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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Luis Palhares (ranked 530 p4p, 380 weight class) and LaDaniel Strong (ranked 65 p4p, 47 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Palhares might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Right On/ Showcore. This should be fireworks!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luis Palhares!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, LaDaniel Strong!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Chris Downing and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Palhares throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Strong scores with a body shot.
Palhares uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Strong.
Strong defending well as Palhares loads up on a big left hand.
It seemed like Strong was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Palhares misses with a straight right.
Palhares misses with a lunging right hand
letting Strong counter with a right hand.
Strong digs a good hook to Palhares's body.
Palhares throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Palhares looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Palhares jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Strong throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Strong lands a body shot.
Palhares avoids a punch combination nicely.
Palhares misses with an uppercut
and Strong counters with a nice uppercut.
Strong will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A left lands for Strong.
Palhares looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Palhares missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palhares not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Strong is looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Palhares throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Strong pushes Palhares off looking to stand but Palhares dives back in and keeps control.
Palhares thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Palhares looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Palhares wants to lay and pray for a moment but Strong keeps working.
Strong taking some punishment here, with Palhares in his half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palhares prevents Strong from standing back up.
Palhares is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Strong has managed to free his arm - good work.
Strong looks like he's trying to stand up.
Palhares missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Palhares missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Strong keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Palhares stops Strong from getting back to his feet.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Strong slips a straight right by Palhares.
Strong scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Palhares instigates a clinch.
Strong misses with a hook to the ribs.
Palhares prevents a body shot from Strong.
Strong scores with a nice hook to the head.
Strong pushes Palhares back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Palhares gets through Strong's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Strong pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Strong connects with a body shot.
Strong throws a jab when Palhares was well out of range.
LaDaniel Strong is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Strong on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Strong looks to land a right hand but Palhares moved out of range.
Palhares with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Strong throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Palhares sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strong uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Palhares.
Strong scores with a jab to the head.
Palhares has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Strong.
Palhares scores with a leg kick.
Strong lands with an overhand left.
Palhares shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Strong as he avoids it easily.
Palhares tried to score with a low kick but Strong checks it.
Strong works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Strong moves away from the strike by Palhares.
Strong changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Strong lands a jab to the head.
Palhares throws out a leg kick but Strong moves out of range and Palhares only half commits.
Strong moves away from the strike by Palhares.
Strong lands a right hook to the body.
Palhares fails with a takedown attempt.
Palhares tries to close the distance and clinch up but Strong swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Palhares drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but LaDaniel Strong will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Jab by Strong.
Strong wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Strong with a nice cross.
Good leg kick by Strong.
Nice cross by Strong.
Palhares lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
LaDaniel Strong seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Palhares moves out of range as Strong strikes.
Palhares misses with an attempted mid kick.
Palhares tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Strong swivels and escapes.
Palhares with a jab.
It looks like LaDaniel Strong has been cut.
Strong checks a leg kick.
Strong misses with a hook.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Strong enables Palhares to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Strong manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Palhares landing some decent shots from guard.
Strong wants to stand up but Palhares is controlling him.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Strong can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Palhares trying to control but Strong is working from the bottom.
Palhares works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Strong is staying active underneath Palhares, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Strong wants to get back to his feet.
Strong felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Luis Palhares overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Palhares lands strikes from half guard.
Palhares sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Strong defending well though.
Palhares trying to control from half guard but Strong is working away.
Strong kicks off Palhares and gets to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown attempt by Palhares or perhaps it was just good defense by Strong, which made it look bad.
Palhares cracks a nice hook into Strong's ribs.
Palhares misses with a hook.
Strong swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Strong.
Palhares thumps Strong with a low kick.
Palhares throws a leg kick that misses.
Strong keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Palhares goes for a double leg but Strong avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Strong continues to drive forward.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luis Palhares. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Palhares working aggressively here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Strong.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Palhares creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Strong blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Palhares prevents Strong from breaking the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strong breaks the clinch.
Palhares slips under a jab from Strong.
Palhares throws a chopping leg kick but Strong manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Palhares throws a wild body kick that Strong sees coming a mile off.
Palhares throws a shot from downtown. Strong moves away and avoids it.
Strong dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Strong moves out of range as Palhares throws a body kick.
Strong throws out a counter right but Palhares avoids it with no problem.
Strong misses with the combination.
Palhares throws a hook but Strong blocks it.
Strong fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Palhares looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Strong misses with a wild combination.
Strong scores with a sloppy right hand. Palhares should have avoided that one.
Palhares shoots in looking for a takedown. Strong tries to sprawl out of it but Palhares keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Strong manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Palhares shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A thudding body kick lands there by Palhares!
Strong misses with a straight right.
Palhares fails with the takedown
and Strong counters with a straight right hand.
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!
Palhares closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Strong digs a good body shot into Palhares's ribs.
Palhares misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Good standup being displayed there by Strong as he connects with a hook.
Palhares misses with a low kick as Strong jumps back.
Strong looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Strong takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Strong lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Strong throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
LaDaniel Strong showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on LaDaniel Strong's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Strong blocks the body kick.
Some wild striking there from Strong.
Strong dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Palhares tries to score a power double leg takedown but Strong sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Palhares somewhat.
Palhares takes a swing at Strong's ribcage but misses.
Nice sprawl there from Strong as Palhares shoots in.
Donk. Strong catches Palhares right on the button with a cross.
A big left from Strong misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Strong throws a shot from downtown. Palhares moves away and avoids it.
Strong has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Palhares lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Strong at a distance.
Strong attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Strong lands with a straight right. Palhares didn't see that one coming.
Palhares chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Strong can pounce on him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Palhares misses.
Strong slips under a jab from Palhares.
Strong feints a counter leg kick.
Palhares throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Palhares tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Strong swivels and escapes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luis Palhares. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Strong swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Palhares throws out a leg kick but Strong moves out of range and Palhares only half commits.
Palhares manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Strong on his heels. He'll look to pass Strong's guard now, I'm sure.
Strong wants to stand but Palhares is controlling the position.
Strong working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Palhares.
Strong wants to stand but Palhares is controlling the position.
Palhares throws a big elbow that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Palhares won't allow Strong to get back to his feet.
Palhares is looking to work some ground and pound but Strong has wrist control.
Palhares trying to control the position from guard on top but Strong is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Strong throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Palhares.
Palhares throws a half hearted mid kick.
Palhares slips under a jab from Strong.
Strong swings for the body but Palhares moves out of range.
Strong chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Palhares can pounce on him.
Strong wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Strong fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Palhares manages to avoid it.
Strong scores with a jab to the jaw.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Strong lands with a shot to the body.
Palhares looks to score with a jab to the body but Strong is just out of range.
Palhares slips under a jab from Strong.
Strong jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Strong throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Palhares stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Palhares tries for a takedown but Strong sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Good leg kick by Palhares.
Strong works Palhares's body with a nice hook.
Palhares throws a nice inside leg kick.
Sloppy strikes from Strong. Those never looked like landing.
Strong throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Palhares on the side of the head.
That kick from Palhares tenderised Strong's leg. Strong is trying to keep his angry face on.
Palhares tries to score with a low kick but Strong moves his leg out of the way.
Strong has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Palhares.
Palhares lands a leg kick that knocks Strong off balance momentarily.
Palhares throws a push kick but Strong slaps the foot to one side.
A low kick lands for Strong.
Strong misses with an uppercut.
Palhares slips under a jab from Strong.
Palhares is looking to counter punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Strong lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strong is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Palhares.
A little feinted left hand from Palhares on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Strong bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Strong jabs Palhares right on the nose. Palhares blinks but takes it well.
Nice jab there from Strong.
Luis Palhares has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Palhares tests Strong's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Strong takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Palhares throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Strong uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Palhares.
Strong stalks Palhares and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Palhares's face. Palhares staggers backwards, shaken.
A low kick from Palhares misses
and Strong counters with a series of strikes. Palhares will be more careful next time no doubt.
Strong scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Palhares misses with a hook
and Strong counters with a slapping leg kick.
Palhares looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Strong staying out of range there.
Palhares feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Strongs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Strong takes a shot right to the bread basket.
And that's the end of the fight!
LaDaniel Strong comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Strong winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... LaDaniel Strong!
LaDaniel Strong seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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RATING
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