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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Grimaldi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Leshley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leshley has chosen I am the Dominator as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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263 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
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190 cm
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265 lbs
8 - 6 - 1 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Decent boxing
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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
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Grimaldi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Bobby Leshley!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Jonathan Paton and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leshley fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Grimaldi keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Grimaldi throws a looping overhand right but Leshley ducks down to avoid it.
Grimaldi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Leshley.
Leshley throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Grimaldi's waist but Grimaldi gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Leshley off to one side.
A telegraphed right hand from Grimaldi misses the target.
Leshley lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
It looks like Mike Grimaldi has been cut.
A big left from Grimaldi misses.
Leshley throws a lazy right hand but Grimaldi sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Grimaldi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Leshley scores a takedown into full mount!
Grimaldi is trying to stand up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leshley landing strikes from the mount and Grimaldi is in trouble!
Leshley throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Leshley can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Grimaldi is looking to escape.
Leshley throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Grimaldi because Leshley loaded up on that one.
Grimaldi on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Grimaldi tries to get out of the position.
Leshley throws some wild stikes that Grimaldi manages to avoid easily.
Leshley fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leshley looking to control but Grimaldi is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Leshley scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Grimaldi?
Leshley punishing his opponent with strikes.
Leshley controlling his opponent.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Leshley working Grimaldi over with strikes here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leshley throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Leshley throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Leshley throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Grimaldi blocking the ground and pound.
Leshley looking to finish with strikes here!
Leshley landing shots from mount.
Leshley controlling from the full mount.
Grimaldi is squirming around, avoiding Leshley's attempts to control the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grimaldi wants to use the ropes to get back to his feet here.
Leshley landing strikes from the mount.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grimaldi takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Jeez, Mike Grimaldi's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Mike Grimaldi's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Bobby Leshley!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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