delma with a nice calf kick.
Rahl takes one to the side of the head.
Le Delma sizes up Rahl with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Rahl fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rahl has Le Delma up against the cage in a clinch.
Rahl swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Le Delma as Rahl tries to tie him up.
Rahl escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rahl tries to clinch but Le Delma is having none of it.
Rahl tries to move into range but Le Delma moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Le Delma is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Rahl had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rahl takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Le Delma scores with a leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Le Delma throws a lazy uppercut
and Rahl counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Rahl is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Le Delma is trying to stand up here but Rahl is controlling him well.
Rahl tries to stand and escape but Le Delma is controlling the position.
Rahl prevents Le Delma from standing back up.
Rahl stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Le Delma misses with a series of wild punches.
Le Delma moves out of range of the strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Emanuel Le Delma dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Rahl slips a straight right by Le Delma.
Rahl half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Rahl misses with a body shot.
Le Delma turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rahl. Le Delma does a little dance to reset his feet.
Good shot there by Le Delma.
Le Delma slips a jab from Rahl.
Rahl misses with a leg kick
and Le Delma counters with a nice body kick.
Le Delma moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Rahl misses with a straight right.
Rahl throws a jab when Le Delma was well out of range.
Le Delma throws a hook but Rahl blocks it.
Emanuel Le Delma seems to be getting the better of the standup.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rahl fails with an attempt to clinch.
Le Delma lands a high kick!
Rahl listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Rahl swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Le Delma moves out of range of the leg kick from Rahl.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rahl throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Le Delma stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Rahl has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Rahl keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Le Delma.
Le Delma ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Le Delma connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Rahl's hands.
Le Delma lands a jab to the nose.
Rahl is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Rahl pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rahl darts in and clinches Le Delma up against the cage.
Rahl holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Le Delma breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Le Delma has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Le Delma takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rahl with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Le Delma to score with a decent uppercut.
Rahl tries to close the distance and clinch up but Le Delma swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Le Delma throws a right hand that Rahl ducks under and follows up with a left that Rahl also avoids with ease.
Le Delma tries a head kick but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rahl misses with a hook. Le Delma ducked under it nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Le Delma throws a big shot that misses.
Le Delma gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rahl.
A nice inside leg kick there by Le Delma. That's going to slow Rahl down.
Rahl scores with a sloppy right hand. Le Delma should have avoided that one.
Rahl throws a right and a left that both miss.
Le Delma throws a big shot that misses.
Rahl appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Rahl throws an overhand right that lands on Le Delma's shoulder, as Le Delma tries to avoid the shot.
Le Delma unleashes a big counter combination but Rahl bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rahl. Le Delma does a little dance to reset his feet.
Le Delma misses with a straight right.
The fighters circle momentarily. Le Delma darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Rahl closes the distance and pushes Le Delma back into the cage.
Rahl is stalling here.
Rahl softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le Delma has Rahl pressed against the cage, preventing Rahl from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Rahl looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Le Delma tries to circle away but Rahl has him pinned against the cage.
Le Delma pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Rahl tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Le Delma paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rahl bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rahl ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Le Delma ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rahl misses with a hook
and Le Delma counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Rahl listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Le Delma connects with a nice looking jab.
Le Delma throws an ugly left hook that misses
so Rahl counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Darken Rahl overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rahl would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rahl stops Le Delma from standing up.
Rahl trying to stand up but can't free himself from Le Delma's guard.
Rahl gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Rahl takes a swing at Le Delma's ribcage but misses.
Le Delma uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rahl.
Rahl moves into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Le Delma breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rahl looks to score with a jab to the body but Le Delma is just out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Le Delma misses.
Le Delma gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Darken Rahl will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
A looping hook to the body misses from Le Delma. Rahl does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rahl slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Le Delma misses with a double jab.
Le Delma throws out a loose jab but Rahl uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rahl throws a jab when Le Delma was well out of range.
Rahl lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Le Delma at a distance.
Le Delma uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rahl.
Rahl connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Le Delma momentarily.
Le Delma buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Le Delma moves away from the strike by Rahl.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Le Delma throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Sloppy strikes from Rahl. Those never looked like landing.
Le Delma lands with a thumping leg kick.
A big left from Rahl misses.
Rahl misses with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Delma checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rahl looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Le Delma is looking for the big counter here.
Le Delma fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Le Delma lands with a hook. Rahl tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A right-left combo lands from Le Delma.
Le Delma scores with a one two! Rahl had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Rahl swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Le Delma counters with a stiff right hand.
Le Delma throws a nice head kick!
Le Delma slips a jab and a cross from Rahl.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rahl with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Le Delma to score with a decent uppercut.
Rahl tries to close the distance and clinch but Le Delma swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
It seemed like Le Delma was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Rahl misses the body punch
and Le Delma counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Le Delma connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rahl. Rahl circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Le Delma misses the target.
Le Delma scores with a head kick.
Le Delma misses the jab.
Le Delma lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Le Delma throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Le Delma tests Rahl's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Le Delma swats away the attempt to clinch by Rahl.
Le Delma scores with a hook.
Rahl throws a hook but Le Delma avoids it easily.
Rahl fails with an attempt to clinch.
Le Delma throws a fast counter high kick but Rahl manages to duck under it in time.
Le Delma slips a straight right by Rahl.
Le Delma thuds his right hand into Rahl's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Rahl looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rahl has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Rahl there as he acknowledges the shot.
Le Delma throws a one two combo.
Le Delma looks to land a right hand but Rahl moved out of range.
Rahl moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Le Delma throws a shot to the body.
Rahl clinches.
Le Delma's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Le Delma tries a head kick but it misses.
Rahl takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rahl throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Le Delma throws an overhand right that lands on Rahl's shoulder, as Rahl tries to avoid the shot.
Le Delma swinging wildly here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Le Delma throws a leg kick which misses Rahl's front leg but catches the back leg as Rahl tries to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rahl misses the shot to the body.
Rahl cracks Le Delma with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Le Delma lands a really nice looking cross but Rahl seems unphased.
Le Delma scores with the left hand. Rahl knows he should have avoided that one.
Rahl clinches up with Le Delma and pushes him back against the cage.
A body shot lands from Rahl.
Le Delma wants to break free but Rahl has control.
Rahl is trying to stall.
Le Delma is looking to break free of the clinch but Rahl has double underhooks.
Le Delma blocking some punches.
Rahl works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Rahl throws a punch but it's blocked by Le Delma.
Rahl doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Emanuel Le Delma comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Le Delma 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Emanuel Le Delma!
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