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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Carl Weathers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lyoto Maia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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200 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Carl Weathers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Lyoto Maia!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Paul Tew and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Weathers swats away the attempt to clinch by Maia.
Weathers on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Maia drops his hands momentarily and Weathers takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Weathers lands a nice looking body shot.
Maia throws a series of punches but Weathers moves out of range.
Weathers throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Maia avoids a punch combination nicely.
Maia lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Maia moves into the clinch.
Maia misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Weathers.
Maia landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Maia misses with a knee to the head.
Maia lands a good knee to the midsection. Weathers won't want to take too many of those.
Weathers avoiding damage as Maia throws knees to the body.
Maia lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Carl Weathers has been cut.
Maia working Weathers over with knees to the body.
Maia working Weathers over with knees to the body.
Weathers working aggressively here.
Maia lands a nice knee to the body.
Weathers is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Weathers tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Weathers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Maia lands an elbow that stopped Weathers in his tracks for a moment.
Nice elbow from Maia.
Maia misses with a knee to the head.
Maia landing knees to the body.
Maia lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Maia with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Weathers takes a knee to the side of the body.
Maia tries to land knees in the clinch but Weathers avoids the damage to the body.
Maia connects with a nasty looking knee right to Weathers's face.
Maia with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Maia lands a nice knee to the body.
Weathers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Maia lands a knee to the body.
Maia scores with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maia lands a damaging elbow.
Maia trying to land knees to the body.
Weathers doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Maia is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Weathers looking to slow down the pace here.
A frustrated look appears on Weathers's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Maia comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Maia misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Weathers.
Weathers misses with the head strike.
Weathers takes a knee to the side of the body.
Maia tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Weathers avoiding damage as Maia throws knees to the body.
Maia unloads a knee to the mid-section. Weathers lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Maia with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Maia crunches a lovely knee into Weathers's ribcage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maia putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Weathers in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Weathers misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knees to the body from Maia.
Maia utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Maia landing knees to the body.
Weathers is working Maia over against the cage.
Maia with a knee to the head.
Weathers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Weathers is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Maia missing with knees to the body.
Maia with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Maia unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maia tries to land a knee to the head but Weathers blocks with his arms.
Weathers working aggressively here.
Weathers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Weathers managing to block the knees to the body from Maia.
Maia misses with a knee to the head.
Maia looking to throw knees to the head but Weathers is blocking nicely.
Weathers takes a knee right on the jaw!
Maia tries to land knees in the clinch but Weathers avoids the damage to the body.
Maia is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Weathers is defending well for now.
Maia tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Weathers managing to block the knees to the body from Maia.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Maia connects with a knee to the head.
Maia misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Weathers.
Maia tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Maia blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lyoto Maia dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Carl Weathers's cut.
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.
Weathers clobbers Maia with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Maia takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Maia takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Weathers lands a head shot.
Donk. Weathers catches Maia right on the button with a cross.
Weathers throws a right hand that Maia ducks under and follows up with a left that Maia also avoids with ease.
Weathers fails to land with a series of punches.
Maia lets loose with a powerful body kick. Weathers will feel that in the morning.
Maia lands a high kick!
Weathers rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Maia moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Maia is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Maia uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Weathers.
Maia takes a jab right on the kisser.
Weathers misses with a two punch combination.
Weathers lands a jab to Maia's midsection.
Weathers looks to land a combination. Maia sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Weathers moves into range and connects with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Weathers lands a jab.
Maia takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maia is looking to clinch.
Maia cracks the inside of Weathers's front leg.
Weathers lands a jab to the head.
Maia fails with an attempt to clinch.
Maia is looking to land body kicks.
Maia is breathing heavily.
Maia shoots in for a takedown but Weathers shows good takedown defense.
Maia walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Weathers circles away from the clinch attempt.
Carl Weathers is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fighters circle momentarily. Weathers darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Weathers looks to land a combination but Maia avoids it well.
Weathers keeps the fight on the outside.
Weathers keeps the fight on the outside.
Weathers throws out a powerful jab.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Maia.
Weathers scores with a nice strike.
Maia needs to keep his hands up - Weathers had a free shot at his head there.
Carl Weathers is winning the standup battle so far.
Maia takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Weathers lands a really nice looking cross but Maia seems unphased.
Weathers fails to land with a series of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Weathers drops his hands momentarily and Maia takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Weathers slips a jab from Maia.
Maia tries to work over Weathers's front leg with a kick but Weathers checks it.
Carl Weathers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maia tries to close the distance and clinch but Weathers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Weathers moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab from Weathers does it's job there.
Weathers keeps the fight on the outside.
Carl Weathers is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Weathers lands a nice hook to Maia's body. Maia takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Maia has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Weathers scores with a hook to the body. Maia takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Weathers lands the left hand.
Weathers connects with a crisp jab.
Nice jab there from Weathers.
Weathers connects with the punch.
Weathers scores with a jab to the head.
Maia takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Weathers leaves Maia with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Weathers throws a right hand that Maia ducks under and follows up with a left that Maia also avoids with ease.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weathers lands a nice looking body shot.
Weathers moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Weathers falls off balance throwing a combination
and Maia counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Maia takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Maia moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Weathers lands a slapping body shot.
Weathers throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Maia stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Weathers stalks Maia and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Maia's face. Maia staggers backwards, shaken.
A jab from Weathers does it's job there.
Maia moves forwards but Weathers connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Weathers connects with a good right hand that stumbles Maia. Maia circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A jab lands there for Weathers.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Maia misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Weathers.
Left hook, right uppercut from Weathers.
A punch lands to the side of Maia 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Weathers avoids the head kick by Maia.
Weathers digs a good hook to Maia's body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Weathers scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
A nice combination there by Weathers.
Maia takes a jab right on the kisser.
Weathers lands the left hand.
Weathers misses with a few strikes there.
Weathers stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Maia has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Weathers misses with a jab, cross combination.
Weathers smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Maia plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Weathers is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Nice uppercut there from Weathers.
Weathers lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Weathers lands a jab.
Maia wants to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Maia gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Weathers scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carl Weathers dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Carl Weathers's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Maia has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Some wild striking there from Weathers.
Weathers fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Maia moves into the clinch.
Maia tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Maia scores with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Maia.
Maia with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Maia is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Maia tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Weathers working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Maia.
Maia misses with a knee to the head.
Maia takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Weathers managing to block the knees to the body from Maia.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Weathers.
Maia unloads a knee to the mid-section. Weathers lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Weathers managing to block the knees to the body from Maia.
Weathers managing to block the knees to the body from Maia.
Weathers stalling against the cage.
Maia throws an elbow that misses.
Maia tries to land a knee to the head but Weathers blocks with his arms.
Weathers looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Maia blocks an uppercut.
Maia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Weathers is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Maia with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Maia misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Weathers.
Maia putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Weathers in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Maia misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Weathers.
Maia misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Weathers.
That's two 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.
Weathers swings wildly with an uppercut but Maia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Maia misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Weathers.
Weathers tries a body shot but Maia blocks it.
Lyoto Maia seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Weathers lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Maia backwards.
Maia tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Weathers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Maia blocks a body shot from Weathers.
Weathers's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Maia blocks an uppercut.
Weathers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Maia throws a knee to the head but misses.
Weathers managing to block the knees to the body from Maia.
Weathers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Weathers tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Maia's elbow.
Maia throws a knee to the head but misses.
Maia blocks an uppercut.
Maia blocking some punches.
Weathers is trying to maintain a safe position but Maia gets an underhook and turns Weathers into the cage.
Weathers misses with some punches.
Maia trying to land knees to the body.
Maia misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Weathers.
Weathers fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Maia putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Weathers in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Maia tries to land knees in the clinch but Weathers avoids the damage to the body.
Maia tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Weathers takes an elbow to the forehead.
Maia looking to throw knees to the head but Weathers is blocking nicely.
Weathers throws a head punch that misses.
That's four 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.
Weathers lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Maia lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Maia with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Maia.
Maia trying to land knees to the body.
Maia keeps control of Weathers as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Maia throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Weathers blocks it with crossed arms.
Weathers misses with some punches.
Weathers tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Weathers blocks an elbow strike.
Maia trying to land knees to the body.
Weathers tries to break the clinch but Maia is controlling the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Weathers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Maia misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Weathers.
Weathers wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Weathers tries to stall but Maia uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lyoto Maia comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Maia 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lyoto Maia!
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