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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leslie Sambosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Curtis Peterson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sambosa's entrance music is Bleach Stain. A fine choice. Peterson has chosen Rising' by Stuck Mojo as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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194 cm
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274 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
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200 cm
23
275 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Leslie Sambosa! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Curtis Peterson! The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Russell Pearce and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Peterson blocks a jab. Peterson looks to land a left hand but Sambosa moved out of range nicely. Peterson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sambosa. Peterson misses with a head kick.
Peterson tries to close the distance and clinch but Sambosa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. A big left from Peterson misses. Peterson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
It looks like Leslie Sambosa has been cut. Peterson slips a jab from Sambosa. Peterson tries to clinch up but Sambosa circles away and keeps his distance. Sambosa avoids a punch combination nicely.
Peterson gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard. The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring. 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! Sambosa landing with the ground and pound. Peterson punching from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round. Sambosa with a nice head shot there. Sambosa stands up over Peterson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head. The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves. Sambosa loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. Peterson wants to sweep here but Sambosa controlling him for the moment. Sambosa landing some decent shots from guard. Sambosa stands up over Peterson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head. Peterson throws a nice elbow from the bottom. Sambosa lands a couple of digs. Peterson has momentary wrist control but Sambosa slips an elbow through the middle. Sambosa with a flurry of punches that miss. Peterson throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Sambosa working some strikes from top position. Sambosa cracks Peterson with a solid left hand. Sambosa has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player. Peterson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Sambosa distracts Peterson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm. Sambosa postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head. Sambosa working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Peterson's head. Sambosa lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard. Sambosa lands a couple of elbows. Sambosa stands up over Peterson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head. Sambosa scoring with punches to the head and body. Sambosa stands up over Peterson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head. There's a bit of a scramble here and now Peterson is on top in guard.
Sambosa throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land. Sambosa looking to sweep here. No luck so far. The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. Peterson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sambosa's head. Sambosa striking off his back. Peterson is pushing down on Sambosa's leg trying to pass to half guard. Sambosa is fighting to maintain full guard but Peterson has managed to sneak the leg through. Peterson looks gassed! Sambosa striking from the bottom. Sambosa misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Peterson scoring with strikes to the body and head. Sambosa on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Sambosa tries to get out of the position. Sambosa wants to improve his position but Peterson is controlling well.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Sambosa missing with punches from the bottom.
Sambosa missing with punches from the bottom.
Sambosa makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Sambosa. Sambosa lands some strikes from the bottom. Peterson connects with a couple of short punches. Peterson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots. Sambosa throwing rabbit punches from the bottom - showing the judges that he's keeping busy. Peterson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent. Sambosa looking to sweep here. No luck so far. Sambosa scores with a couple of body punches from the bottom.
Sambosa throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Sambosa preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. Sambosa doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Sambosa trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
That's four minutes gone in the round. Sambosa wants to sweep here but Peterson controlling him for the moment.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up. Sambosa closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Peterson did well to prevent Sambosa getting side control. Sambosa slips a nice elbow through Peterson's hands, connecting with Peterson's forehead. Sambosa prevents Peterson from improving his position. Sambosa working over Peterson with some ground and pound. Peterson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable. Peterson on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound. Sambosa looks to score some points with some ground and pound. Sambosa takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists. Sambosa working Peterson over with strikes. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Sambosa winds up and cracks Peterson with a swinging punch to the side of the head. Both fighters really going for it on the ground here! Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Peterson trying to hold on to Sambosa's head to control him but Sambosa postures up.
Peterson missing with punches from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leslie Sambosa dominated that round. The cut man is working on Leslie Sambosa's cut. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Peterson doesn't succeed with the takedown and Sambosa counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Peterson! Peterson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position. Peterson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position. Sambosa landing punches. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Sambosa with shots to the head and body - Peterson looks very uncomfortable down there. Peterson takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Sambosa's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leslie Sambosa!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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