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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shaun Gonzalez (ranked 62 p4p, 76 weight class) and Bo Duran (ranked 14 p4p, 16 weight class). Gonzalez comes to the cage accompanied by Mind Playing Tricks On Me - Geto Boys. 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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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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 20 - 8 - 1, fighting out of London, Shaun Gonzalez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bo Duran!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Daniel Cesar and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzalez takes one on the button.
Duran forces Gonzalez back against the cage and clinches.
Duran doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Duran misses with some punches.
Gonzalez swings wildly with an uppercut but Duran uses good head movement to avoid it.
Duran has a couple of punches blocked by Gonzalez.
Duran has a couple of punches blocked by Gonzalez.
A head punch on the inside from Duran fails to land.
Gonzalez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Duran throws a head punch that misses.
Gonzalez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Duran.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duran blocks the elbow strike.
Duran's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Duran throws a quick inside leg kick.
Duran scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez takes one to the chin there.
Gonzalez throws a nice inside leg kick.
Duran misses with a left hand
enabling Gonzalez to counter with a crisp jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Duran, as that shot connected.
Gonzalez dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Duran. That did some damage!
Duran rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Gonzalez counter with a right hand.
Duran throws a wild body kick that Gonzalez sees coming a mile off.
Gonzalez fires out a quick counter leg kick but Duran just manages to avoid it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gonzalez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez slips under a jab.
Gonzalez scores with a punch to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Duran misses with a lunging right hand
and Gonzalez counters with a straight right hand.
It looks like Bo Duran has been cut.
Gonzalez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Duran.
Gonzalez half committed to a counter leg kick.
Gonzalez moves out of range as Duran throws a body kick.
A jab lands there for Gonzalez.
A low kick lands for Duran.
Gonzalez lands the left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duran throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Duran throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gonzalez appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Duran moves into the clinch successfully.
Duran swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gonzalez looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Duran tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Duran tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short right from Duran on the inside.
Duran struggles to land a body shot inside as Gonzalez controls his hands.
Duran breaks the clinch.
Duran with the inside leg kick.
Gonzalez throws a jab when Duran was well out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez throws a solid leg kick but Duran takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Gonzalez.
Duran throws a nice outside leg kick.
Duran throws a lazy uppercut
letting Gonzalez counter with a right hand.
Duran rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gonzalez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gonzalez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gonzalez throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A leg kick checked by Gonzalez.
A clash of legs there as Duran blocks the low kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bo Duran dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bo Duran's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Gonzalez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Duran throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gonzalez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bo Duran seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Duran with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Gonzalez looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Duran rushes Gonzalez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Duran tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gonzalez misses with a punch on the inside.
Duran misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duran breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Duran lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Gonzalez at a distance.
Duran scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Duran throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duran tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gonzalez takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Duran throws a lazy right hand but Gonzalez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Duran tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gonzalez was well out of range. Poor timing from Duran.
Gonzalez delivers a nice body kick.
Gonzalez swings widly with a right hand
and Duran counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gonzalez throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Duran to counter with a crisp jab.
It looks like Shaun Gonzalez has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duran throws a leg kick
and Gonzalez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
An inside leg kick lands from Duran.
Gonzalez throws out a leg kick but Duran moves out of range and Gonzalez only half commits.
Duran thumps Gonzalez with a low 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!
Gonzalez catches Duran with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Bo Duran seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Duran.
Duran checks the leg kick nicely there.
Duran throws a poor cross that misses
and Gonzalez counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duran sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Duran misses with a hook
and Gonzalez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Duran lands a nice shot to the body.
Gonzalez misses with an uppercut
and Duran counters with a straight right hand.
Gonzalez ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Duran misses with a body shot
and Gonzalez cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A telegraphed right hand from Duran misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Duran checks a leg kick.
Duran scoring well with a low kick there.
Gonzalez moves out of range as Duran throws a body kick.
Gonzalez has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Duran finds it's way round the side to connect with Gonzalez's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A slapping leg kick lands for Gonzalez.
Duran misses with a low kick.
As Duran looks to move away, Gonzalez throws a big counter combo but Duran just gets out of the way.
Gonzalez misses the shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bo Duran showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Duran throws a nice outside leg kick.
Shaun Gonzalez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Duran scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Gonzalez doesn't seem bothered though.
Gonzalez's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Gonzalez duly obliges.
Duran missing with a left hand there. Gonzalez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gonzalez swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Duran jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duran tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gonzalez was well out of range. Poor timing from Duran.
Duran rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gonzalez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Some bone on bone action there as Gonzalez checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez thows a leg kick but Duran checks it
and Duran counters with a leg kick.
Duran misses with an uppercut
and Gonzalez connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gonzalez lands a head shot.
Duran takes the fight into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Duran.
Gonzalez is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Gonzalez prevents a body shot from Duran.
Duran blocking some punches.
Duran misses with a punch on the inside.
Gonzalez scores with a shoulder strike.
Duran lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gonzalez backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duran has a couple of punches blocked by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Gonzalez fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Duran has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Gonzalez works the jab nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duran throws a nice inside leg kick.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Gonzalez working aggressively here.
Gonzalez throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Duran creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Duran.
Gonzalez misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duran scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gonzalez lands a left hand.
Nice body punch from Duran - that landed with a thud.
Duran lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Duran tries a body shot but Gonzalez blocks it.
Gonzalez scores with a shot to the side of Duran's head.
Duran tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Still in the clinch, Gonzalez scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gonzalez's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result.
Duran blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gonzalez working aggressively here.
Gonzalez lands a nice elbow.
Nice elbow from Gonzalez.
A short right from Duran.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Duran.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Duran lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Gonzalez backwards.
Gonzalez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Duran on the inside.
Duran takes a shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Duran lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gonzalez backwards.
Duran has a couple of punches blocked by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez misses with some punches.
Duran has Gonzalez pressed against the cage, preventing Gonzalez from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A head punch on the inside from Duran fails to land.
A nice left hand lands by Duran.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gonzalez.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gonzalez.
Duran misses with some punches.
Gonzalez prevents a body shot from Duran.
A head punch on the inside from Duran fails to land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Duran.
Gonzalez lands a nice elbow.
Duran lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Duran keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gonzalez's efforts to push away.
Duran tries a body shot but Gonzalez blocks it.
Duran goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bo Duran comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Duran winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bo Duran!
During a confident post fight interview, Bo Duran thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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