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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rainbow Trout (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel La Fleur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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216 lbs
11 - 1 - 0 |
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210 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin |
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Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rainbow Trout!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gabriel La Fleur!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Columbo Gatti and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Trout.
The fighters circle momentarily. La Fleur darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
La Fleur misses with a hook
and Trout counters with a left to the body.
La Fleur lands a nice looking body shot.
A left lands for La Fleur.
La Fleur throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Trout sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Trout, right into the meat.
Trout lands the left hand.
Trout scores with a nice right hand.
La Fleur rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Trout moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Trout moves into the clinch.
Trout escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
La Fleur shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Trout defends it nicely.
La Fleur tries to land a leg kick but Trout saw it coming and moves away.
La Fleur takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La Fleur throws a lazy right hand but Trout sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
La Fleur cracks Trout with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Trout misses with a low kick.
Trout swings away with a leg kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as La Fleur blocks the leg kick.
La Fleur throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Trout counters with a head kick that drops La Fleur to the mat! La Fleur scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
La Fleur is rocked!
Trout looks for the body kick but La Fleur saw that one coming.
La Fleur cracks Trout with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
La Fleur throws a right and a left that Trout avoids nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Trout misses the target.
Trout throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
La Fleur misses with a left hand
and Trout counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
La Fleur misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Trout misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A big left from La Fleur misses.
La Fleur throws a leg kick
and Trout counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
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!
A combination from La Fleur does no damage.
La Fleur checks the leg kick.
La Fleur scores with a sloppy right hand. Trout should have avoided that one.
Trout takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
La Fleur's jab looks to have found its range, popping Trout under the eye.
La Fleur scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Trout pushes La Fleur away with a front kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Fleur throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Trout sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gabriel La Fleur seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
La Fleur throws a combination. Trout tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Trout throws a wild body kick that La Fleur sees coming a mile off.
Trout throws a head kick that misses.
La Fleur has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Trout.
Trout connects with a leg kick. La Fleur looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
La Fleur looks gassed!
Sloppy strikes from La Fleur. Those never looked like landing.
A telegraphed right hand from La Fleur misses the target.
Trout blocks a jab.
Trout tries to work over La Fleur's front leg with a kick but La Fleur checks it.
Trout closes the distance and clinches.
La Fleur is trying to force a seperation but Trout has the dominant position.
Trout prevents La Fleur from breaking the clinch.
La Fleur working hard to break the clinch.
Trout tries to land knees in the clinch but La Fleur avoids the damage to the body.
Trout with an attempt at a knee that misses.
La Fleur looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Trout is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Trout lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Trout crunches a lovely knee into La Fleur's ribcage.
Trout lands an elbow just above La Fleur 's eye.
It looks like Gabriel La Fleur has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Fleur has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Trout lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Trout is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. La Fleur is defending well for now.
Trout has La Fleur pressed against the cage, preventing La Fleur from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
La Fleur can't break the clinch.
La Fleur wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Trout has him pressed against the cage.
La Fleur manages to break the clinch.
La Fleur misses with an uppercut
and Trout makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
La Fleur throws a lazy uppercut
and Trout counters with a head kick.
A bone on bone clash there as La Fleur blocks the leg kick.
La Fleur throws a sloppy body shot
and Trout counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
La Fleur takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
La Fleur paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Trout connects with a good right hand that stumbles La Fleur. La Fleur circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Trout connects with a solid leg kick.
Trout has taken the fight to the clinch.
Trout prevents La Fleur from breaking the clinch.
Trout tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and La Fleur avoids it.
Trout is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
La Fleur managing to block the knees to the body from Trout.
Trout is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Trout landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trout lands a knee to the head.
La Fleur can't break the clinch.
Trout pushes off an throws an elbow but La Fleur leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Trout is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Trout using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Trout breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
La Fleur is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Trout had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
La Fleur misses with a jab, cross combination.
La Fleur misses with a two punch combination.
A slapping leg kick lands for Trout.
Trout throws a leg kick that misses.
Trout misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La Fleur.
Trout on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Nice uppercut there from Trout.
Trout throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Trout throws a push kick but La Fleur slaps the foot to one side.
Trout throws a body kick that misses.
Trout is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A low kick from La Fleur misses
and Trout counters with a thumping low kick.
A telegraphed right hand from La Fleur misses the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rainbow Trout dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gabriel La Fleur's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Trout on the wrong end of a nice jab.
La Fleur throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
La Fleur misses with a left hand
and Trout counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
La Fleur scores with a jab.
A slow jab from Trout misses its intended target.
Rainbow Trout is winning the standup battle so far.
Trout tests La Fleur's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Trout.
La Fleur throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Trout counters with a good, hard body kick but La Fleur shrugs it off.
Trout pivots, looking for a leg kick but La Fleur is out of range and Trout settles back down.
La Fleur walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Trout checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Trout throws a jab but it's blocked by La Fleur.
La Fleur lands a jab.
La Fleur throws a poor cross that misses
and Trout counters with a nice body kick.
Trout finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A big left from La Fleur misses.
A shot to the liver by Trout. Beautiful body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trout throws a head kick but La Fleur moves out of range.
La Fleur is breathing heavily.
A slapping body kick lands there for Trout.
Trout rushes La Fleur and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Trout looking to throw knees to the head but La Fleur is blocking nicely.
La Fleur is trying to push Trout away but Trout has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Trout scores a nice knee to the body.
Trout manages to break the clinch.
Trout misses with an uppercut
and La Fleur makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Trout pulls out of a head kick attempt.
La Fleur throws a shot from downtown. Trout moves away and avoids it.
Trout connects with a good right hand that stumbles La Fleur. La Fleur circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A head kick misses from Trout.
Trout throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Rainbow Trout is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Trout with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A nice leg kick lands there from Trout.
Trout walks into a jab.
La Fleur throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Trout counters with an inside leg kick.
La Fleur checks a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Fleur sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
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!
La Fleur misses with an uppercut. Trout saw that one coming.
Trout scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
La Fleur on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
La Fleur blocks a head kick by Trout.
Trout scores with a kick to the midsection.
Trout is looking to chop away at La Fleur's legs.
Trout fails with an attempt to clinch.
Trout lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Trout buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Trout fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with La Fleur, pushing him back against the cage.
Trout putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has La Fleur in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Trout just leaning against La Fleur, taking a breather.
La Fleur is looking to break free of the clinch but Trout has double underhooks.
La Fleur can't break the clinch.
Trout scores a nice knee to the body.
La Fleur has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Trout.
Trout has La Fleur pressed against the cage, preventing La Fleur from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Trout working La Fleur over with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trout lands a good knee to the midsection. La Fleur won't want to take too many of those.
Trout breaks from the clinch.
La Fleur misses with a hook. Trout ducked under it nicely.
Trout throws a nice inside leg kick.
La Fleur misses with a leg kick
and Trout counters with a low kick, right behind La Fleur 's knee.
Trout throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Trout tries to clinch up.
La Fleur bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Trout pulls out of a head kick attempt.
La Fleur checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
La Fleur throws a right hand that misses
and Trout cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Trout throws the kick towards the body but La Fleur avoids it.
La Fleur works over Trout's head and body with a nice combination.
La Fleur cracks Trout with a right hand to the side of the head.
La Fleur throws a right hand that misses
and Trout counters with a head kick.
La Fleur connects with a looping right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trout takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jab, jab by La Fleur - just one landing.
La Fleur looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Trout misses with a low kick as La Fleur jumps back.
La Fleur scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
La Fleur not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Trout on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Trout tries to get out of the position.
La Fleur throwing shots but Trout is blocking nicely.
Trout blocking the ground and pound attempt from La Fleur.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Trout is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Trout avoiding damage under a succession of punches from La Fleur.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
La Fleur missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
La Fleur thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Trout's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rainbow Trout dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Gabriel La Fleur's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Trout tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
La Fleur connects with a crisp jab.
La Fleur's corner calls for a 1-2. La Fleur obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Trout takes one to the side of the head.
Trout is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that La Fleur can do to turn this around?
Trout pulls out of a head kick attempt.
La Fleur misses with a straight right.
Nice uppercut lands for La Fleur. That snapped Trout's head back.
Trout throws a wild body kick that La Fleur sees coming a mile off.
Trout gets off balance looking for a body kick
and La Fleur counters with a nice uppercut.
Trout uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from La Fleur.
Good shot there by La Fleur.
La Fleur lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Trout tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
La Fleur misses with a hook.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
La Fleur lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A good leg kick by Trout.
Trout throws out a powerful jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La Fleur misses with a hook
and Trout counters with a nice body kick.
Trout takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Trout scores with a leg kick.
Trout attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
La Fleur lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
La Fleur lands with an overhand left.
La Fleur cracks Trout with a good jab.
La Fleur throws a shot from downtown. Trout moves away and avoids it.
A bone on bone clash there as La Fleur blocks the leg kick.
Trout throws a hook but La Fleur avoids it easily.
La Fleur misses with a hook.
La Fleur throws a body punch but Trout moves out of range.
La Fleur throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Trout misses with a low kick as La Fleur jumps back.
La Fleur scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Trout ducks under a wild hook from La Fleur.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Trout.
La Fleur thumps Trout with a low kick.
Trout misses with a kick to the body.
La Fleur pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Trout takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
La Fleur tries to work over Trout's front leg with a kick but Trout checks it.
Trout misses with a low kick as La Fleur jumps back.
La Fleur misses with a low kick as Trout jumps back.
La Fleur avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
La Fleur misses with an uppercut
and Trout counters by moving into the clinch.
La Fleur tries to break the clinch but Trout is controlling the position.
La Fleur is trying to break the clinch but Trout is controlling him.
La Fleur tries to circle away but Trout has him pinned against the cage.
Trout keeps the fight in the clinch, despite La Fleur's efforts to push away.
Trout lands a nice knee to the body.
Trout prevents La Fleur from breaking the clinch.
Trout crunches a lovely knee into La Fleur's ribcage.
Trout throws an elbow that misses.
Trout misses with a knee strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Trout on the inside.
La Fleur tries to break the clinch but Trout is controlling the position.
La Fleur on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Trout.
Trout tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Trout breaks the clinch.
La Fleur just misses with a punch to the body.
Trout uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by La Fleur.
La Fleur throws a poor cross that misses
and Trout counters with a big head kick but La Fleur shrugs it off.
A slapping leg kick lands for La Fleur.
Trout stuffs the takedown attempt from La Fleur. La Fleur gets slowly back to his feet.
La Fleur scores with a nice strike.
La Fleur swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Trout counters with a nice body kick.
Trout throws a quick inside leg kick.
La Fleur chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Trout misses with a low kick.
La Fleur thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Fleur swings and misses with a hook to the body.
La Fleur misses with a wild body shot.
Trout looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Trout moves in looking to clinch but La Fleur pushes him off.
Trout just misses with a punch to the body.
A head kick by Trout misses
and La Fleur counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
No luck with that takedown attempt from La Fleur.
Trout avoids the body shot from La Fleur.
La Fleur finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
La Fleur tests Trout's chin there with a solid looking shot.
La Fleur throws an overhand right that lands on Trout's shoulder, as Trout tries to avoid the shot.
La Fleur looks to throw the jab but Trout is out of range.
La Fleur misses with a hook
and Trout counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gabriel La Fleur has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
La Fleur ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Gabriel La Fleur.
I think Trout 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 29:28
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 29:28
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rainbow Trout!
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