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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jonny Hunt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Laroux (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hunt comes to the cage accompanied by Ace of Spades by Motorhead. Jonny Hunt could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to David Laroux's chin.
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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
18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Jonny Hunt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, David Laroux!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Paul Tew and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunt misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Laroux moves out of range of the strikes.
Laroux stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Laroux misses with a series of wild punches.
Laroux showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hunt.
Sloppy strikes from Laroux. Those never looked like landing.
Laroux dodges the punch combination from Hunt.
Laroux lands with a good body shot.
Laroux lands with a shot to the body.
Hunt uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Laroux.
Jab, jab by Laroux - just one landing.
Laroux scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hunt looks to land a left hand but Laroux moved out of range nicely.
Hunt fails to land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Laroux misses.
An inside leg kick from Hunt misses.
A cross from Laroux lands.
Hunt on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Hunt throws a hook but Laroux blocks it.
Hunt tries to clinch up.
Laroux swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Laroux tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hunt was well out of range. Poor timing from Laroux.
Laroux moves out of range of the body kick.
Hunt drops Laroux with a beautiful combination! Laroux stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Hunt is looking for the KO!
Laroux is rocked!
It looks like David Laroux has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Laroux showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hunt.
Laroux is still on wobbly legs! Can Hunt finish him?
Laroux slips a jab and a cross from Hunt.
Hunt looks to land a left hand but Laroux moved out of range nicely.
Laroux seems to have recovered his senses.
Laroux throws a shot from downtown. Hunt moves away and avoids it.
Jonny Hunt is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
No joy there for Hunt, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laroux throws out a loose jab but Hunt uses good head movement to avoid it.
Laroux lands with a shot to the body.
A left and a right from Hunt both land. Nice combination.
Laroux throws a jab when Hunt was well out of range.
Laroux scores with a jab to the head.
Laroux misses with a wild combination.
A big right from Laroux misses.
Laroux punishes Hunt's body with a nice straight punch.
Laroux changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hunt tries to avoid it but Laroux manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hunt to the ground. Hunt escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Laroux lands a jab to the head.
Hunt uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Laroux.
Laroux scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hunt drives through and clinches with Laroux against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laroux is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Hunt to keep the fight standing.
Laroux wants to get back to striking at distance but Hunt won't allow it.
Hunt blocking some punches.
Hunt lands an elbow that stopped Laroux in his tracks for a moment.
Hunt throws a punch but it's blocked by Laroux.
Hunt has a couple of punches blocked by Laroux.
Hunt lands a hook that snaps the head of Laroux backwards.
Laroux pushes Hunt back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Laroux lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Laroux takes a knee to the side of the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hunt.
Hunt throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Laroux is looking to break free of the clinch but Hunt has double underhooks.
Hunt stalling in the clinch.
Hunt breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Laroux missing with a left hand there. Hunt was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hunt lands with a nice body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hunt looks to land a left hand but Laroux moved out of range nicely.
Laroux throws a shot from downtown. Hunt moves away and avoids it.
Hunt lands a nice leg kick that just misses Laroux's sensitive parts.
Laroux connects with a single shot there.
Laroux is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Hunt had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Hunt throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Laroux tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Hunt swivels and escapes.
Jonny Hunt has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Laroux.
Hunt uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Laroux.
Hunt misses with a low kick.
Laroux misses the jab.
Hunt misses with a double jab.
Hunt blocks a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hunt fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Laroux.
Hunt throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Laroux lands a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Jonny Hunt will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on David Laroux's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Laroux throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hunt dodges the punch combination from Laroux.
Hunt missing with a left hand there. Laroux was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Laroux looks to land a combination but Hunt avoids it well.
Laroux fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Hunt steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Laroux.
Laroux slips a jab and a cross from Hunt.
Hunt slips a jab and a cross from Laroux.
Laroux lunges at Hunt with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Hunt's hand.
Hunt throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Laroux shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Hunt is trying to defend but Laroux finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Laroux missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laroux not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Hunt is in trouble now - Laroux has advanced to mount!
Hunt blocking the ground and pound.
Laroux throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Poor strikes thrown by Laroux there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Laroux throws a strike there. Hunt manages to avoid it well and slips a leg under to get to half guard.
Laroux works his foot free and advances to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laroux looking to ground and pound but Hunt is blocking nicely.
Laroux throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Hunt because Laroux loaded up on that one.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Laroux is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hunt can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Laroux is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hunt can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Laroux throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Laroux thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Laroux in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunt squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Laroux throwing strikes here but Hunt is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Laroux throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Hunt because Laroux loaded up on that one.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Laroux is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Laroux scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Laroux misses with a head shot.
Laroux misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Hunt holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Laroux tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Laroux working the ground and pound effectively.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Laroux throwing strikes here but Hunt is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Laroux misses with a head shot.
Hunt avoids a series of strikes thrown by Laroux.
David Laroux has got the better of the ground game so far.
Laroux lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Laroux lands a nice shot to the head.
Laroux throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Hunt is squirming around, avoiding Laroux's attempts to control the action.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Laroux with the ground and pound from mount.
Laroux throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Hunt because Laroux loaded up on that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Laroux showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on David Laroux's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Laroux scores with a nice head shot.
Jonny Hunt is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Laroux thows a left - swing and a miss!
Laroux misses with a combination
and Hunt counters with a good low kick that Laroux was not able to check.
Laroux throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Hunt on the side of the head.
Hunt throws a hook but Laroux avoids it easily.
Laroux looks to land a right hand but Hunt moved out of range.
Laroux lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The fighters circling - Hunt throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hunt misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jab by Laroux.
Hunt moves out of range as Laroux strikes.
Jonny Hunt is winning the standup battle so far.
Laroux with a hook.
Hunt throws a hook but Laroux blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laroux keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Laroux scores with a punch to the head.
Laroux swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Laroux throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hunt's waist but Hunt gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Laroux off to one side.
Laroux misses with a body shot.
Laroux looks to land a left hand but Hunt moved out of range nicely.
Laroux missing with a left hand there. Hunt was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Laroux throws a lazy right hand but Hunt sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Laroux throws a hook but Hunt avoids it easily.
Hunt blocks a jab.
Laroux throws a body punch but Hunt moves out of range.
Laroux throws a jab when Hunt was well out of range.
A jab from Hunt misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laroux lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Hunt backs up against the cage.
Hunt uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Laroux.
A jab from Hunt misses.
Hunt takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hunt avoids the body shot from Laroux.
Hunt throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Laroux counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Hunt's guard now.
Laroux has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Laroux wants to pass the guard but Hunt is keeping the position.
Laroux is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Hunt keeping moving, preventing Laroux from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laroux looking to pass the guard.
Laroux works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Laroux throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Laroux missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Laroux thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hunt's head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Laroux throwing shots but Hunt is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laroux tries to stand and escape but Hunt actually recovers to full guard.
Laroux throwing strikes from guard but Hunt blocks nicely.
Laroux keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Hunt's head.
Hunt keeping moving, preventing Laroux from controlling successfully.
Laroux throwing strikes from guard but Hunt blocks nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Laroux trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And that's the end of the fight!
David Laroux comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Laroux has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:29
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Laroux!
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