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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between James Leary (ranked 779 p4p, 1507 weight class) and Blake Souza (ranked 54 p4p, 100 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, James Leary!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Blake Souza!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Ben Hemmingworth and Chris Dean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Souza drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Souza wants to control from the top but Leary keeps moving.
Leary pulls Souza in close to his closed guard and prevents Souza from doing any damage or advancing position.
Souza throwing strikes from guard but Leary blocks nicely.
Souza looking to sit in guard and control but Leary gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Souza bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Leary's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Souza works over Leary with some ground and pound from guard.
Souza trying to control the position from guard on top but Leary is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Souza in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Souza has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Souza being controlled here momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza throws an elbow that misses. Leary uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Souza's guard. Nice move by Leary!
Souza is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Souza has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Leary can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Souza working for a triangle but Leary defends it easily.
Souza tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza throws his legs up looking for a submission but Leary uses it to pass to side control.
Souza manages to work his way to half guard, despite Leary's best efforts.
Souza looking for a kimura from the bottom but Leary passes into side control!
Souza tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Souza can't do much from the bottom here.
Souza is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Leary off and has taken his back!
Even with his hooks in, Souza manages to miss with strikes from the back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Leary tries to break free.
My spies in Tea Time Takedowns inform me that Souza has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leary is trying to stand back up.
Leary avoids the strikes from Souza.
Leary wriggles onto his back under a barage of strikes.
Leary tries to hold on but Souza postures up.
Leary is squirming around, avoiding Souza's attempts to control the action.
Souza with shots to the head and body - Leary looks very uncomfortable down there.
Leary is trying to stand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza unloads with some shots from mount but Leary bucks and avoids them well.
Poor strikes thrown by Souza there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Leary wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Souza.
Leary wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Souza.
Souza is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Leary can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Souza wants to control the pace but Leary is squirming around nicely.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Leary tries to hold on but Souza pushes him away.
Souza misses with some ground and pound and Leary recovers position to half guard.
Leary knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Souza on the ground.
Souza throwing shots but Leary is blocking nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Blake Souza dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A big right from Leary misses.
Souza throws a body punch but Leary moves out of range.
Souza throws a leg kick but Leary checks it.
Leary throws a quick counter kick to the body but Souza avoids it.
Souza misses with a takedown
and Leary counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Blake Souza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Leary throws a hook but Souza blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Souza misses with a hook. Leary ducked under it nicely.
Leary was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Souza throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Leary was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Souza lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Leary has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Leary and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Souza fails with the takedown
and Leary counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Leary keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Souza.
Leary was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Horrible takedown attempt by Souza or perhaps it was just good defense by Leary, which made it look bad.
James Leary has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Blake Souza.
Leary misses with a looping right.
Souza drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Leary defends it well.
Souza throws a predictable looking body shot
and Leary counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Souza misses
and Leary connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Souza moves to clinch but Leary breaks away
and Leary counters with a nice uppercut.
Souza is rocked!
Souza shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Leary but Leary pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Leary throwing a counter right hand but Souza manages to avoid it.
Souza tries to score a power double leg takedown but Leary sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Souza somewhat.
Leary swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've been told by Leary's head coaches at Bowsh Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza fails with an attempt to clinch.
A shot to the body from Souza misses
and Leary counters with a stiff right hand.
Souza throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little feinted left hand from Leary on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Souza tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Leary connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice sprawl there from Leary as Souza shoots in.
James Leary is winning the standup battle so far.
Leary fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Leary walks into a stiff left hand from Souza.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leary tries to sprawl but Souza drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Leary wants to get back to full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Souza looks to land a strike but Leary avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Souza throwing strikes from guard but Leary blocks nicely.
Souza is fighting to break Leary's control of his arms but Leary is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Leary on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Leary tries to get out of the position.
Souza won't allow Leary to sweep him here.
Souza is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Leary is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Leary has escaped and now he's on top!
Souza working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Leary has passed into half guard!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
James Leary dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Souza throws a left and a right that both miss
and Leary counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Souza slips a jab from Leary.
Leary throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Leary is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Leary defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Souza.
A looping hook to the body misses from Souza. Leary does a little dance to reset his feet.
Leary swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Souza shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Leary connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Souza throws a shot from downtown. Leary moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Souza doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Leary counters with a straight right hand.
James Leary has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Blake Souza.
Souza shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Leary pinned against the cage. Leary gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
It appears Leary was looking to counter with a kick there.
James Leary is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Souza misses with a jab, cross combination.
Souza misses with an uppercut. Leary saw that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza misses with a wild body shot.
Souza fails to land the takedown.
A looping hook to the body misses from Souza. Leary does a little dance to reset his feet.
Souza fails with the takedown
and Leary counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
No luck for Souza with that takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leary throws a hook but Souza blocks it.
Souza feints the counter takedown.
Souza swinging wildly here.
Leary was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Souza scores with a shot to the body.
Leary throws the left hand but Souza avoids the punch easily.
Souza blocks a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Leary connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Souza shoots and misses
and Leary counters with a nice right hand that sends Souza toppling to the canvas! Souza scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Leary finish him?!
Souza is still on wobbly legs! Can Leary finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Souza misses with a shot to the body
and Leary counters with a beautiful right hand that knocks Souza out cold! What a finish! Leary is going crazy, running around the mat, summersaulting off the corner posts and screaming into the cameras. Something tells me he's pretty happy!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). James Leary!
James Leary retains his bantamweight title!
In his post fight interview, James Leary started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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