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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Luka Sorenson (ranked 3646 p4p, 2900 weight class) and Jai Patel (ranked 418 p4p, 338 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luka Sorenson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jai Patel!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Alec Ball and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sorenson slips a straight right by Patel.
Patel looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Patel checks a leg kick nicely.
Sorenson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sorenson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Patel.
Patel has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Sorenson is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Sorenson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sorenson lands a lovely overhand right.
Patel scores with a leg kick.
Patel throws a body shot but no joy.
Sorenson misses with a hook. Patel ducked under it nicely.
Sorenson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Sorenson forces Patel back against the cage and clinches.
Patel wants to get back to striking at distance but Sorenson won't allow it.
Patel is leaning against Sorenson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sorenson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sorenson throws a head punch that misses.
Sorenson misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Patel scores with a shoulder strike.
Patel manages to break the clinch.
Good shot there by Sorenson.
Patel lands a nice leg kick that just misses Sorenson's sensitive parts.
Sorenson forces Patel back against the cage and clinches.
Patel lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Patel misses with a body punch.
Patel has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sorenson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sorenson has a couple of punches blocked by Patel.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Patel.
Sorenson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sorenson struggles to land a body shot inside as Patel controls his hands.
Patel lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sorenson backwards.
Patel scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Patel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sorenson swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Patel.
Sorenson throws a hook but Patel avoids it easily.
Sorenson ducks under a wild hook from Patel.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patel displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sorenson throws out the jab.
Patel connects with a body shot that sends Sorenson's belly button to the back.
Patel throws a push kick but Sorenson slaps the foot to one side.
Sorenson throws a jab but it's blocked by Patel.
Patel walks into a jab.
Sorenson misses with a hook
and Patel counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sorenson thinking.
Sorenson misses with a hook
and Patel counters with a good low kick that Sorenson was not able to check.
Sorenson misses with a left hand
and Patel counters with a thumping low kick.
Sorenson looks to score with a jab to the body but Patel is just out of range.
Despite the aggression on Patel's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Patel on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sorenson. Sorenson obviously looking to wear him down.
Patel walks into a jab.
Sorenson tries to clinch there but Patel circles away.
Sorenson misses the jab.
Sorenson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sorenson throws a looping overhand right but Patel ducks down to avoid it.
Patel lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Sorenson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Patel throws out the jab.
Sorenson is looking to counter punch.
Patel throws a body punch but Sorenson moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Sorenson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Sorenson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A lazy left from Sorenson finds it's target.
Luka Sorenson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sorenson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Patel counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sorenson throws the left hand but Patel avoids the punch easily.
Patel missing with a left hand there. Sorenson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Patel misses with a looping right.
Sorenson throws a jab but it's blocked by Patel.
Patel fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A looping hook to the body misses from Patel. Sorenson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sorenson misses with an uppercut. Patel saw that one coming.
Sorenson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Patel.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sorenson throws a hook but Patel blocks it.
Sorenson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sorenson listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Patel.
Patel swats away the attempt to clinch by Sorenson.
Patel with the inside leg kick.
Patel fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sorenson manages to avoid it.
Sorenson misses with a lunging right hand
and Patel counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Sorenson misses with a hook
and Patel counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Patel moves into range and connects with a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A big left from Sorenson misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Luka Sorenson will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Patel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sorenson throws out a loose jab but Patel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sorenson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Patel throws a jab when Sorenson was well out of range.
Patel keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Patel misses the target.
Sorenson looks to throw the jab but Patel is out of range.
Patel bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sorenson throws a poor cross that misses
and Patel counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sorenson tries to close the distance and clinch but Patel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sorenson throws a poor cross that misses
and Patel counters with a nice uppercut.
Sorenson throws a looping overhand right but Patel ducks down to avoid it.
Patel keeps the fight on the outside.
Despite the aggression on Patel's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Sorenson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Patel cracks Sorenson with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Patel has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Sorenson to stand back up!
Sorenson is rocked!
Patel throws a quick head kick that knocks Sorenson silly! This fight is all over! What a finish! Patel is up on the cage, taking in the applause from the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Jai Patel!
A relieved looking Jai Patel thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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