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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vince Leonard Heidrich (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peter La Fleur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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191 cm
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223 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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200 cm
20
219 lbs
7 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vince Leonard Heidrich! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Peter La Fleur! The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Thiago Cunha and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! La Fleur rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Heidrich moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Wow, both these guys are really going for it! La Fleur lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Heidrich circles away quickly and effectively. Heidrich slips a jab and a cross from La Fleur.
La Fleur pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way. Heidrich takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Heidrich shoots in but no luck this time. Heidrich feints and as La Fleur raises his hands in defense, Heidrich changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard. La Fleur looking to control.
Heidrich trying to move into half guard but instead La Fleur has managed to sweep! Heidrich controlling the position. Heidrich looking for a sweep. Not yet Heidrich, not yet. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Heidrich is working hard here to advance position. Heidrich keeping full guard, as La Fleur tries to pass. Heidrich keeping moving, preventing La Fleur from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up. La Fleur throws a right and a left that both miss. La Fleur moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. La Fleur scores to the head and body with a nice combination! La Fleur misses with a jab, cross combination.
Peter La Fleur seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. A combination from La Fleur does no damage. Heidrich has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him. A chopping leg kick lands by La Fleur. Heidrich closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Heidrich lands in his opponent's guard. Heidrich won't allow La Fleur to get back to his feet. La Fleur kicks Heidrich off and gets to his feet. Nice takedown defense from La Fleur. No joy for Heidrich on that attempt. Heidrich shoots in but no luck this time. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vince Leonard Heidrich. That's going to take a lot out of him. Heidrich fails to land the takedown. Heidrich is breathing heavily. Heidrich shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has La Fleur pinned against the cage. La Fleur gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Heidrich shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Heidrich showed some decent athleticism there. Heidrich trying to pass the guard but La Fleur defending well. Heidrich is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
La Fleur is looking to escape. Heidrich moves nicely into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Heidrich is looking to take a break and control but La Fleur is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. La Fleur is trying to control Heidrich's posture but Heidrich avoids it. Heidrich tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Heidrich has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought! Heidrich wants to control but La Fleur is keeping him busy.
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. Heidrich taking a breather here. La Fleur tries to get back to half guard but can't. You can see the frustration on La Fleur's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up. La Fleur throws the kick towards the body but Heidrich avoids it. Heidrich closes this distance looking for a takedown but La Fleur circles away. La Fleur thumps Heidrich with a low kick. La Fleur displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination. Heidrich shoots in but La Fleur avoids the takedown attempt easily. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Peter La Fleur will probably get the nod. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
La Fleur lands with a thumping leg kick.
La Fleur dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Heidrich. That did some damage! Heidrich drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles. A nice inside leg kick there by La Fleur. That's going to slow Heidrich down. Heidrich dodges the punch combination from La Fleur.
Heidrich shoots in for a double leg but La Fleur sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy. A head kick from La Fleur lands but Heidrich takes it in his stride.
It looks like Vince Leonard Heidrich has been cut. La Fleur rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Heidrich moves out of range and avoids them all easily. La Fleur fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done. La Fleur dips to his left and cracks Heidrich with an uppercut! Good leg kick by La Fleur there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Heidrich closes this distance looking for a takedown but La Fleur circles away. Heidrich is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight. Left hook, right uppercut from La Fleur. A good leg kick by La Fleur. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Heidrich fails with a takedown attempt from distance. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vince Leonard Heidrich. That's going to take a lot out of him. La Fleur lands with a nice body kick. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. La Fleur connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe. La Fleur dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Heidrich. That did some damage! Heidrich on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by La Fleur. La Fleur obviously looking to wear him down.
A right-left combo lands from La Fleur. Heidrich takes a kick to the side of the head.
Heidrich is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round. Heidrich takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. Oh Heidrich is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Heidrich shoots in for a takedown but La Fleur shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet. La Fleur shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat. La Fleur gets to his feet. Heidrich looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son! La Fleur lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Heidrich can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from La Fleur and Heidrich drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by La Fleur.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Peter La Fleur! Peter La Fleur is the new light heavyweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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