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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sonny Boy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ric Flair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boy comes to the cage accompanied by Those Dancin Days - Run Run. The crowd seem to be enjoying Flair's choice of entrance music: Ric Flair Intro. Ric Flair has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Sonny Boy's chin.
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217 lbs
10 - 2 - 0 |
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221 lbs
12 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
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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
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Sonny Boy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Ric Flair!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Paul Tew and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boy changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Flair tries to clinch there but Boy circles away.
Boy throws a leg kick that misses.
Boy scoring well with a low kick there.
Boy misses with a straight left.
Flair throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Flair jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Boy throws a big shot that misses.
Good exchange - Boy coming out on top.
Boy lands with a nice combination. Flair backs away looking to recover.
Boy lands a with a good body shot.
Flair swings for the body but Boy moves out of range.
Boy swings away with a body shot that misses
and Flair counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Boy trying to control but Flair postures up.
Boy is holding on to half guard well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boy is looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Flair wants to lay and pray for a moment but Boy keeps working.
Boy is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Boy is refusing to be controlled, as Flair sits in half guard.
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.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Boy digs a good hook to Flair's body.
Flair looks gassed!
Flair avoids a kick to the body.
Flair misses with a head kick.
Boy connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Boy scores with a nice right hand.
Nice uppercut there from Boy.
Flair drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Flair moves forwards but Boy connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Boy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Boy swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Flair.
A head kick misses from Boy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Flair.
Boy is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Boy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Flair swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Boy misses with a double jab.
Flair gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Boy.
Flair thows a body shot but no joy.
Flair thows a body shot but no joy.
Donk. Boy catches Flair right on the button with a cross.
Boy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Boy throws a series of punches but Flair avoids them all with ease.
Boy connects with a crisp jab.
Boy misses with a looping left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boy stalks Flair and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Flair's face. Flair staggers backwards, shaken.
It looks like Ric Flair has been cut.
Flair throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Boy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Flair misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Boy.
Boy misses with a body punch
and Flair counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Flair stalling away here and it's allowed Boy to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Flair throws and elbow that misses. Boy uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Flair's guard. Nice move by Boy!
Boy is looking to stand up but Flair won't let him.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Flair looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sonny Boy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ric Flair's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Flair takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Sonny Boy is winning the standup battle so far.
Boy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Flair.
Boy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Flair circles away quickly and effectively.
Flair takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Boy lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Flair tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Boy throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sonny Boy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Boy lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Boy with a nice cross.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Flair on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Boy throws a left and a right that both miss
and Flair moves into the clinch.
Boy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Flair is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flair throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Flair dodges the punch combination from Boy.
Flair fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Boy defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Flair.
Boy scores with a sloppy right hand. Flair should have avoided that one.
Boy throws a body punch but Flair moves out of range.
Boy swinging wildly here.
Flair avoids a punch combination nicely.
Flair takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boy throws a right and a left that Flair avoids nicely.
Boy misses with a series of wild punches.
Boy swinging wildly here.
Flair takes one on the button.
Boy 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.
Flair fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A left and a right from Boy both land. Nice combination.
Flair takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boy scores with a jab to the body.
Boy throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boy scores with a jab. Flair acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Boy falls off balance throwing a combination
and Flair counters with a stiff right hand.
Boy throws a push kick but Flair slaps the foot to one side.
Flair is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Boy rather than just go for the knockout.
Boy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Flair moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Boy lands a nice shot that snaps Flair's head back.
Flair looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Boy is fending him off so far but Flair persists. Nope, Boy circles away and we're back to standing.
Boy connects with a body shot.
Boy scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Boy throws a push kick but Flair slaps the foot to one side.
Boy lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Flair takes a kick to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flair takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A big left from Flair misses.
Boy works Flair's body with a nice hook.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Boy dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Flair. That did some damage!
Boy tests Flair's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Flair moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Boy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sonny Boy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Boy moves into range and connects with a jab.
Flair has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Boy scores with a nice head shot.
Flair slips a jab and a cross from Boy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sonny Boy dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ric Flair's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Flair checks a leg kick.
Boy lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Donk. Boy catches Flair right on the button with a cross.
Nice uppercut there from Boy.
Boy throws a one two combo.
Boy motions for Flair to come forward. Boy throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Boy scores with a nice strike.
Boy wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Boy throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Flair on the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Boy throws a shot to the body.
Sonny Boy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boy fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Flair looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Boy connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good exchange - Boy coming out on top.
Flair takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Boy scores with a punch to the head.
Boy connects with a body shot.
Good exchange - Boy coming out on top.
Boy feints and then cracks Flair's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Flair down.
Flair has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Boy finds it's way round the side to connect with Flair's head.
Boy digs a good body shot into Flair's ribs.
Flair takes one to the chin there.
Flair on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Boy. Boy obviously looking to wear him down.
Flair takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Boy scores with a decent looking hook.
Boy throws a good cross that connects.
Ric Flair has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flair takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Boy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Flair can do to turn this around?
Boy scores with a nice strike.
Flair avoids a punch combination nicely.
Flair gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Boy cracks Flair with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Boy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Flair circles away quickly and effectively.
Flair is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Boy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Flair dodges the punch combination from Boy.
Boy scores with a body shot.
Sonny Boy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flair tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Boy swivels and escapes.
Flair fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Boy manages to avoid it.
Boy scores with a shot to the body.
Boy fails to land with a series of punches.
Flair takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Boy clobbers Flair with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Boy scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Flair takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Boy scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Boy scores with a hook to the body. Flair takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jab by Boy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flair has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Boy finds it's way round the side to connect with Flair's head.
Boy connects with a body shot.
Boy throws a nice looking combination but Flair bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Boy uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Boy scoring well with a low kick there.
Flair takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Flair shoots in but Boy avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Boy scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Boy scores with a hook to the body. Flair takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Boy scores with a three punch combo!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Flair walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sonny Boy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Boy, 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 30:25
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:25
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sonny Boy!
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energy
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hype
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