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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Abelardo De Leon (ranked 75 p4p, 176 weight class) and Howie Dewitt (ranked 11 p4p, 21 weight class). De Leon's entrance music is Mercenary - F.O.O.L. & Power Glove. A fine choice. Dewitt has chosen Montell Jordan - This Is How We Do It as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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 heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Abelardo De Leon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Howie Dewitt!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Fujiwara and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Dewitt scores with a nice body kick.
De Leon moves out of range as Dewitt throws a body kick.
A counter left hand to the body from De Leon misses its target.
Dewitt misses with a wild body shot.
It looked like De Leon wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Dewitt connects with an inside leg kick.
De Leon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dewitt.
De Leon looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dewitt lands a head kick. De Leon smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Dewitt takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Leon misses with a hook. Dewitt ducked under it nicely.
Dewitt tries to counter by closing the distance.
Dewitt 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.
De Leon needs to keep his hands up - Dewitt had a free shot at his head there.
De Leon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Leon throws a shot from downtown. Dewitt moves away and avoids it.
De Leon misses with a straight left.
Dewitt goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
De Leon appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dewitt throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Dewitt throws a push kick but De Leon slaps the foot to one side.
De Leon was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Dewitt lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Dewitt.
De Leon takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Dewitt lands a two punch combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Leon stalks Dewitt and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Dewitt's face. Dewitt staggers backwards, shaken.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dewitt lands with a good body shot.
De Leon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dewitt.
Dewitt takes the fight into the clinch.
Dewitt has a couple of punches blocked by De Leon.
Dewitt will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning De Leon up against the cage.
Dewitt blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dewitt lands a left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dewitt creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
De Leon working hard to break the clinch.
Dewitt tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
De Leon escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
De Leon throws the kick towards the body but Dewitt avoids it.
Dewitt fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Dewitt scores with a body shot.
The fighters circling - De Leon throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A big right from De Leon misses.
Dewitt tries to counter by closing the distance.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Howie Dewitt dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Dewitt jabs De Leon to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Dewitt throws a body kick that misses
enabling De Leon to counter with a crisp jab.
Dewitt is looking to clinch but De Leon is avoiding it.
It looked like De Leon wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Dewitt changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Leon misses the jab.
De Leon throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Dewitt.
It looks like Howie Dewitt has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Leon looks for the body kick but Dewitt saw that one coming.
Dewitt punishes De Leon's body with a nice straight punch.
De Leon lands a glancing blow to the side of Dewitt's head.
Dewitt is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down De Leon rather than just go for the knockout.
De Leon takes a swing at Dewitt's ribcage but misses.
De Leon wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
De Leon looks to land a body kick but Dewitt moved away.
Howie Dewitt seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Leon throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
De Leon misses with a series of wild punches.
Dewitt has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dewitt lands a nice hook to De Leon's body. De Leon takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dewitt uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from De Leon.
Dewitt wants to counter the offense by De Leon and move into the clinch position.
De Leon connects with a good right hand that stumbles Dewitt. Dewitt circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
De Leon throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Dewitt checks the leg kick.
Dewitt uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from De Leon.
De Leon throws the left hand but Dewitt avoids the punch easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big left from De Leon misses.
Dewitt is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Dewitt jabs at De Leon's body.
De Leon missing with a left hand there. Dewitt was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dewitt wants to counter with a clinch but De Leon pushes him away.
A head kick by Dewitt misses
and De Leon counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
De Leon lands a jab to the head.
Dewitt looks for the body kick but De Leon saw that one coming.
De Leon is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Abelardo De Leon dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Howie Dewitt's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Dewitt lands a jab to De Leon's midsection.
De Leon throws out a loose jab but Dewitt uses good head movement to avoid it.
De Leon sets himself, and Dewitt steps forward looking for the clinch! De Leon avoids it this time.
Dewitt stalks De Leon and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into De Leon's face. De Leon staggers backwards, shaken.
Dewitt on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A swing and a miss from De Leon.
Dewitt looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dewitt fakes high and swings low for a body shot but De Leon manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dewitt takes a swing at De Leon's ribcage but misses.
De Leon takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
De Leon jabs at Dewitt's body.
A jab from Dewitt finds it's way through De Leon's defenses.
Dewitt misses with a low kick.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
De Leon avoids the body shot from Dewitt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dewitt thumps De Leon with a low kick.
De Leon misses with a jab, cross combination.
Dewitt steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from De Leon.
Dewitt lands a head shot.
De Leon on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Crunch! Dewitt slams his shin into De Leon's torso.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Leon throws a nice looking combination but Dewitt bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dewitt stuns De Leon with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Dewitt lands a nice hook to De Leon's body. De Leon takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sloppy strikes from De Leon. Those never looked like landing.
De Leon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dewitt misses with a wild body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from De Leon misses the target.
De Leon does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
De Leon drops his hands momentarily and Dewitt takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
De Leon throws a body punch but Dewitt moves out of range.
Dewitt tries to counter by closing the distance.
Good standup being displayed there by Dewitt as he connects with a hook.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dewitt lands with a nice body kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Howie Dewitt comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dewitt has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Howie Dewitt!
Howie Dewitt decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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hype
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