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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Vincent Klasson (ranked 1626 p4p, 729 weight class) and James Leary (ranked 118 p4p, 61 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
Great low kicks
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vincent Klasson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, James Leary!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Jeff Smith and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Klasson does no damage.
Klasson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A looping hook to the body misses from Leary. Klasson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Klasson swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Leary counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Klasson throws an off balance right hand
and Leary counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've been told by Klasson's head coaches at The Tank Factory that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Leary bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Klasson moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromLeary.
Leary bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Klasson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A slow jab from Klasson misses its intended target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Leary! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Klasson connects with a solid leg kick.
Klasson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Leary counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Klasson thinking.
Klasson connects with a crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Klasson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Leary's waist but Leary gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Klasson off to one side.
Leary looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Klasson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Klasson throws a right hand that misses
and Leary counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Leary throws a jab but it's blocked by Klasson.
Klasson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Leary moves away.
Leary missing with a left hand there. Klasson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Klasson throws a right hand that Leary ducks under and follows up with a left that Leary also avoids with ease.
James Leary is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Klasson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Klasson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Klasson looks to throw a body kick
and Leary cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Klasson shoots and misses
and Leary counters with a nice uppercut.
A low kick from Klasson is predictable there
and Leary counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Klasson lands a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leary stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vincent Klasson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Klasson throws a hook to the side of Leary's head but Leary sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Klasson misses with a lunging right hand
and Leary counters with a lovely straight right hand!
It looks like Vincent Klasson has been cut.
Nice body punch from Klasson.
Klasson throws an overhand right that lands on Leary's shoulder, as Leary tries to avoid the shot.
Leary on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Klasson throws an off balance right hand
and Leary counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Klasson misses with a hook
and Leary counters with a straight right hand.
Leary walks into a stiff left hand from Klasson.
A cross from Klasson lands.
Klasson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Leary staying out of range there.
Klasson misses with a combination
and Leary counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Klasson throws an off balance right hand
and Leary counters with a nice uppercut.
Klasson throws a jab when Leary was well out of range.
Leary looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Klasson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Klasson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Leary's sensitive parts.
Klasson misses with a right hand
letting Leary counter with a right hand.
Klasson misses with a lunging right hand
and Leary connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Klasson is rocked!
Klasson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Leary counters with a huge left! Klasson is in big trouble! He's backing up but Leary isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Klasson from any more damage. A dominating finish by Leary!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Leary!
James Leary spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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hype
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RATING
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