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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Misael Mejia (ranked 5069 p4p, 25494 weight class) and Leo The Phantom (ranked 507 p4p, 568 weight class). The Phantom has chosen 28 by Zach Bryan as his entrance music. Leo The Phantom will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
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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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Misael Mejia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Leo The Phantom!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Donald Grub and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Phantom goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
It looks like Misael Mejia has been cut.
Good shot there by The Phantom.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mejia. The Phantom does a little dance to reset his feet.
The Phantom misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Mejia could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
The Phantom throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Mejia to counter with a crisp jab.
Mejia keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
The Phantom looks to land a combination. Mejia sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
The Phantom ducks under a wild hook from Mejia.
The Phantom misses with a takedown attempt - Mejia sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Mejia is looking for a counter combo.
Misael Mejia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leo The Phantom.
Mejia fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. The Phantom looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mejia rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but The Phantom moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mejia swinging wildly here.
The Phantom tries to close the distance and clinch but Mejia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mejia loads up on a big right hand but The Phantom slips the punch.
Mejia misses with a combination
and The Phantom cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The Phantom fails with an attempt to clinch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Mejia.
The Phantom misses with a body kick.
Mejia needs to keep his hands up - The Phantom had a free shot at his head there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mejia thuds a left hand into The Phantom's body.
The Phantom ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mejia misses with a wild body shot.
Nice cross by Mejia.
Mejia takes a kick to the side of the head.
The Phantom looks winded!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mejia misses with a two punch combination.
The Phantom throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Mejia misses with a wild body shot.
Mejia throws a shot from downtown. The Phantom moves away and avoids it.
The Phantom takes one to the side of the head.
The Phantom is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Mejia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Phantom wants to clinch
and Mejia counters with a two punch combo.
Mejia fails to land with a series of punches.
The Phantom will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
As The Phantom looks to move away, Mejia throws a big counter combo but The Phantom just gets out of the way.
The Phantom on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The Phantom lands a high kick!
The Phantom fails to land the takedown.
Mejia is looking for a counter combo.
A big left from Mejia misses.
The Phantom showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mejia.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mejia takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Mejia looks to throw the jab but The Phantom is out of range.
The Phantom tries to counter by closing the distance.
Mejia swinging wildly here.
Mejia lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mejia scores with a jab to the jaw.
The Phantom keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mejia.
Jab by Mejia.
A punch combination from Mejia misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Misael Mejia dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Misael Mejia's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
A slow jab from Mejia misses its intended target.
Mejia throws an uppercut from half a mile away. The Phantom sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The Phantom is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Mejia throws a combination but it was largely blocked by The Phantom.
The Phantom is trying hard to land a takedown here. Mejia sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Mejia fails to land with a series of punches.
Mejia with a nice cross.
Mejia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The Phantom manages to avoid it.
Misael Mejia is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The Phantom avoids the body shot from Mejia.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A lazy body kick from The Phantom
and Mejia counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps The Phantom thinking.
The Phantom throws a series of punches but Mejia avoids them all with ease.
Mejia blocks a head kick by The Phantom.
The Phantom is breathing heavily.
The Phantom checks a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mejia misses with a wild combination.
Mejia tries to bum rush The Phantom with a series of wild strikes but The Phantom uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A slow jab from Mejia misses its intended target.
The Phantom keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The Phantom looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The Phantom closes this distance looking for a takedown but Mejia circles away.
Mejia swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
The Phantom throws a series of punches but Mejia avoids them all with ease.
The Phantom slips a straight right by Mejia.
The Phantom misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
An attempted straight right counter from Mejia misses the target.
Misael Mejia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leo The Phantom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mejia misses with a two punch combination.
Mejia fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mejia misses with a few strikes there.
The Phantom uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mejia.
Mejia swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by The Phantom.
The Phantom slips a straight right by Mejia.
The Phantom throws a head kick but Mejia moves out of range.
Misael Mejia is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab from Mejia misses.
Mejia circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mejia appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A telegraphed right hand from Mejia misses the target.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but The Phantom might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Mejia has got the better of the exchanges.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mejia lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Mejia pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mejia's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Mejia duly obliges.
Mejia throws a hook to the side of The Phantom's head but The Phantom sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The Phantom is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Jab from Mejia.
Mejia misses the shot to the body.
Mejia lunges at The Phantom with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by The Phantom's hand.
The Phantom shoots in but no luck this time.
Mejia is looking to counter punch.
The Phantom falls off balance throwing a combination
and Mejia counters with a right hand to the body.
The Phantom slips under a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mejia lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mejia swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mejia misses with a jab, cross combination.
Mejia throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Misael Mejia is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The Phantom throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mejia stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Mejia wants it to stay on the feet.
Mejia tries to land a leg kick but The Phantom saw it coming and moves away.
Sloppy strikes from Mejia. Those never looked like landing.
Mejia is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that The Phantom can do to turn this around?
Mejia scores with a nice head shot.
Mejia throws a right and a left that both miss.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Misael Mejia dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Misael Mejia's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Mejia misses with a wild combination.
Misael Mejia is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The Phantom swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Mejia throws a series of punches but The Phantom moves out of range.
Leo The Phantom seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Phantom misses with a takedown attempt - Mejia sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
It looked like Mejia was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from The Phantom.
The Phantom closes this distance looking for a takedown but Mejia circles away.
The Phantom shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Mejia but Mejia pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Misael Mejia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leo The Phantom.
The Phantom takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Horrible takedown attempt by The Phantom or perhaps it was just good defense by Mejia, which made it look bad.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mejia lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but The Phantom circles away quickly and effectively.
Mejia swings for the body but The Phantom moves out of range.
The Phantom closes the distance and clinches up with Mejia, looking for a takedown. The Phantom pushes Mejia against the cage but Mejia circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Mejia moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Mejia looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The Phantom gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Mejia.
No joy there for Mejia, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The Phantom takes a jab right on the kisser.
The Phantom dodges the punch combination from Mejia.
The Phantom closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mejia stuns The Phantom with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Mejia throws the left hand but The Phantom avoids the punch easily.
The Phantom changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Mejia tries to avoid it but The Phantom manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Mejia to the ground. Mejia escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
It looked like Mejia was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Mejia throws a combination but it was largely blocked by The Phantom.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mejia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The Phantom wants to counter the offense by Mejia and move into the clinch position.
Mejia fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but The Phantom is out of range.
The Phantom throws a leg kick but Mejia moved away.
The Phantom shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Mejia fakes a jab and throws a low kick but The Phantom checks it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mejia feints a jab promting The Phantom to slip. Mejia then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. The Phantom slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
The Phantom tries for a takedown but Mejia circles away easily
and Mejia counters with a three punch combo that has The Phantom backing up. The Phantom nods at Mejia to acknowledge the strikes.
The Phantom has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The Phantom slips a jab and a cross from Mejia.
Mejia throws a nice looking combination but The Phantom bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The Phantom lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
The Phantom slips a jab and a cross from Mejia.
The Phantom slips a straight right by Mejia.
Leo The Phantom has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mejia keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Mejia takes a swing at The Phantom's ribcage but misses.
The Phantom shoots in but Mejia avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Mejia, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The Phantom misses with a double jab.
The Phantom slips a jab from Mejia.
Mejia stalks The Phantom and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into The Phantom's face. The Phantom staggers backwards, shaken.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mejia lands with a straight right. The Phantom didn't see that one coming.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Mejia.
Mejia throws a right and a left that The Phantom avoids nicely.
Mejia cracks The Phantom with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The Phantom lands with a slapping head kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Misael Mejia showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Mejia has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Misael Mejia!
After winning the bout, Misael Mejia thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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hype
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