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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lex Luger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Beckett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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192 lbs
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192 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lex Luger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thomas Beckett!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Tiny Johnson and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beckett circles away from the clinch attempt.
Luger stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Luger wants it to stay on the feet.
Beckett swats away the attempt to clinch by Luger.
Beckett looks to land a combination. Luger sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Thomas Beckett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Luger is looking to clinch but Beckett is avoiding it.
Beckett scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Beckett tries to stand and escape but Luger is controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Luger wants to get back to his feet.
Beckett gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
No joy there for Beckett, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beckett keeps the fight on the outside.
Luger wants to clinch up but Beckett keeps it at a distance.
Luger gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Lex Luger is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Luger showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Beckett.
Beckett scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Beckett swats away the attempt to clinch by Luger.
Beckett swats away the attempt to clinch by Luger.
Beckett misses with a head kick.
Luger tries to clinch there but Beckett circles away.
Beckett fails to land the takedown.
Beckett looks gassed!
Beckett circles away from the clinch attempt.
Luger gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Beckett working hard to break the clinch.
Luger misses with a short punch on the inside.
Luger misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luger working aggressively here.
Luger swings wildly with an uppercut but Beckett uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beckett is trying to break the clinch but Luger has him pressed against the cage.
Beckett is looking to control Luger's arms but Luger gets an underhook and turns him. Now Beckett has his back to the cage.
Beckett pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Beckett keeps the fight on the outside.
Luger fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Luger looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Luger tries to close the distance and clinch but Beckett swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Luger forces Beckett back against the cage and clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Luger.
Beckett wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Luger has a couple of punches blocked by Beckett.
Luger throws a head punch that misses.
Beckett wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Luger has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Luger.
Beckett escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Luger tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Luger tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Luger is looking to clinch.
Luger moves in looking to clinch but Beckett pushes him off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beckett scores with a punch to the head.
Luger tries to clinch up.
Luger fails with an attempt to clinch.
Luger tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Beckett paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Luger tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Beckett swats away the attempt to clinch by Luger.
Luger tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Beckett paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Beckett looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Lex Luger has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thomas Beckett.
Luger is looking to clinch.
Beckett moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Beckett avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Luger fails in his attempt to clinch.
Beckett swats away the attempt to clinch by Luger.
Beckett shoots in and drives through. Luger sprawls well.
Luger doesn't manage to clinch there - Beckett circles away.
Luger tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Beckett paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Luger tries to clinch there but Beckett circles away.
Luger tries to clinch up.
Luger wants to clinch.
Luger fails in his attempt to clinch.
Luger wants to clinch.
Luger is looking to clinch but Beckett is avoiding it.
Beckett avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Beckett feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Luger is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Beckett is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thomas Beckett dominated that round.
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.
Luger is looking to clinch but Beckett is avoiding it.
Luger tries to close the distance and clinch up but Beckett swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Luger tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Beckett paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Beckett moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Luger displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Beckett.
Luger is looking to clinch but Beckett is avoiding it.
Luger is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Luger looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Luger showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Beckett.
Beckett swats away the attempt to clinch by Luger.
Luger is looking to clinch but Beckett is avoiding it.
Luger leaves Beckett with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Luger tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Beckett is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luger tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Beckett will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Lex Luger has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thomas Beckett.
Luger is looking to clinch but Beckett is avoiding it.
Luger is looking to clinch.
Luger wants to clinch.
Luger doesn't manage to clinch there - Beckett circles away.
Beckett swats away the attempt to clinch by Luger.
Beckett avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Luger tries to clinch up.
Luger doesn't manage to clinch there - Beckett circles away.
Luger tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Luger tries to close the distance and clinch but Beckett swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Luger tries to close the distance and clinch up but Beckett swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Luger moves in looking to clinch but Beckett pushes him off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Luger tries to clinch but Beckett moves out of range.
Beckett connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Luger is looking to clinch but Beckett is avoiding it.
Luger tries to close the distance and clinch but Beckett swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Beckett misses with a two punch combination.
Luger moves in looking to clinch but Beckett pushes him off.
The fight stays on the outside here - Luger looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Luger tries to close the distance and clinch up but Beckett swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Luger slaps away a takedown attempt from Beckett, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Beckett keeps the fight on the outside.
Luger moves in looking to clinch but Beckett pushes him off.
Luger wants to clinch.
Luger wants to clinch up but Beckett keeps it at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luger tries to clinch but Beckett is having none of it.
Beckett circles away from the clinch attempt.
Luger tries to clinch there but Beckett circles away.
Beckett scores with a nice head shot.
Beckett misses with a leg kick.
Luger closes the distance and clinches.
Luger swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Luger misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Luger.
Luger gets underhooks to prevent Beckett's takedown attempt.
Luger misses with a punch on the inside.
Beckett tries to break the clinch but Luger is controlling the position.
Beckett has had enough of the clinch but Luger keeps him there for the moment.
Beckett blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Luger swings wildly with an uppercut but Beckett uses good head movement to avoid it.
Beckett blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Luger has Beckett pressed against the cage, preventing Beckett from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Luger throws a head punch that misses.
Beckett blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Beckett blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Luger working aggressively here.
Luger fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Luger throws a punch but it's blocked by Beckett.
Luger misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Luger fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Beckett.
Beckett escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The fight stays on the outside here - Luger looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Luger tries to close the distance and clinch but Beckett swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Luger tries to clinch up.
Beckett throws a hook but Luger blocks it.
Beckett swats away the attempt to clinch by Luger.
Luger fails with an attempt to clinch.
Luger moves in looking to clinch but Beckett pushes him off.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Luger tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Beckett keeps the fight on the outside.
Luger tries to clinch there but Beckett circles away.
Luger checks a low kick from Beckett.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Thomas Beckett will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Beckett shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Luger sprawls well. Luger wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Beckett gets slowly back to his feet.
Luger fails with an attempt to clinch.
Beckett misses with a series of wild punches.
Luger keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Luger tries to close the distance and clinch but Beckett swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Luger tries to clinch there but Beckett circles away.
Luger is looking to clinch.
Luger fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beckett keeps the fight on the outside.
Luger tries to close the distance and clinch up but Beckett swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Beckett keeps the fight on the outside.
Beckett avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Beckett keeps the fight on the outside.
Beckett shoots in but no luck this time.
Lex Luger has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thomas Beckett.
Beckett takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luger tries to clinch up but Beckett circles away and keeps his distance.
Luger fails in his attempt to clinch.
Luger tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Luger is looking to clinch but Beckett is avoiding it.
Luger tries to clinch but Beckett is having none of it.
Luger is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Luger is looking to clinch but Beckett is avoiding it.
Luger tries to clinch but Beckett moves out of range.
Luger is looking to clinch but Beckett is avoiding it.
Lex Luger is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Beckett keeps the fight on the outside.
Beckett throws a right and a left that Luger avoids nicely.
Luger tries to close the distance and clinch but Beckett swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Luger wants to clinch.
Luger tries to close the distance and clinch but Beckett swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Beckett misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Luger.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Beckett wants to land a leg kick but Luger is out of range.
Luger tries to clinch up.
Beckett avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Beckett tries to keep at a distance but Luger has taken the fight into the clinch.
Beckett is trying to break the clinch but Luger has him pressed against the cage.
Beckett tries to stall but Luger uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Beckett blocks an uppercut.
Luger doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Beckett blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Luger lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Beckett is looking to break free of the clinch but Luger has double underhooks.
Luger scores with a nice hook to the head.
Beckett blocking some punches.
Luger swings wildly with an uppercut but Beckett uses good head movement to avoid it.
Luger misses with a punch on the inside.
Luger fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Luger tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Luger swings wildly with an uppercut but Beckett uses good head movement to avoid it.
Luger working aggressively here.
Beckett blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luger throws a punch but it's blocked by Beckett.
Luger misses with a punch on the inside.
Luger throws a punch but it's blocked by Beckett.
Luger prevents Beckett from breaking the clinch.
Beckett tries to break free but Luger pushes him back against the cage.
Luger throws a punch but it's blocked by Beckett.
Beckett blocking some punches.
Beckett is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A head punch on the inside from Luger fails to land.
Luger fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Luger tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Beckett is looking to break free of the clinch but Luger has double underhooks.
Beckett blocks an uppercut.
Beckett is trying to break the clinch but Luger has him pressed against the cage.
Luger tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Luger misses with the head strike.
Beckett blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Luger fails to land.
Luger gets underhooks to prevent Beckett's takedown attempt.
Beckett blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Luger fails to land.
Beckett pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Beckett circles away from the clinch attempt.
Luger moves in looking to clinch but Beckett pushes him off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Beckett.
Luger fails in his attempt to clinch.
Beckett misses with a takedown attempt - Luger sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Beckett closes the distance and clinches up with Luger, looking for a takedown. Beckett pushes Luger against the cage but Luger circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Beckett keeps the fight on the outside.
Beckett fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Luger avoids it really well and circles away.
Luger tries to clinch there but Beckett circles away.
Luger tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Beckett paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Luger blocks a head kick by Beckett.
Luger doesn't manage to clinch there - Beckett circles away.
Thomas Beckett is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Beckett swats away the attempt to clinch by Luger.
Lex Luger has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Luger throws a sloppy head kick
and Beckett makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lex Luger showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Beckett has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thomas Beckett!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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