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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Hunter (ranked 344 p4p, 222 weight class) and Lamar Gordon (ranked 54 p4p, 36 weight class). Gordon has chosen Coming Home - Ditty ft. Skylar Grey as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Hunter!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lamar Gordon!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Russell Pearce and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gordon misses with a hook. Hunter ducked under it nicely.
The fighters circling - Hunter throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Gordon scores with a kick to the body.
Gordon with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Hunter to score with a decent uppercut.
Hunter misses with a wild body shot.
Hunter ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hunter looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hunter steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gordon.
Paul Hunter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gordon looks to throw the jab but Hunter is out of range.
Hunter showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gordon.
Hunter looks to score with a jab to the body but Gordon is just out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gordon fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gordon looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Gordon punishes Hunter's body with a nice straight punch.
Gordon dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hunter. That did some damage!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gordon throws a hook to the side of Hunter's head but Hunter sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Gordon - just one landing.
Hunter turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gordon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Gordon avoids the body shot from Hunter.
Hunter connects with a right hand. Gordon shakes it off.
Hunter moves out of range as Gordon strikes.
A shot to the liver by Hunter. Beautiful body shot.
Gordon lands with an uppercut that bounces Hunter off the cage and back into range.
It looks like Paul Hunter has been cut.
Gordon slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A jab from Hunter misses.
Gordon is looking to slow Hunter down with leg kicks.
Hunter throws out a loose jab but Gordon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gordon looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hunter throws a nice outside leg kick.
Gordon bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Gordon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hunter was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Gordon there.
Gordon blocks a jab.
Hunter jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gordon throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hunter throwing a counter right hand but Gordon manages to avoid it.
Hunter uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Gordon has time to react.
Hunter throws a right hand that misses
and Hunter takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hunter lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hunter is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Gordon.
Hunter just misses with a punch to the body.
Gordon looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Hunter swings widly with a right hand
and Gordon counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gordon connects with a body shot.
Nice jab there from Hunter.
Hunter 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.
Gordon scores with a decent looking hook.
Paul Hunter's cut is getting worse.
Gordon throws a hook to the side of Hunter's head but Hunter sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gordon ducks under a wild hook from Hunter.
Gordon throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hunter sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hunter takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hunter cracks Gordon with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
It looks like Lamar Gordon has been cut.
Hunter looks to land a right hand but Gordon moved out of range.
Gordon misses with an uppercut.
A slow jab from Hunter misses its intended target.
Hunter scores with a hook.
Gordon scores with a jab.
Hunter thows a left - swing and a miss!
A solid leg kick lands there for Gordon.
Hunter waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gordon.
Gordon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hunter.
Gordon throws a lazy right hand but Hunter sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Gordon is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Hunter had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Hunter misses with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gordon takes a swing at Hunter's ribcage but misses.
Hunter swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hunter lands a jab to Gordon's midsection.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gordon rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hunter counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hunter jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Hunter looks to land a right hand but Gordon moved out of range.
Gordon throws a push kick but Hunter slaps the foot to one side.
Hunter was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Gordon is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hunter.
Gordon lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hunter ducks right into an uppercut from Gordon.
Gordon keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hunter.
Gordon comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gordon throws a looping overhand right but Hunter ducks down to avoid it.
Hunter with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gordon to score with a decent uppercut.
Paul Hunter's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Gordon throws a lazy right hand but Hunter sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lamar Gordon dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Gordon thuds a left hand into Hunter's body.
Hunter lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hunter misses with a hook. Gordon ducked under it nicely.
Gordon moves away from the strike by Hunter.
Lamar Gordon seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gordon turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gordon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hunter.
Gordon turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Gordon lands a nice looking body shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Gordon darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Gordon scores with a nice head shot.
Hunter is looking to slow Gordon down with leg kicks.
Gordon staying out of range there.
Hunter waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gordon.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gordon throws a jab when Hunter was well out of range.
Hunter lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunter gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gordon.
Hunter thuds a left hand into Gordon's body.
A slapping body kick lands there for Gordon.
Hunter tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Gordon is able to avoid easily.
Hunter throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gordon looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Gordon lands a really nice looking cross but Hunter seems unphased.
A jab from Gordon misses.
Gordon throws a push kick but Hunter slaps the foot to one side.
Hunter throws a hook to the side of Gordon's head but Gordon sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Hunter might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Hunter throws a body shot but no joy.
Hunter misses with a straight left.
Gordon has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gordon dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hunter misses with a hook. Gordon ducked under it nicely.
Hunter staying out of range there.
An attempted straight right counter from Hunter misses the target.
Hunter avoids the body shot from Gordon.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunter misses the shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A swing and a miss from Hunter.
Hunter takes one to the side of the head.
Gordon slips a straight right by Hunter.
Gordon throws a series of punches but Hunter avoids them all with ease.
Gordon pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Gordon lands an overhand right.
Jeez, Paul Hunter's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Hunter avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Hunter throws a hook to the side of Gordon's head but Gordon sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Good exchange - Gordon coming out on top.
Gordon gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Hunter connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gordon moves away from the strike by Hunter.
Jab, jab by Gordon - just one landing.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Paul Hunter's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Lamar Gordon!
Lamar Gordon is the new light heavyweight champion!
A victorious Lamar Gordon thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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