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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edgar Allen Poe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bob Dole (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Poe's entrance music is Heartbeats. A fine choice. Dole has chosen Don't Speak by Eagles of Death Metal as his entrance music. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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218 lbs
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219 lbs
12 - 7 - 0 |
BJJ Purple 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
11 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Edgar Allen Poe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bob Dole!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Alan Glass and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dole ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Poe moves away.
Dole circles away from the clinch attempt.
Poe darts in trying to clinch
and Dole counters with a nice uppercut.
Poe ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dole ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Dole takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Dole misses with a hook to the body
and Poe counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Dole closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Poe really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Poe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dole breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Poe tries to clinch there but Dole circles away.
Dole blocks a low kick nicely.
Dole dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dole misses with a right hand
and Poe counters with an inside leg kick.
Poe connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Dole momentarily.
Poe throws a looping overhand right but Dole ducks down to avoid it.
Dole misses with a hook.
A shot to the body from Dole misses
and Poe counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dole ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Poe moves away.
Poe gets tackled into the cage by Dole. Dole maintains the clinch.
Poe leaning against his opponent.
A shot in the inside from Poe.
Poe tries to stall but Dole uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
A short right from Dole.
Poe throws a knee to the head but misses.
Poe has Dole pressed against the cage, preventing Dole from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Poe tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dole lands a body shot.
Poe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Poe prevents a body shot from Dole.
Dole presses Poe against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Poe misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dole on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Poe misses with a knee to the head.
Poe tries to throw a body punch but Dole avoids it by throwing Poe back against the cage.
Dole looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Poe misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dole.
Dole lands a nice uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dole.
Dole is looking to break free of the clinch but Poe has double underhooks.
Dole wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Poe has him pressed against the cage.
Dole avoids a wild elbow strike from Poe.
Poe lands an elbow inside.
Nice body punch from Poe - that landed with a thud.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poe is looking to control Dole's arms but Dole gets an underhook and turns him. Now Poe has his back to the cage.
Dole manages to break the clinch.
A big left from Dole misses.
Dole misses with a body shot
and Poe counters with a straight right hand.
Poe on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Poe drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Poe fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dole has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Dole thows a body shot but no joy.
Poe displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Dole throws out the jab.
Dole wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Poe bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dole lands with an uppercut that bounces Poe off the cage and back into rage.
Dole lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Poe at a distance.
Dole throws a sloppy body shot
and Poe counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Dole swings away with a body shot that misses
and Poe counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dole throws a predictable looking body shot
and Poe moves into the clinch.
Dole throws a punch but it's blocked by Poe.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Dole pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dole swings for the body but Poe moves out of range.
Poe connects with a leg kick. Dole looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Dole swings away with a body shot that misses
and Dole takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dole throws a hook but Poe blocks it.
Dole forces Poe back against the cage and clinches.
A nice left hand lands by Dole.
A right handed body shot lands from Poe.
Dole tries to break the clinch but Poe is controlling the position.
Dole tries to break the clinch but Poe is controlling the position.
A short uppercut from Poe.
Dole tries to work over Poe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Poe blocks a body shot from Dole.
Dole lands a body shot.
Poe lands a nice uppercut.
Dole goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dole.
A short right from Dole on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dole.
Dole misses with a punch to the body.
Poe tries to stall but Dole uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poe blocks a body shot from Dole.
Dole tries to break free but Poe pushes him back against the cage.
Dole misses with some punches.
Dole lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dole blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Poe blocking some punches.
Dole is working Poe over against the cage.
Dole pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Poe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dole manages to avoid it.
Dole misses with a lunging right hand
and Poe counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dole connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Dole takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Poe avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dole keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dole swings away with a body shot that misses
and Poe moves into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dole tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Dole wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Poe has him pressed against the cage.
Poe trying to stall but Dole improves his position.
Dole blocks an elbow strike.
Poe is looking to control Dole's arms but Dole gets an underhook and turns him. Now Poe has his back to the cage.
Dole struggles to land a body shot inside as Poe controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bob Dole dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Poe slips under a jab.
Dole throws a right hand that misses
and Poe counters with a nice low kick that buckles Dole's knee momentarily.
Poe fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dole tries to clinch up but Poe circles away and keeps his distance.
Poe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dole.
Dole uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Poe.
Poe lands with a thumping leg kick.
Poe is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Poe rushes Dole and presses him up against the cage.
Dole tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Poe creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Poe lands a body shot.
Dole being controlled against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Dole.
Poe throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dole blocks it with crossed arms.
Poe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Poe fails to land.
Dole is looking to break free of the clinch but Poe has double underhooks.
Dole works on Poe's body with a couple of short punches.
Dole dodges an elbow strike from Poe.
A short body shot lands from Dole as the two fighters clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Poe.
Poe misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dole misses with a punch to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Poe misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dole breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dole misses with a right hand
and Poe counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Dole thinking.
Dole throws an off balance right hand
and Poe counters with a right hand to the body.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Poe is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Poe moves to clinch but Dole breaks away
and Dole counters with a stiff right hand.
Dole lands a glancing blow to the side of Poe's head.
Dole uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Poe has time to react.
Dole throws a poor cross that misses
and Poe counters with a straight right hand.
Dole throws a hook but Poe blocks it.
Dole throws a right hand that misses
and Poe counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Dole misses with an uppercut
and Poe cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dole throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Poe counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poe tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dole avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
A shot to the body from Dole misses
and Poe counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Poe tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Dole manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Dole slips a jab and a cross from Poe.
The fighters circling - Poe throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dole closes the distance and clinches.
A right hand to the body from Dole.
Dole manages to break the clinch.
Edgar Allen Poe is winning the standup battle so far.
Poe scores with a crisp jab that stopped Dole in his tracks.
Dole tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Poe was well out of range. Poor timing from Dole.
Poe swings for the body but Dole moves out of range.
A shot to the body from Dole misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Dole takes one to the chin there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Poe tries to land a body kick
and Dole counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Poe tries to clinch but Dole moves away
and Dole makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poe misses with an uppercut.
Dole misses with a hook
and Poe counters with a thumping low kick.
Poe connects with a nice looking jab.
Poe on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Dole scores with a decent looking hook.
Poe paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Dole fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Poe manages to avoid it.
Dole pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dole uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Poe.
Dole ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Poe moves away.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Poe lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Poe looking to throw knees to the head but Dole is blocking nicely.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dole.
Dole breaks the clinch.
Dole throws a looping overhand right but Poe ducks down to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dole circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Dole to counter with a crisp jab.
Poe cracks Dole with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Dole takes a swing at Poe's ribcage but misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Poe.
Dole tries to clinch up
and Poe counters with an outside leg kick.
Poe moves out of range as Dole strikes.
Dole tries to clinch up but Poe circles away and keeps his distance.
Dole misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Poe is looking to clinch.
Dole closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Poe scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Dole lands a nice hook to Poe's body. Poe takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Edgar Allen Poe will probably get the nod.
That's time! Poe's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Poe thumps Dole with a low kick.
Poe thows a body kick. Dole tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Dole misses with a shot to the body
and Poe counters with an outside leg kick.
Dole tries to keep at a distance but Poe has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dole misses with a punch on the inside.
Poe looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dole cracks Poe with a nice body shot.
Dole wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Dole doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Poe lands a hook that snaps the head of Dole backwards.
Dole throws a punch but it's blocked by Poe.
A knee to the head by Poe.
Poe taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Dole lands a left hand that snaps the head of Poe backwards.
Poe softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dole stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Poe throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Dole is leaning against Poe and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dole takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Poe lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Poe lands a knee to the body.
Dole pushes Poe back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Poe lands with a right to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Poe.
Dole stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Dole fails to land.
Poe lands with a right to the head.
Poe holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Bob Dole seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dole lands with a light punch inside.
Dole misses with a short punch on the inside.
Poe stalling in the clinch but Dole improves position.
Dole breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Poe tries to clinch up.
Dole tries to clinch but Poe moves away
and Poe counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Dole is trying to break the clinch but Poe has him pressed against the cage.
Poe is looking to control Dole's arms but Dole gets an underhook and turns him. Now Poe has his back to the cage.
Poe lands a hook to the side of the head.
Poe lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dole throws a head punch that misses.
Dole misses with a body punch.
Poe manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Poe's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dole breaks the clinch.
Poe rushes Dole and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Dole tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Poe throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Poe lands with a left to the head.
Dole misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Poe stalling in the clinch but Dole improves position.
Dole tries to throw a body punch but Poe avoids it by throwing Dole back against the cage.
Dole breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dole looks to score with a jab to the body but Poe is just out of range.
Poe takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Poe dips to his left and cracks Dole with an uppercut!
Dole throws a hook but Poe avoids it easily.
Poe darts in trying to clinch
and Dole counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Dole.
Poe throws a head punch that misses.
Poe throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Poe is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dole is defending well for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poe avoiding damage.
Dole takes a shot to the head.
Dole digs a right hand underneath Poe's ribcage. Poe let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Poe prevents Dole from breaking the clinch.
Dole breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dole swings widly with a right hand
and Poe counters with an outside leg kick.
Poe moves into the clinch successfully.
Dole works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Nice body punch from Dole.
Dole scores with a hook to the body.
Poe leaning his opponent against the cage.
Dole's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Poe slips under a jab from Dole.
Poe scores with a jab. Dole acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Poe wants to clinch but Dole slips to the side
and Dole connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Poe defending well as Dole loads up on a big left hand.
Dole tries to close the distance and clinch but Poe swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dole stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Poe.
Dole gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Dole manages to break the clinch.
Poe uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Dole has time to react.
Dole swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Poe counters with an outside leg kick.
Poe scores with a sloppy right hand. Dole should have avoided that one.
Poe has taken the fight to the clinch.
Poe stalling in the clinch but Dole improves position.
Poe stalls.
Dole is leaning against Poe and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Dole looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Poe pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dole misses with a punch to the body.
A short uppercut from Poe.
A head punch on the inside from Poe fails to land.
Dole has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Poe swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dole throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Poe working aggressively here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Edgar Allen Poe showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Poe has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 George Francis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Edgar Allen Poe!
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