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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Pierre Le Pain (ranked 4525 p4p, 4848 weight class) and Eric Koones (ranked 263 p4p, 267 weight class). Koones comes into a darkened arena with his song building. SAW THEME SONG kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Pierre Le Pain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eric Koones!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Paul Tew and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koones wants to land a leg kick but Le Pain is out of range.
Koones misses with a wild combination.
Le Pain is looking to counter punch.
Koones is looking to land body kicks.
Koones throws a right and a left that both miss.
Koones ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Le Pain moves away.
Koones takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Le Pain could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Koones tries to clinch but Le Pain is having none of it.
Le Pain looks to score with a jab to the body but Koones is just out of range.
Koones misses with a head kick.
Koones darts in and clinches Le Pain up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Koones pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Koones misses with an uppercut. Le Pain saw that one coming.
Koones tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Le Pain manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Le Pain throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice defenses there by Le Pain.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koones throws a series of punches but Le Pain avoids them all with ease.
Koones on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A big left from Le Pain misses.
Koones's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Le Pain connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Koones scrambles back to his feet.
A punch combination from Koones misses.
Koones moves in looking to clinch but Le Pain pushes him off.
Le Pain swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Koones doesn't manage to clinch there - Le Pain circles away.
A telegraphed right hand from Le Pain misses the target.
Koones looks to clinch
and Le Pain connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Koones throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Le Pain sees it coming and avoids it easily.
No joy there for Koones, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Koones misses with a low kick.
Le Pain is looking to counter punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Koones. Le Pain does a little dance to reset his feet.
Le Pain thuds his right hand into Koones's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Koones gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head kick misses from Koones.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koones misses with a low kick as Le Pain jumps back.
Koones looks winded!
Le Pain missing with a left hand there. Koones was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Koones is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Le Pain thows a left - swing and a miss!
Koones misses with a wild combination.
Koones throws a nice looking combination but Le Pain bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Koones avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Le Pain dips to his left and cracks Koones with an uppercut!
Le Pain moves out of range as Koones strikes.
Le Pain lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Koones tries to clinch but Le Pain is having none of it.
Le Pain was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A jab from Koones misses.
Le Pain throwing a counter right hand but Koones manages to avoid it.
Le Pain lands a really nice looking cross but Koones seems unphased.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koones is looking to clinch but Le Pain is avoiding it.
Le Pain is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A slow jab from Le Pain misses its intended target.
Koones throws a right hand that Le Pain ducks under and follows up with a left that Le Pain also avoids with ease.
A head kick misses from Koones.
Koones closes the distance but Le Pain moves to the side
and Le Pain counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Le Pain is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Le Pain waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Koones.
Le Pain lands a glancing blow to the side of Koones's head.
Koones looks to clinch
letting Le Pain counter with a right hand.
Koones looking to land some kicks to the body here.
It looks like Le Pain has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Le Pain uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Koones.
Koones keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Le Pain.
Koones wants to clinch but Le Pain slips to the side
letting Le Pain counter with a right hand.
A big left from Le Pain misses.
Eric Koones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Le Pain throws out a loose jab but Koones uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Le Pain - just one landing.
Koones takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Le Pain lands with an uppercut that bounces Koones off the cage and back into range.
Koones throws a low kick but it's checked well by Le Pain.
Koones cracks Le Pain with a good jab.
Koones tries to clinch but Le Pain is having none of it.
Le Pain avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Koones slips under a jab.
A nice side step and Koones releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Koones staying out of range there.
Koones is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Koones fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Koones closes the distance but Le Pain moves to the side
and Le Pain cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jab from Le Pain.
Le Pain lands a slapping body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Pierre Le Pain dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Koones tries to clinch but Le Pain is having none of it.
Koones rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Le Pain moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Koones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Koones wants to clinch.
An attempted straight right counter from Le Pain misses the target.
Koones tries to clinch there but Le Pain circles away.
A big left from Koones misses.
Koones tries to clinch there but Le Pain circles away.
Le Pain is looking to counter punch.
Koones moves away from the strike by Le Pain.
Koones unleashes a big counter combination but Le Pain bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Koones throws the left hand but Le Pain avoids the punch easily.
Koones bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Koones on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Le Pain is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Koones.
Le Pain ducks under a wild hook from Koones.
Le Pain is looking to counter punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Koones throws a head kick that misses.
Koones fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Le Pain is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Koones can do to turn this around?
Koones misses with a hook
and Le Pain counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Koones tries to clinch but Le Pain moves out of range.
Le Pain keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Koones is breathing heavily.
Le Pain misses with a looping left.
Le Pain misses with a straight right.
Koones throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A little feinted left hand from Le Pain on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Le Pain bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Le Pain throws a hook but Koones blocks it.
Le Pain throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Koones sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Eric Koones is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Koones throws a chopping leg kick but Le Pain manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Koones moves away from the strike by Le Pain.
Le Pain steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Koones. That one must have hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koones throws a low kick but Le Pain moves out of range easily.
Le Pain slips a straight right by Koones.
Koones tries to clinch there but Le Pain circles away.
An attempted straight right counter from Le Pain misses the target.
Le Pain misses with a hook.
Koones misses with an uppercut. Le Pain saw that one coming.
Koones fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Le Pain on the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Le Pain ducks under a wild hook from Koones.
Le Pain getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Koones throws the left hand but Le Pain avoids the punch easily.
Le Pain circles away from the clinch attempt.
A low kick from Koones misses
and Le Pain counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Le Pain throws a big shot that misses.
Koones tries a quick counter leg kick but Le Pain is wise to it.
Koones tries to clinch up.
Pierre Le Pain is winning the standup battle so far.
Koones ducks under a wild hook from Le Pain.
Koones tries to score with a low kick but Le Pain moves his leg out of the way.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koones tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Le Pain paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Le Pain looks to land a right hand but Koones moved out of range.
Koones tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Le Pain manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Le Pain was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Le Pain throws out a loose jab but Koones uses good head movement to avoid it.
Le Pain loads up on a big right hand but Koones slips the punch.
Koones ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Koones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A little feinted left hand from Le Pain on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Koones fails with an attempt to clinch.
Koones has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A slow jab from Le Pain misses its intended target.
Koones rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Le Pain moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Koones lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Le Pain circles away quickly and effectively.
Le Pain throwing a counter right hand but Koones manages to avoid it.
Le Pain scores with a nice head shot.
Koones throws a leg kick but Le Pain moved away.
Koones takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Koones is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Koones takes one to the side of the head.
Koones closes the distance and clinches.
Koones tries to circle away but Le Pain has him pinned against the cage.
Koones blocks the elbow strike.
Le Pain misses with the head strike.
A nice left hand lands by Le Pain.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koones is looking to break free of the clinch but Le Pain has double underhooks.
Koones is trying to break free.
Le Pain has Koones pressed against the cage, preventing Koones from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Le Pain misses with some punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Pierre Le Pain dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
A combination from Koones does no damage.
Le Pain pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Le Pain cracks Koones with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Koones throws a solid leg kick but Le Pain takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Koones.
An attempted straight right counter from Le Pain misses the target.
Le Pain scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Koones wants to clinch.
Eric Koones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A clash of legs there as Le Pain blocks the low kick.
Koones fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Koones is looking to clinch but Le Pain is avoiding it.
Koones tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Le Pain counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Koones keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Le Pain.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Pain checks a leg kick.
Le Pain on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Koones takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Koones tries to clinch but Le Pain is having none of it.
An attempted straight right counter from Le Pain misses the target.
Koones throws a hook but Le Pain blocks it.
Koones rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Le Pain moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Koones 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.
Koones tries to land a leg kick but Le Pain saw it coming and moves away.
Koones is looking to clinch but Le Pain is avoiding it.
Le Pain was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Le Pain throws a jab but it's blocked by Koones.
Koones wants to clinch up but Le Pain keeps it at a distance.
Koones throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Le Pain.
Koones ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A combination from Koones does no damage.
Le Pain works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Koones moves out of range as Le Pain strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koones throws a leg kick but Le Pain sees it coming and moves out of range.
Good shot there by Le Pain.
Sloppy strikes from Koones. Those never looked like landing.
Le Pain misses with a straight left.
Koones swinging wildly here.
Le Pain throwing a counter right hand but Koones manages to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Le Pain scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Le Pain feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kooness jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Le Pain keeps the fight on the outside.
Le Pain throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Koones sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Le Pain jabs at Koones's body.
Koones uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Le Pain.
Koones gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koones displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Le Pain throws out the jab.
Le Pain throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Koones on the side of the head.
Le Pain misses with a hook. Koones ducked under it nicely.
Koones throws a head kick but Le Pain moves out of range.
Le Pain throws a lazy right hand but Koones sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Koones throws a counter combo.
Koones takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Le Pain swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Le Pain looks to land a right hand but Koones moved out of range.
Koones slips a jab from Le Pain.
Le Pain uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Koones.
Le Pain blocks a head kick by Koones.
A little feinted left hand from Le Pain on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Le Pain pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Koones tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
A jab from Le Pain does it's job there.
Nice uppercut there from Le Pain.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le Pain swats away the attempt to clinch by Koones.
A big left from Le Pain misses.
Koones fails in his attempt to clinch.
Le Pain blocks a jab.
Koones slips under a jab.
Sloppy strikes from Koones. Those never looked like landing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Le Pain clinches up against the cage.
Le Pain lands a hook that snaps the head of Koones backwards.
Le Pain lands a damaging elbow.
Koones tries to circle away but Le Pain has him pinned against the cage.
Le Pain has Koones pressed against the cage, preventing Koones from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pierre Le Pain showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Le Pain 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 James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pierre Le Pain!
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RATING
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