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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Learrod Luis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Du Bois (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Decent boxing
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Learrod Luis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Victor Du Bois!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Anni Minnemäki and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Du Bois tries to clinch up.
Nice body punch from Du Bois.
Du Bois misses with a low kick.
Du Bois throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Luis lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Du Bois backs up against the cage.
Du Bois is looking to clinch.
Du Bois lands with an overhand left.
Du Bois rushes Luis and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Luis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Du Bois thows a left - swing and a miss!
Du Bois shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Luis as he avoids it easily.
Du Bois throws a right and a left that Luis avoids nicely.
Luis slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Luis throws a hook to the side of Du Bois's head but Du Bois sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Du Bois is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Du Bois tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Du Bois fails in his attempt to clinch.
Du Bois tries to close the distance and clinch but Luis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luis swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Du Bois swings for the body but Luis moves out of range.
Du Bois tries to clinch there but Luis circles away.
Luis with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Luis.
Du Bois cracks a nice hook into Luis's ribs.
Du Bois fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Luis manages to avoid it.
Du Bois throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Du Bois tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Luis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Du Bois misses with a two punch combination.
Du Bois tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Luis cracks the inside of Du Bois's front leg.
Du Bois will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Du Bois is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Luis.
Du Bois fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luis swats away the attempt to clinch by Du Bois.
Luis chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Luis dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Du Bois. That did some damage!
Luis lands a nice shot that snaps Du Bois's head back.
A nice inside leg kick there by Luis. That's going to slow Du Bois down.
Du Bois looks gassed!
Du Bois throws a hook but Luis avoids it easily.
Du Bois gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Luis.
Luis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Some wild striking there from Luis.
Du Bois tries to close the distance and clinch but Luis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Luis swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Du Bois.
Du Bois tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Luis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Du Bois tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Luis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Du Bois misses with a wild body shot.
Du Bois thows a body shot but no joy.
Luis lands with a thumping leg kick.
Victor Du Bois seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Luis looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Du Bois fails in his attempt to clinch.
Luis lands with a right hand.
Luis is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Du Bois walks into a left hand.
Du Bois closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Luis breaks the clinch.
Luis throws a leg kick which misses Du Bois's front leg but catches the back leg as Du Bois tries to avoid it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Du Bois looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Learrod Luis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jab, jab by Luis - just one landing.
Du Bois is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Luis misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Luis, as that shot connected.
Du Bois tries to close the distance and clinch up but Luis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Du Bois fails with an attempt to clinch.
Du Bois moves in looking to clinch but Luis pushes him off.
Du Bois tries to clinch but Luis is having none of it.
Luis scores with a jab to the head.
Du Bois throws a lazy right hand but Luis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Du Bois takes one to the side of the head.
Luis misses with a low kick.
Du Bois's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Luis on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Du Bois moves in looking to clinch but Luis pushes him off.
Du Bois tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Du Bois is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Learrod Luis dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Du Bois misses with a series of wild punches.
Du Bois wants to clinch up but Luis keeps it at a distance.
Du Bois throws a hook to the side of Luis's head but Luis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Luis on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Du Bois tries to clinch up but Luis circles away and keeps his distance.
Luis lands with a straight right. Du Bois didn't see that one coming.
Du Bois tries to move into range but Luis moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Luis connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Du Bois ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Du Bois jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Luis swats away the attempt to clinch by Du Bois.
Du Bois tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Learrod Luis is winning the standup battle so far.
Luis feints and then cracks Du Bois's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Du Bois down.
Victor Du Bois is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luis throws a jab but it's blocked by Du Bois.
Du Bois tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Du Bois is looking to clinch.
Du Bois throws a body punch but Luis moves out of range.
Luis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Du Bois.
Du Bois tries to clinch but Luis is having none of it.
Du Bois fails to land with a series of punches.
Luis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Du Bois.
Du Bois throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Du Bois tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Luis was well out of range. Poor timing from Du Bois.
Luis throws a nice outside leg kick.
Du Bois fails in his attempt to clinch.
A good leg kick by Luis.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Du Bois throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Du Bois tries to clinch there but Luis circles away.
That's two 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.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Du Bois.
Du Bois tries to clinch up.
Luis throws a leg kick which misses Du Bois's front leg but catches the back leg as Du Bois tries to avoid it.
Du Bois on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Luis. Luis obviously looking to wear him down.
Luis throws a quick inside leg kick.
A left lands for Luis.
Luis scoring well with a low kick there.
Du Bois tries to move into range but Luis moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Luis.
Du Bois looks to land a right hand but Luis moved out of range.
Du Bois throws a series of punches but Luis moves out of range.
Luis cracks the inside of Du Bois's front leg.
Luis chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Du Bois tries to close the distance and clinch but Luis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Luis cracks Du Bois with an open hand slap.
A looping hook to the body misses from Du Bois. Luis does a little dance to reset his feet.
Du Bois tries to clinch there but Luis circles away.
Du Bois on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Luis. Luis obviously looking to wear him down.
Du Bois moves in looking to clinch but Luis pushes him off.
A nice leg kick lands there from Luis.
Luis throws a series of strikes that have Du Bois backpedaling.
Luis connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Du Bois missing with a left hand there. Luis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Du Bois misses the jab.
Du Bois misses with an uppercut.
Du Bois thows a leg kick but Luis checks it
and Luis counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Du Bois takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Luis.
Luis turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Du Bois misses with a straight right.
Nice defenses there by Du Bois.
Du Bois wants to clinch
and Luis counters with an outside leg kick.
Du Bois wants to clinch but Luis slips to the side
and Luis counters with a slapping leg kick.
Du Bois with a lazy takedown attempt
and Luis counters with a nice leg kick.
Du Bois shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Luis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Luis cracks Du Bois with an open hand slap.
Luis lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Du Bois circles away quickly and effectively.
Luis lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Du Bois moves away from the strike by Luis.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Learrod Luis dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Du Bois clinches up with Luis and pushes him back against the cage.
Du Bois fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Du Bois tries to circle away but Luis has him pinned against the cage.
Du Bois tries to break free but Luis pushes him back against the cage.
Du Bois looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Du Bois wants to break the clinch but can't.
Luis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Du Bois's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Du Bois duly obliges.
Du Bois tries to clinch
and Luis counters with a slapping leg kick.
Du Bois throws a leg kick
and Luis counters with a good low kick that Du Bois was not able to check.
Nice cross by Du Bois.
Luis buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Luis staying out of range there.
Du Bois tries to clinch
and Luis counters with a nice low kick that buckles Du Bois's knee momentarily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Du Bois swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luis dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Du Bois. That did some damage!
Du Bois wants to clinch
and Luis counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Du Bois tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting Luis counter with a right hand.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Luis.
Du Bois misses with a wild combination.
Du Bois closes the distance looking to clinch
and Luis counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Luis smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A nice inside leg kick there by Luis. That's going to slow Du Bois down.
Du Bois bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Du Bois fails to land with a series of punches.
Luis moves away from the strike by Du Bois.
Du Bois is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Du Bois closes the distance but Luis moves to the side
and Luis counters with a thumping low kick.
Luis throws a nice inside leg kick.
Du Bois tries to clinch up
and Luis counters with a slapping leg kick.
Du Bois loads up on a big right hand but Luis slips the punch.
Luis clobbers Du Bois with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Du Bois uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Luis.
Luis throws a chopping leg kick but Du Bois manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Luis moves out of range as Du Bois strikes.
A telegraphed right hand from Luis misses the target.
Du Bois scores with a decent looking hook.
Du Bois looks to clinch
and Luis counters with a nice low kick that buckles Du Bois's knee momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Du Bois throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fight stays on the outside here - Du Bois looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Du Bois.
Du Bois misses with a looping right.
Luis staying out of range there.
Du Bois looks to clinch
and Luis counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Du Bois looks to clinch
and Luis counters with a three punch combo that has Du Bois backing up. Du Bois nods at Luis to acknowledge the strikes.
Luis scores with a sloppy right hand. Du Bois should have avoided that one.
Du Bois tries to clinch up
enabling Luis to counter with a crisp jab.
Du Bois tries to clinch
and Luis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
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.
Du Bois closes the distance looking to clinch
and Luis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Du Bois has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Du Bois tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Luis counters with a one-two to the body.
Du Bois tries to clinch
and Luis counters with a thumping low kick.
Du Bois throws a series of punches but Luis avoids them all with ease.
Luis misses with a combination
and Du Bois counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Victor Du Bois has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Du Bois misses with a low kick as Luis jumps back.
Luis scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Du Bois misses.
Luis ducks under a wild hook from Du Bois.
Du Bois takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A slow jab from Du Bois misses its intended target.
And that's the end of the fight!
Learrod Luis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Luis, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:27
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:27
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Learrod Luis!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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