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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Guy Le Franc (ranked 210 p4p, 639 weight class) and Henry Hall (ranked 28 p4p, 81 weight class). Le Franc kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is [I Can't Get No] Satisfaction. 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Guy Le Franc!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Henry Hall!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Albert Achterberg and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Le Franc closes the distance and clinches.
Le Franc lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Le Franc swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Le Franc.
We've been informed that Hall has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Le Franc digs a right hand into Hall's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hall's gas tank.
Le Franc pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Le Franc instigates a clinch.
Hall is trying to maintain a safe position but Le Franc gets an underhook and turns Hall into the cage.
Hall blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right hand to the body from Hall.
Le Franc lands with a short shot to the head.
Hall fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hall blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Le Franc lands a hook that snaps the head of Hall backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Le Franc.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Le Franc breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Le Franc fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hall, pushing him back against the cage.
Le Franc misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Le Franc breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hall staying out of range there.
Le Franc uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall looks to land a left hand but Le Franc moved out of range nicely.
Hall misses with a straight right.
Le Franc was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Hall swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Le Franc.
Le Franc has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Tokyo All-Stars in the buildup to the fight.
Hall throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Hall misses with an uppercut. Le Franc saw that one coming.
Hall throws a poor cross that misses
and Le Franc counters with a good, hard body kick but Hall shrugs it off.
Henry Hall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hall throws a body shot but no joy.
Hall throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Le Franc quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Le Franc moves out of range as Hall strikes.
Le Franc misses with a few strikes there.
Hall scores with a jab. Le Franc acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Le Franc ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A quick step to the side and Le Franc tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Le Franc connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hall. Hall circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hall scores with a nice body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hall slips a straight right by Le Franc.
Le Franc digs a good hook to Hall's body.
Hall lands a glancing blow to the side of Le Franc's head.
Le Franc tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hall paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hall chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A big right from Hall misses.
Hall looks to land a right hand but Le Franc moved out of range.
Le Franc is looking to counter punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Le Franc tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hall paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Le Franc swings widly with a right hand
and Hall counters with a nice low kick that buckles Le Franc's knee momentarily.
Hall misses with a left hand
and Le Franc connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Le Franc dodges the punch combination from Hall.
Le Franc seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Le Franc wants to clinch up but Hall keeps it at a distance.
Hall misses the shot to the body.
A quick step to the side and Le Franc tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hall tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Le Franc was well out of range. Poor timing from Hall.
Le Franc tries to counter by clinching up but Hall breaks away and moves out of range.
Hall lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hall digs a good hook to Le Franc's body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall throws a sloppy head kick and Le Franc moves out of range easily.
A nice inside leg kick there by Hall. That's going to slow Le Franc down.
Hall waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Le Franc.
Hall throws a shot from downtown. Le Franc moves away and avoids it.
Hall lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Le Franc at a distance.
Hall rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Le Franc counters with a right hand to the body.
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!
Hall throws a lazy uppercut
and Le Franc counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Hall looks winded!
Le Franc throws a jab but it's blocked by Hall.
Hall misses with a looping left.
Le Franc throws a left that rocks Hall and follows with a right that sends him tumbling to the canvas! Le Franc dives into side control, looking to finish! Can Hall regain composure!
It looks like Henry Hall has been cut.
Le Franc passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Hall!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Guy Le Franc dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Henry Hall's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Hall avoids the head kick by Le Franc.
A big right from Hall misses.
Le Franc swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hall misses with a straight left.
Le Franc was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Le Franc uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hall.
Le Franc stuns Hall with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Le Franc uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hall.
Le Franc is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Hall.
Le Franc staying out of range there.
A jab from Hall finds it's way through Le Franc's defenses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Le Franc fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hall, pushing him back against the cage.
Le Franc escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hall throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Le Franc throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Le Franc moves away from the strike by Hall.
Le Franc is looking to counter punch.
Hall fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Le Franc checks it well.
Le Franc staying out of range there.
Hall lands a head shot.
Hall lands a glancing blow to the side of Le Franc's head.
Hall swings widly with a right hand
and Le Franc counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hall is breathing heavily.
Le Franc closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Guy Le Franc has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Good body shot from Hall.
Le Franc misses with a body punch.
Le Franc struggles to land a body shot inside as Hall controls his hands.
Hall misses with the head strike.
Le Franc throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le Franc has a couple of punches blocked by Hall.
Le Franc digs a right hand underneath Hall's ribcage. Hall let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Still in the clinch, Le Franc scores with a nice short uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short uppercut from Le Franc.
Le Franc breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Le Franc uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hall.
A counter left hand to the body from Le Franc misses its target.
Le Franc is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hall can do to turn this around?
Hall misses with a leg kick
enabling Le Franc to counter with a crisp jab.
Hall gets hit by the mother of all head kicks and drops to the canvas in a crumpled heap! Woooow, the Internet is going to be talking about this one for weeks!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Guy Le Franc!
Guy Le Franc decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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