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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lucas Preston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jerome Le Banner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Le Banner comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bomfunk MC's - Freestyler kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Jerome Le Banner has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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260 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
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260 lbs
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lucas Preston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jerome Le Banner!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Paulsen Ambrosius and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Le Banner misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Some wild striking there from Le Banner.
Le Banner buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Le Banner lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Le Banner looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Preston misses the shot to the body.
Le Banner throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Preston.
A punch combination from Le Banner misses.
Le Banner sizes up Preston with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Some wild striking there from Le Banner.
Preston takes one to the chin there.
No joy there for Le Banner, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Le Banner lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Preston circles away quickly and effectively.
Le Banner misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Banner looks to land a combination but Preston avoids it well.
Le Banner lands the left hand.
Preston shoots for a takedown but Le Banner saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Le Banner fails to land with a series of punches.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Preston checks a leg kick.
Le Banner's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Le Banner duly obliges.
Le Banner lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Le Banner pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Le Banner leaves Preston with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Preston moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Preston takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Le Banner misses with a few strikes there.
Preston takes a swing at Le Banner's ribcage but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le Banner scores with a nice right hand.
Preston dodges the punch combination from Le Banner.
Nice straight punches there by Le Banner. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Le Banner.
Preston dodges the punch combination from Le Banner.
Le Banner throws a right and a left that Preston avoids nicely.
Preston slips a jab and a cross from Le Banner.
Jerome Le Banner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A combination from Le Banner does no damage.
Le Banner swinging wilding here.
Le Banner misses with a wild combination.
Le Banner fails to land with a series of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le Banner misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Le Banner tries to score with a low kick but Preston moves his leg out of the way.
Le Banner wants to slow Preston down by chopping away at his legs.
Le Banner tries to score with a low kick but Preston moves his leg out of the way.
Le Banner misses with a double jab.
Preston changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Le Banner tries to avoid it but Preston manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Le Banner to the ground. Le Banner escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Lucas Preston. That's going to take a lot out of him.
No joy there for Le Banner, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Le Banner misses with a wild combination.
Le Banner tries to bum rush Preston with a series of wild strikes but Preston uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Preston showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Le Banner.
Le Banner throws a leg kick but Preston checks it.
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.
Le Banner swinging wilding here.
Preston fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Le Banner moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Le Banner looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A decent looking cross lands there for Le Banner.
Preston shoots for a takedown but Le Banner saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Le Banner lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Preston shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Le Banner as he avoids it easily.
Le Banner misses with a low kick.
Preston uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Le Banner.
Le Banner tries to bum rush Preston with a series of wild strikes but Preston uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Preston changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jerome Le Banner dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Le Banner lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Preston circles away quickly and effectively.
Le Banner misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Le Banner throws a jab when Preston was well out of range.
Horrible takedown by Preston or perhaps it was just good defense by Le Banner which made him look bad.
Le Banner lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Le Banner misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A head kick misses from Le Banner.
Le Banner tries a low kick but Preston avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Preston showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Le Banner.
Le Banner throws a nice looking combination but Preston bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Le Banner tries a head kick but it misses.
Le Banner misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Banner throws a series of strikes that have Preston backpedaling.
Le Banner misses with a jab, cross combination.
Le Banner throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Horrible takedown by Preston or perhaps it was just good defense by Le Banner which made him look bad.
Le Banner doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Preston counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Preston thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Preston stands and throws Le Banner's legs to the side, diving into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Preston tries for a kimura but Le Banner is defending well.
Preston tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Preston goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Le Banner rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Preston's guard! Nice work there by Le Banner!
Preston tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Preston looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Preston wants to sweep but no luck.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Preston throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Le Banner wants to stand but Preston has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Preston looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Preston is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Preston is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Le Banner gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Le Banner missing with a left hand there. Preston was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Le Banner throws an overhand right that lands on Preston's shoulder, as Preston tries to avoid the shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Le Banner.
Le Banner throws a nice looking combination but Preston bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A low kick from Le Banner misses
and Preston counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Le Banner!
Preston fails to take his opponent's back.
Preston throwing strikes here but Le Banner is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Preston goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Le Banner turns into him and now he's in Preston's guard.
Le Banner tries to stand but Preston is controlling from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lucas Preston dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Le Banner turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Le Banner takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Preston avoids a punch combination nicely.
Le Banner looks to land a combination but Preston avoids it well.
Le Banner tries to bum rush Preston with a series of wild strikes but Preston uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Le Banner cracks Preston with a right hand to the side of the head.
Le Banner misses with the combination.
Le Banner will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Le Banner throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Preston.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Preston misses the shot to the body.
Le Banner throws a right and a left that Preston avoids nicely.
Preston shoots in but no luck this time.
Preston decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Preston is trying to control the action in half guard but Le Banner is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Preston trying to pass the guard but Le Banner defending well.
Preston stops Le Banner from getting back to his feet.
Preston throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Preston looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Preston moves nicely into side control.
Le Banner takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Le Banner is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Preston is controlling him well.
Preston wants to control but Le Banner is keeping him busy.
Preston tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Preston working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Preston is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Le Banner is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Preston is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Le Banner has escaped the position, nice work there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Preston throws an elbow but Le Banner slips to the side and avoids it well.
Preston tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Preston has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Preston goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Le Banner has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Preston but great work by Le Banner.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lucas Preston showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Preston has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 29:28
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lucas Preston!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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