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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between LeBron Manhaes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Berndt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Manhaes might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Back in Black. LeBron Manhaes had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 266.7lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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287 lbs
9 - 4 - 0 |
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190 cm
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272 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, LeBron Manhaes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, James Berndt!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Donatello Bradman and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Manhaes has Berndt up against the cage in a clinch.
Berndt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Manhaes avoids it.
Berndt looking to slow down the pace here.
Manhaes managing to block the knees to the body from Berndt.
Berndt misses with a knee strike.
Berndt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Manhaes avoids it.
Manhaes lands a hook that snaps the head of Berndt backwards.
Manhaes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Manhaes throws a series of punches but Berndt moves out of range.
Berndt has closed the distance and engaged Manhaes in a clinch.
Manhaes lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Berndt or not.
Berndt looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Manhaes breaks from the clinch.
Berndt pushes Manhaes up against the cage in a clinch.
Berndt is trying to break free.
Manhaes stalling the fight.
Manhaes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Berndt closes the distance and clinches.
Berndt takes a shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manhaes manages to break the clinch.
Berndt rushes Manhaes and presses him up against the cage.
Manhaes lands a nice shot to the body.
A short left from Manhaes.
Manhaes managing to block the knees to the body from Berndt.
Manhaes is leaning against Berndt and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Manhaes scores with a hook to the body.
Manhaes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Manhaes darts in and clinches Berndt up against the cage.
Manhaes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Manhaes closes the distance and clinches.
Manhaes lands a body punch.
Manhaes is pushing Berndt up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Manhaes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
James Berndt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manhaes shoots in and gets a takedown into Berndt's guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Manhaes controls from within his opponent's guard.
Manhaes won't allow Berndt to get back to his feet.
Berndt being controlled here, momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of LeBron Manhaes.
Berndt moves into range and clinches up with Manhaes.
Berndt tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Manhaes avoids it.
A left hand lands to the body for Manhaes.
Manhaes pushes Berndt back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Berndt takes a shot to the head.
Manhaes breaks the clinch.
Manhaes moves into the clinch.
Berndt swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Manhaes lands with a short head shot on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Manhaes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berndt gets a clinch.
Manhaes breaks from the clinch.
Berndt moves into the clinch.
Manhaes scores with a shot to the side of Berndt's head.
A body shot lands from Manhaes.
Manhaes's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Manhaes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Manhaes forces Berndt back against the cage and clinches.
Manhaes lands a shoulder strike.
Manhaes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Berndt rushes Manhaes and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Berndt with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Manhaes lands a body punch.
Manhaes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
OH! Berndt has been rocked by a huge right hand and is in deep trouble! Manhaes smells blood and charges in for the finish! Manhaes unloads a vicious overhand right and connects to the jaw of Berndt sending him face first to the canvas! Unbelievable!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). LeBron Manhaes!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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