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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nikolay Grigoriev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and LeRoy LeBlanc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). LeBlanc has chosen Tèrez Montcalm - Sweet Dreams as his entrance music. LeRoy LeBlanc has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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185 cm
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210 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
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193 cm
20
212 lbs
7 - 0 - 0 |
Dangerous GnP
Great elbows
Experienced |
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Nikolay Grigoriev! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, LeRoy LeBlanc! The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Thiago Cunha and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! LeBlanc lands a glancing blow to the side of Grigoriev's head. Grigoriev misses with a hook. LeBlanc ducked under it nicely. LeBlanc waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Grigoriev. Grigoriev is looking to clinch but LeBlanc is avoiding it.
LeBlanc uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Grigoriev. Grigoriev misses with a straight left. LeBlanc avoids the body shot from Grigoriev.
Grigoriev wants to clinch. LeBlanc fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
LeBlanc lands a nice shot that snaps Grigoriev's head back.
LeBlanc throws a leg kick but Grigoriev sees it coming and checks it nicely. LeBlanc on the wrong end of a nice hook. Grigoriev tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but LeBlanc was well out of range. Poor timing from Grigoriev. Grigoriev misses with a body shot.
Grigoriev closes the distance and pushes LeBlanc back into the cage. Grigoriev pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Grigoriev pushes off an throws an elbow but LeBlanc leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. LeBlanc avoids a wild elbow strike from Grigoriev. A looping hook to the body misses from LeBlanc. Grigoriev does a little dance to reset his feet. Grigoriev looks to score with a jab to the body but LeBlanc is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round. LeBlanc moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. LeBlanc sizes up Grigoriev with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle. Grigoriev misses with an uppercut. Grigoriev keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Grigoriev swings for the body but LeBlanc moves out of range.
Grigoriev lands with a cross. Grigoriev throws an overhand right that lands on LeBlanc's shoulder, as LeBlanc tries to avoid the shot. LeBlanc throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Grigoriev lunges at LeBlanc with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by LeBlanc's hand. LeBlanc pushing out the jab but it's not landing. LeBlanc misses with a wild combination.
Grigoriev throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
LeBlanc steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Grigoriev. Grigoriev digs a good body shot into LeBlanc's ribs. LeBlanc takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! LeBlanc misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Grigoriev.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Nice body punch from Grigoriev. Grigoriev thows a body shot but no joy. Grigoriev connects with a crisp jab. Grigoriev takes a swing at LeBlanc's ribcage but misses. Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from LeBlanc. Grigoriev bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of LeBlanc's head. LeBlanc misses with a wild body shot. Grigoriev looks to score with a jab to the body but LeBlanc is just out of range. Grigoriev tries to clinch but LeBlanc moves out of range. Grigoriev keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A jab from Grigoriev misses. Grigoriev throws a body kick the misses and LeBlanc counters with a low kick, right behind Grigoriev 's knee. Grigoriev throws an overhand right that lands on LeBlanc's shoulder, as LeBlanc tries to avoid the shot. Grigoriev tries to clinch there but LeBlanc circles away.
Grigoriev swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grigoriev looks to throw the jab but LeBlanc is out of range. Grigoriev tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but LeBlanc was well out of range. Poor timing from Grigoriev.
That's three minutes gone in the round. LeBlanc keeps the fight on the outside. LeBlanc fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Grigoriev tries to clinch but LeBlanc moves out of range. LeBlanc moves out of range as Grigoriev strikes. Grigoriev misses with a straight left. Grigoriev throws a hook to the side of LeBlanc's head but LeBlanc sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Grigoriev swings for the body but LeBlanc moves out of range.
Grigoriev throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Grigoriev throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Grigoriev tries to clinch but LeBlanc moves away and LeBlanc counters with a stiff right hand. Grigoriev thows a body shot but no joy. A telegraphed right hand from LeBlanc misses the target. A slow jab from Grigoriev misses its intended target. Grigoriev slips a jab and a cross from LeBlanc.
LeBlanc misses with a hook. LeBlanc scores with a three punch combo!
Grigoriev wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Decent striking displayed by Grigoriev there. LeBlanc misses with a wild combination.
LeBlanc lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. No joy there for LeBlanc, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Grigoriev uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from LeBlanc. Grigoriev drives through and clinches with LeBlanc against the cage.
Grigoriev lands an elbow inside. LeBlanc can't break the clinch.
Grigoriev lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. Grigoriev creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. LeBlanc misses with a shot to the kidneys.
LeBlanc wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Grigoriev has him pressed against the cage. LeBlanc breaks from the clinch.
LeBlanc displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Grigoriev tries to clinch up. Grigoriev pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Grigoriev with a nice cross. LeBlanc throws a hook but Grigoriev avoids it easily. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but LeRoy LeBlanc will probably get the nod. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Grigoriev just misses with a punch to the body.
Grigoriev tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but LeBlanc was well out of range. Poor timing from Grigoriev. Grigoriev misses with a wild body shot. LeBlanc staying out of range there. LeRoy LeBlanc seems to be getting the better of the standup. Grigoriev wants to clinch up but LeBlanc keeps it at a distance. Grigoriev takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it. Grigoriev loads up on a big right hand but LeBlanc slips the punch. Grigoriev throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
LeBlanc lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by LeBlanc. LeBlanc throws out a leg kick but Grigoriev moves out of range and LeBlanc only half commits. Grigoriev looks to clinch and LeBlanc counters with a straight punch to the midsection. LeBlanc scores with a decent looking hook. Grigoriev avoids a low kick by using good footwork. Grigoriev throws a sloppy body shot
and LeBlanc counters with a series of strikes that really hurt Grigoriev! The ref looks into his eyes and sees nobody home - he's called the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). LeRoy LeBlanc! LeRoy LeBlanc is the new light heavyweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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