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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Lowell Stanley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lucious LaFleur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stanley comes to the cage accompanied by The Hammer. LaFleur has chosen 2001 a space odyssey as his entrance music. Stanley is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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143 lbs
5 - 6 - 0 |
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146 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lowell Stanley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Lucious LaFleur!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, John Kavanagh and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
LaFleur swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stanley is breathing heavily.
Stanley dodges the punch combination from LaFleur.
LaFleur throws a looping overhand right but Stanley ducks down to avoid it.
LaFleur throws a front kick aimed at Stanley's knee but Stanley avoids it well.
LaFleur keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stanley looks to land a combination but LaFleur avoids it well.
Stanley misses with a hook
and LaFleur counters with a good low kick that Stanley was not able to check.
Stanley checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
LaFleur throws a lazy right hand but Stanley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
LaFleur misses the shot to the body.
LaFleur lands with a hook. Stanley tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
LaFleur misses with a straight right.
LaFleur throws a lazy right hand but Stanley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
LaFleur throws a hook but Stanley avoids it easily.
LaFleur fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stanley manages to avoid it.
LaFleur changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Stanley misses with a series of wild punches.
LaFleur lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Stanley moves out of range of the strikes.
LaFleur throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stanley takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
LaFleur keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lowell Stanley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
LaFleur throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
LaFleur looks to land a combination but Stanley avoids it well.
LaFleur misses with a looping left.
Stanley slips under a jab from LaFleur.
Stanley throws a hook to the side of LaFleur's head but LaFleur sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Stanley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from LaFleur.
LaFleur tries to work over Stanley's front leg with a kick but Stanley checks it.
LaFleur throws a right and a left that Stanley avoids nicely.
LaFleur throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
LaFleur is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
LaFleur throws a low kick but Stanley moves out of range easily.
LaFleur falls off balance throwing a combination
and Stanley counters with a left to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Stanley.
Stanley throws a hook but LaFleur blocks it.
LaFleur swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stanley takes one on the chin but seems OK.
LaFleur fails to land with a series of punches.
LaFleur keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
LaFleur thows a left - swing and a miss!
A left lands for LaFleur.
LaFleur lands a nice shot to the body.
LaFleur is looking to score with low kicks.
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.
LaFleur throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
LaFleur throws a jab when Stanley was well out of range.
Stanley pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Stanley ducks under a wild hook from LaFleur.
LaFleur misses with a jab to the body
and Stanley connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
LaFleur tries a low kick but Stanley avoids it.
Stanley takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A jab from LaFleur misses.
LaFleur looks to score with a jab to the body but Stanley is just out of range.
Stanley slips a jab and a cross from LaFleur.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lucious LaFleur dominated that round.
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.
A nice combination there by Stanley.
Nice uppercut lands for LaFleur. That snapped Stanley's head back.
LaFleur throws a shot from downtown. Stanley moves away and avoids it.
Stanley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from LaFleur.
Stanley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from LaFleur.
Stanley misses with a right hand
and LaFleur makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Stanley really felt that one!
LaFleur misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
LaFleur misses with a jab, cross combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Stanley will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Stanley blocks a low kick nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice combination there by LaFleur.
LaFleur lands with a thumping leg kick.
LaFleur bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Stanley's head backwards.
Stanley staying out of range there.
A slow jab from LaFleur misses its intended target.
Stanley checks the leg kick.
Lowell Stanley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
LaFleur takes a jab right on the kisser.
Nice shot lands for LaFleur.
Stanley throws a big shot that misses.
Stanley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
A looping hook to the body misses from LaFleur. Stanley does a little dance to reset his feet.
LaFleur throws a sloppy body shot
and LaFleur takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
LaFleur lands with a nice body punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Stanley. LaFleur does a little dance to reset his feet.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from LaFleur lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Stanley has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Stanley and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Stanley bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Stanley scores with a sloppy right hand. LaFleur should have avoided that one.
A big right from LaFleur misses.
LaFleur throws a series of punches but Stanley avoids them all with ease.
Stanley lands a jab to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
LaFleur dives in and grabs Stanley's left leg, looking for a takedown. Stanley pushes down on LaFleur's head and hops out.
LaFleur fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Stanley manages to avoid it.
LaFleur drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
LaFleur keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Stanley.
LaFleur swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stanley avoids the body shot from LaFleur.
Stanley waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract LaFleur.
Stanley throws an ugly left hook that misses
and LaFleur makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
LaFleur looks to score with a jab to the body but Stanley is just out of range.
LaFleur keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
LaFleur pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Stanley steps to the side to avoid the strikes from LaFleur.
LaFleur displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Stanley throws out the jab.
Stanley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from LaFleur.
LaFleur lands a nice shot that snaps Stanley's head back.
Stanley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
LaFleur lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
LaFleur looks to land a right hand but Stanley moved out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Stanley checks a leg kick.
Stanley checks a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lucious LaFleur showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
LaFleur throws a poor cross that misses
and Stanley counters with a left to the body.
LaFleur misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stanley.
Stanley looks to score with a jab to the body but LaFleur is just out of range.
Stanley swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
LaFleur throws a leg kick but Stanley checks it.
LaFleur feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
LaFleur missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
LaFleur postures up in Stanley's guard and throws a big left but Stanley blocks it.
LaFleur loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
LaFleur throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
LaFleur with a flurry of punches that miss.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
LaFleur working some strikes from top position.
Stanley controls LaFleur momentarily but LaFleur frees himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stanley wants to sweep but no luck.
Stanley is working hard here to advance position.
LaFleur distracts Stanley with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Stanley is looking to stand up but LaFleur isn't so interested in that idea.
LaFleur trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
LaFleur won't allow Stanley to sweep him here.
LaFleur content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
LaFleur trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Stanley trying to keep a closed guard but LaFleur is proving a slippery customer.
LaFleur lands a couple of digs.
Stanley looking for a sweep. Not yet Stanley, not yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Stanley trying to keep a closed guard but LaFleur is proving a slippery customer.
LaFleur stopping the sweep attempt from Stanley.
LaFleur postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Stanley looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Stanley utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
LaFleur preventing the sweep.
LaFleur pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Stanley is keeping the position for now.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Stanley is on top in guard.
LaFleur has Stanley pulled in close to control his posture.
LaFleur preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stanley throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
LaFleur looking to hit a scissor sweep but Stanley is one step ahead there.
Lucious LaFleur is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Stanley lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Stanley accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as LaFleur holds on and takes a little breather.
Stanley wants to stand but LaFleur has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Stanley with a flurry of punches that miss.
LaFleur is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Stanley trying to control the position from guard on top but LaFleur is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
LaFleur wants to sweep here but Stanley controlling him for the moment.
Lowell Stanley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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.
Stanley in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Stanley postures up.
Stanley loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Stanley throws a big right hand that misses.
LaFleur preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
LaFleur wants to sweep here but Stanley controlling him for the moment.
LaFleur working a defensive guard here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Stanley throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as LaFleur works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
LaFleur avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
LaFleur looking to control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lucious LaFleur comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well LaFleur has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 27:30
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lucious LaFleur!
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