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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Panda MacLeod (ranked 1496 p4p, 1687 weight class) and Tony Luciano (ranked 94 p4p, 76 weight class). Tony Luciano will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Excellent MT
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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 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Panda MacLeod!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tony Luciano!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yukihiro Shimada and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luciano is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by MacLeod.
Luciano thows a left - swing and a miss!
Luciano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by MacLeod.
MacLeod misses with a hook.
Luciano has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Luciano misses with a straight right.
MacLeod thows a left - swing and a miss!
Luciano swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A jab from Luciano misses.
MacLeod blocks a jab.
MacLeod seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
MacLeod misses with a straight right.
Luciano looks like he wants to counter punch here.
MacLeod rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Luciano counters with a lovely straight right hand!
It looks like Panda MacLeod has been cut.
Luciano misses with a hook.
MacLeod definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
MacLeod misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luciano steps to the side to avoid the strikes from MacLeod.
Luciano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by MacLeod.
MacLeod throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Luciano lands a head shot.
MacLeod lunges at Luciano with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Luciano's hand.
Luciano takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Luciano with a jab.
Luciano drives through and clinches with MacLeod against the cage.
Luciano lands with a light punch inside.
Luciano softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
MacLeod lands an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Luciano misses with a punch to the body.
MacLeod is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Luciano's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
MacLeod tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Luciano's elbow.
MacLeod digs a right hand underneath Luciano's ribcage. Luciano let out a lung full of air as it connected.
MacLeod scores with a shot to the side of Luciano's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
MacLeod gets through Luciano's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by MacLeod.
MacLeod lands with a short punch from the clinch.
MacLeod makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
MacLeod lands a nice shot to the body.
MacLeod stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Luciano looks winded!
Luciano blocks a punch to the side of the head.
MacLeod lands a right hand that snaps the head of Luciano backwards.
MacLeod prevents a body shot from Luciano.
Luciano blocks a punch to the side of the head.
MacLeod lands a left hand that snaps the head of Luciano backwards.
MacLeod blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from MacLeod.
MacLeod misses with a hook to the ribs.
Luciano prevents a body shot from MacLeod.
MacLeod misses with some punches.
Luciano blocks a body shot from MacLeod.
MacLeod scores with a shot to the side of Luciano's head.
MacLeod tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
MacLeod blocks a body shot from Luciano.
MacLeod tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Luciano's elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luciano prevents a body shot from MacLeod.
Luciano misses with a hook to the ribs.
MacLeod tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Luciano fails to land.
Luciano misses with a punch to the body.
MacLeod is trying to pull guard but Luciano turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
MacLeod blocks a punch to the side of the head.
MacLeod lands a shot to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, MacLeod creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
MacLeod working aggressively here.
A short right from MacLeod.
MacLeod tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Luciano prevents a body shot from MacLeod.
Luciano misses with a hook from the clinch.
Luciano misses with a punch to the body.
MacLeod lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Luciano or not.
Luciano tries to work over MacLeod's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
MacLeod lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nice body punch from MacLeod.
Nice body punch from MacLeod.
MacLeod lands an uppercut.
Luciano has a couple of punches blocked by MacLeod.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
MacLeod scores with a nice hook to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
MacLeod has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Luciano uses from the top position.
MacLeod has his feet on Luciano's thighs here. He's pushed Luciano off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Luciano screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Panda MacLeod!
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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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