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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maddox Deleon (ranked 3662 p4p, 3862 weight class) and Jimmy Newman (ranked 348 p4p, 370 weight class). Jimmy Newman is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Maddox Deleon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jimmy Newman!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Deleon takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Deleon lands a glancing blow to the side of Newman's head.
Jimmy Newman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Newman scores with a hook.
Newman tries to close the distance and clinch but Deleon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Newman has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Deleon misses the shot to the body.
Deleon loads up on a big right hand but Newman slips the punch.
Newman misses with a hook.
Newman looks to score with a jab to the body but Deleon is just out of range.
Deleon slips a jab from Newman.
Deleon uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Newman.
Newman will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Newman is looking to clinch.
Newman lands a jab-cross combination.
Newman slips under a jab.
Newman tries to close the distance and clinch but Deleon swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Newman misses with a wild body shot.
Deleon swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Deleon misses with an uppercut. Newman saw that one coming.
Newman misses with a straight right.
Deleon misses with a looping left.
Deleon definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Newman is looking to clinch but Deleon is avoiding it.
Deleon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Newman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Deleon.
Newman tries to clinch but Deleon is having none of it.
Newman doesn't manage to clinch there - Deleon circles away.
Deleon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Newman throws out a loose jab but Deleon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Deleon throws a shot from downtown. Newman moves away and avoids it.
Newman looks to score with a jab to the body but Deleon is just out of range.
Jimmy Newman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Deleon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Newman moves away.
Deleon misses with a hook.
Newman misses with a wild body shot.
Deleon misses with a straight left.
Newman thows a leg kick but Deleon checks it
and Deleon counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Deleon drops an elbow to the side of Newman's head.
Deleon landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Deleon controlling the action here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Deleon takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Deleon tries to pass the half guard into mount. Newman knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Deleon perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Deleon passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Newman!
Deleon content just to control the position here.
Deleon working away from the top, dropping strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Deleon landing punches.
The referee warns Newman that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Whack. That's a big, big shot from Deleon! Newman is out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Maddox Deleon!
Maddox Deleon 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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