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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gunnar Wylde (ranked 1631 p4p, 2229 weight class) and Lazaros Constantinou (ranked 228 p4p, 289 weight class). There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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Good wrestling
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gunnar Wylde!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Lazaros Constantinou!
The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Fedor Mirinova and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wylde lands a nice shot to the body.
Constantinou takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Wylde throws a hook but Constantinou avoids it easily.
Wylde throws a lazy right hand but Constantinou sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Constantinou looks to land a left hand but Wylde moved out of range nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Wylde misses the target.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Constantinou. Wylde shrugs it off though.
Wylde scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Wylde misses with an uppercut. Constantinou saw that one coming.
A jab from Constantinou finds it's way through Wylde's defenses.
It looks like Gunnar Wylde has been cut.
Wylde lands with a good body shot.
Constantinou lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Constantinou fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wylde connects with a single shot there.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Wylde throws a body kick that misses
and Constantinou connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Constantinou looks to land a left hand but Wylde moved out of range nicely.
Constantinou moves out of range of the strikes.
Wylde misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Constantinou slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Constantinou fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Wylde.
Wylde ducks under a wild hook from Constantinou.
Constantinou defending well as Wylde loads up on a big left hand.
Wylde rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Constantinou counters with a stiff right hand.
Wylde scores with a nice strike.
Constantinou swings for the body but Wylde moves out of range.
Wylde definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Wylde throws a sloppy body shot
and Wylde takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wylde moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Constantinou misses with a hook. Wylde ducked under it nicely.
Wylde swings widly with a right hand
and Constantinou counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wylde moves away from the strike by Constantinou.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wylde throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gunnar Wylde seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wylde. Constantinou does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wylde misses with a hook
enabling Constantinou to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice jab there from Wylde.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wylde thows a left - swing and a miss!
Constantinou scores with a jab to the body.
Wylde misses with a straight right.
Wylde avoids the head kick by Constantinou.
Wylde pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A jab from Wylde misses.
Wylde misses with an uppercut. Constantinou saw that one coming.
The fight stays on the outside here - Constantinou looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A little feinted left hand from Wylde on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Wylde throws a push kick but Constantinou slaps the foot to one side.
Constantinou misses with an uppercut.
Constantinou throws a head kick that misses
and Wylde counters with a left to the body.
A jab lands there for Wylde.
Wylde misses with a straight right.
Constantinou wants to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Constantinou rushes Wylde and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Constantinou lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Wylde.
Wylde lands with a left to the head.
Wylde swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Constantinou breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Constantinou fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Decent striking displayed by Constantinou there.
Constantinou throws a head kick that misses
and Wylde finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Constantinou slips a jab and a cross from Wylde.
Constantinou swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Wylde feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Constantinous jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Wylde throws an overhand right that lands on Constantinou's shoulder, as Constantinou tries to avoid the shot.
Constantinou tries a quick counter leg kick but Wylde is wise to it.
Constantinou throws a good cross that connects.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wylde with a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Constantinou takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Constantinou ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wylde takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Constantinou looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Constantinou moves away from the strike by Wylde.
Constantinou misses with a wild body shot.
Wylde looks to throw the jab but Constantinou is out of range.
Wylde needs to keep his hands up - Constantinou had a free shot at his head there.
Constantinou throws a looping overhand right but Wylde ducks down to avoid it.
Wylde misses with a straight right.
Constantinou pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Wylde throws a leg kick but Constantinou sees it coming and moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Constantinou! But no joy.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Wylde missing with a left hand there. Constantinou was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Constantinou misses with a lunging right hand
and Wylde connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Wylde lands with an uppercut that bounces Constantinou off the cage and back into range.
Constantinou staying out of range there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Lazaros Constantinou will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Gunnar Wylde's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Constantinou avoids the body shot from Wylde.
Good work by Wylde as he checks the leg kick.
Wylde will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Constantinou fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wylde connects with a body shot.
Wylde just misses with a punch to the body.
Constantinou keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wylde.
Constantinou looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Wylde throws a push kick but Constantinou slaps the foot to one side.
Constantinou's coach down at Tokyo All-Stars was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Constantinou's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Wylde fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Constantinou manages to avoid it.
Wylde uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Constantinou.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Constantinou looks to score with a jab to the body but Wylde is just out of range.
Wylde misses with a left hand
and Constantinou counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Constantinou rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wylde moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Constantinou tries to clinch there but Wylde circles away.
A punch combination from Wylde misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Constantinou takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Constantinou swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wylde swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A big left from Wylde misses.
Constantinou throws a head kick that misses
and Wylde counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Constantinou ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Constantinou! But no joy.
Wylde thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wylde throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Constantinou on the side of the head.
Wylde throws a combination that misses
and Constantinou counters with a straight right hand.
Constantinou fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wylde manages to avoid it.
Wylde pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Both fighters circling a little - Wylde finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A shot to the liver by Wylde. Beautiful body shot.
Wylde bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Constantinou's head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Constantinou takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Constantinou wants to clinch up but Wylde keeps it at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Wylde blocks the low kick.
Wylde looks to score with a jab to the body but Constantinou is just out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Wylde.
Constantinou let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Constantinou scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Constantinou moves into the clinch.
Wylde softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wylde breaks from the clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Wylde misses the target.
Constantinou feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Wyldes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Constantinou misses with a head kick.
Wylde feints and then cracks Constantinou's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Constantinou down.
Constantinou throws out a leg kick but Wylde moves out of range and Constantinou only half commits.
Wylde takes a swing at Constantinou's ribcage but misses.
Constantinou swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Wylde moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Constantinou takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Wylde looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wylde throws a leg kick that is checked
and Constantinou counters with an inside leg kick.
Constantinou moves in looking to clinch but Wylde pushes him off.
Constantinou uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wylde.
Constantinou misses the jab.
Constantinou moves away from the strike by Wylde.
Constantinou swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wylde throws a leg kick which misses Constantinou's front leg but catches the back leg as Constantinou tries to avoid it.
Constantinou throws a hook to the side of Wylde's head but Wylde sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wylde is looking to counter punch.
Wylde keeps the fight on the outside.
Wylde takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Wylde catches Constantinou with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Wylde missing with a left hand there. Constantinou was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Constantinou feints a counter leg kick.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Wylde avoids the head kick by Constantinou.
Wylde connects with a nice looking jab.
Constantinou tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wylde swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wylde will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Wylde lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Constantinou circles away quickly and effectively.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wylde bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Constantinou's head backwards.
Constantinou blocks a jab.
Constantinou stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Wylde throws a lazy uppercut
and Constantinou counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Constantinou throws an off balance right hand
and Wylde counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wylde misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Constantinou.
Wylde throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Gunnar Wylde is winning the standup battle so far.
Constantinou throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Wylde.
Wylde swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Constantinou throws a looping overhand right but Wylde ducks down to avoid it.
Wylde ducks right into an uppercut from Constantinou.
Wylde tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gunnar Wylde dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Gunnar Wylde's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
The fight stays on the outside here - Constantinou looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wylde pushes Constantinou away with a front kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Wylde.
Wylde throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Constantinou on the side of the head.
Wylde comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Wylde ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A big left from Wylde misses.
Wylde keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Constantinou misses the jab.
A swing and a miss from Constantinou.
Wylde takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Constantinou on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Constantinou throws a low kick but Wylde moves out of range easily.
Wylde looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Constantinou waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wylde.
Constantinou throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice straight punches there by Wylde. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Wylde.
A decent looking cross lands there for Constantinou.
Wylde connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Constantinou momentarily.
Wylde misses with an uppercut
and Constantinou counters with a left to the body.
Wylde misses with a hook. Constantinou ducked under it nicely.
Wylde misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Constantinou.
A slow jab from Constantinou misses its intended target.
Constantinou throws an overhand right that lands on Wylde's shoulder, as Wylde tries to avoid the shot.
Wylde tried to counter with a leg kick but Constantinou avoided it.
Wylde throws a jab when Constantinou was well out of range.
Wylde swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wylde throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Constantinou.
Constantinou flicks out a counter leg kick but Wylde steps away.
Wylde moves away from the strike by Constantinou.
Wylde scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Constantinou doesn't seem bothered though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Constantinou misses with a hook
and Wylde counters with a nice body kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Wylde misses the body punch
and Constantinou counters with a nice low kick that buckles Wylde's knee momentarily.
Wylde misses with a straight right.
Wylde misses with a shot to the body
and Constantinou counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Constantinou throws a nice outside leg kick.
Wylde connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Constantinou misses with a head kick.
Wylde throws a hook to the side of Constantinou's head but Constantinou sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wylde tests Constantinou's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Constantinou swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Good work by Wylde as he checks the leg kick.
Constantinou ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Wylde.
Wylde tries to score with a low kick but Constantinou moves his leg out of the way.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Constantinou misses with a looping right.
Wylde throws out a powerful jab.
Constantinou waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wylde.
Wylde slips under a jab from Constantinou.
A head kick misses from Wylde.
Constantinou slips a straight right by Wylde.
Wylde throws a hook but Constantinou avoids it easily.
A little jabbing left from Constantinou on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Constantinou is looking to clinch.
Constantinou moves to clinch but Wylde breaks away
and Constantinou takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Constantinou has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Constantinou tries to land a front kick but Wylde steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Wylde looks to land a body kick but Constantinou moved away.
Wylde misses the jab.
Wylde ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wylde bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Constantinou misses with a body shot.
Wylde ducks under a wild hook from Constantinou.
Wylde throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Wylde takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Wylde throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Constantinou sees it coming and avoids it easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A looping hook to the body misses from Wylde. Constantinou does a little dance to reset his feet.
Constantinou slips under a jab from Wylde.
It seemed like Constantinou was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Wylde swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A low kick lands for Wylde.
Wylde lands with an overhand left.
Wylde looks to land a right hand but Constantinou moved out of range.
Wylde swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Constantinou counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wylde doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gunnar Wylde showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Wylde has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:28
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gunnar Wylde!
An out of breath Gunnar Wylde thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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