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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Luke Fluke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arthur Meighen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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154 lbs
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177 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Luke Fluke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arthur Meighen!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Hugh Johnson and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fluke tests Meighen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fluke blocks a head kick by Meighen.
Meighen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fluke was well out of range. Poor timing from Meighen.
Fluke fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Meighen throws a body punch but Fluke moves out of range.
Meighen throws a leg kick that misses.
Fluke swats away the attempt to clinch by Meighen.
Fluke throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Meighen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Meighen feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Fluke's calf.
Fluke fails to land with a series of punches.
Meighen lands with a thumping leg kick.
Fluke throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Meighen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Meighen throws a leg kick
and Fluke counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Meighen thinking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meighen throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Fluke on the side of the head.
Meighen connects with a crisp jab.
Fluke loads up on a big right hand but Meighen slips the punch.
Fluke lands a nice looking kick to the body. Meighen takes a step back to recover.
Meighen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fluke was well out of range. Poor timing from Meighen.
Meighen wants to slow Fluke down by chopping away at his legs.
Meighen scores with a leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fluke. Meighen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Meighen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fluke.
Fluke comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Meighen shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Meighen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Fluke counters with an inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fluke is looking to clinch but Meighen is avoiding it.
Fluke moves out of range of the strikes.
Meighen tries to move into range but Fluke moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fluke scoring well with a low kick there.
Fluke tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Meighen throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Fluke to counter with a crisp jab.
Fluke pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Meighen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A solid leg kick lands there for Meighen.
Meighen misses with an uppercut
and Fluke counters with a stiff right hand.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Fluke.
Fluke ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Meighen moves away.
Fluke throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Meighen's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fluke blocks the body kick.
Meighen missing with a left hand there. Fluke was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Fluke is looking to wear down Meighen with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Meighen lands with a kick to the temple. Fluke shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Meighen misses with a straight left.
Fluke slips a jab from Meighen.
Meighen connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Meighen moves out of range as Fluke strikes.
Fluke slips a jab from Meighen.
Meighen checks the leg kick nicely there.
Fluke digs a good hook to Meighen's body.
A big left from Fluke misses.
Meighen thuds a left hand into Fluke's body.
Fluke misses with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meighen gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Fluke attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Fluke lands a jab to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Meighen throws out a leg kick but Fluke moves out of range and Meighen only half commits.
Meighen is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Fluke.
Fluke checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Meighen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Fluke's sensitive parts.
Meighen takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Meighen throws a body kick that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fluke lands a slapping body shot.
Meighen takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Meighen takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Meighen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fluke.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luke Fluke dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Fluke feints a jab promting Meighen to slip. Fluke then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Meighen slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Fluke with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Meighen to score with a decent uppercut.
A swing and a miss from Meighen.
Meighen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fluke moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fluke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Meighen was well out of range. Poor timing from Fluke.
Fluke scores with a leg kick.
Fluke pushes Meighen up against the cage in a clinch.
Fluke struggles to land a body shot inside as Meighen controls his hands.
Meighen lands a shot to the body.
Fluke tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Fluke misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fluke lands a right hand that snaps the head of Meighen backwards.
Meighen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fluke tries to land knees in the clinch but Meighen avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fluke lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Fluke managing to block the knees to the body from Meighen.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Fluke.
Fluke throws a head punch that misses.
Meighen will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Fluke up against the cage.
Fluke lands with a light punch inside.
Fluke tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Meighen looking to slow down the pace here.
Fluke lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Meighen fails to land.
Meighen just leaning against Fluke, taking a breather.
Fluke throws a punch but it's blocked by Meighen.
Meighen holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Meighen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Fluke.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fluke throws a head punch that misses.
Fluke scores with a shot to the side of Meighen's head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Fluke as Meighen tries to tie him up.
Fluke avoiding damage as Meighen throws knees to the body.
Fluke tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Fluke.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Meighen blocks an uppercut.
Fluke will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Meighen up against the cage.
Meighen trying to control the position but instead, Fluke has worked for underhooks and has pushed Meighen into the cage.
Fluke goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fluke has Meighen pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meighen is looking to control Fluke's arms but Fluke gets an underhook and turns him. Now Meighen has his back to the cage.
Meighen leaning his opponent against the cage.
Meighen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Meighen slips under a jab from Fluke.
Fluke looks to throw a body kick
and Meighen makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Meighen blocks a jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Fluke.
Nice cross by Fluke.
Meighen tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Meighen thows a body shot but no joy.
Fluke looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Meighen takes one on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meighen lands a nice looking body shot.
Arthur Meighen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Meighen checks a leg kick.
Meighen swings away with a leg kick that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fluke avoids a punch combination nicely.
Meighen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fluke.
Meighen has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Fluke finds it's way round the side to connect with Meighen's head.
Fluke connects with a high kick.
Meighen misses with the combination.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Meighen loads up on a big right hand but Fluke slips the punch.
Meighen bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luke Fluke dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Meighen throws the left hand but Fluke avoids the punch easily.
Fluke misses with a right hand
and Meighen counters with an inside leg kick.
Meighen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fluke.
Meighen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fluke misses with a leg kick
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Fluke throws a jab but it's blocked by Meighen.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Meighen is trying to break the clinch but Fluke has him pressed against the cage.
Fluke lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Fluke keeps control of Meighen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Fluke blocks a body shot from Meighen.
Meighen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fluke blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meighen slowing the pace effectively.
Meighen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Fluke.
Meighen is trying to force a seperation but Fluke has the dominant position.
Fluke managing to block the knees to the body from Meighen.
Fluke misses with a punch to the body.
Meighen misses with a punch to the body.
Meighen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Meighen taking a breather.
Meighen pushes Fluke back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fluke lands an elbow just above Meighen 's eye.
Meighen struggles to land a body shot inside as Fluke controls his hands.
A short uppercut from Meighen.
Meighen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fluke blocks it with crossed arms.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Fluke here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Meighen tries to work over Fluke's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Arthur Meighen seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fluke cracks Meighen with a nice body shot.
Fluke avoiding damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fluke blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Fluke pushes Meighen back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Fluke lands a right hand.
Meighen is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Fluke is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Meighen is keeping busy.
Fluke is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Fluke tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Meighen scores a nice knee to the body.
Fluke lands a right hand.
Meighen is trying to break the clinch but Fluke is controlling him.
Meighen tries to land knees in the clinch but Fluke avoids the damage to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fluke swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fluke blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Meighen throws an elbow but misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Meighen trying to land knees to the body.
Meighen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Fluke takes a shot to the head.
Fluke doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Meighen prevents a body shot from Fluke.
Meighen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short left from Meighen.
Fluke lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Meighen pressing his opponent against the cage.
Meighen trying to stall but Fluke improves his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fluke lands a right hand that snaps the head of Meighen backwards.
Meighen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fluke lands a hook to the side of the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Fluke.
Fluke throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Meighen avoiding damage as Fluke throws knees to the body.
Meighen can't find room to land a body shot as Fluke controls the action.
A short left from Fluke.
Meighen with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Meighen.
Meighen looking to stall.
Meighen tries to work over Fluke's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fluke misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fluke tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Meighen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arthur Meighen really dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Meighen throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Meighen rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fluke moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Meighen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Meighen throws out a leg kick but Fluke moves out of range and Meighen only half commits.
Meighen throws a jab but it's blocked by Fluke.
Fluke tries to land a leg kick but Meighen saw it coming and moves away.
Meighen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fluke moves away.
Meighen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Fluke moves away.
Fluke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Meighen throws a predictable looking body shot
and Fluke counters with a nice body shot.
Meighen throws a hook but Fluke avoids it easily.
Meighen misses with a body shot.
Fluke throws a jab when Meighen was well out of range.
Luke Fluke is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meighen throws a lazy right hand but Fluke sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Meighen shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Fluke listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Fluke jabs Meighen right on the nose. Meighen blinks but takes it well.
Fluke on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Meighen motions for Fluke to come forward. Meighen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Meighen throws an off balance right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Fluke feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Meighen's calf.
A jab from Meighen does it's job there.
Meighen goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Fluke throws a half hearted mid kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fluke avoids the body shot from Meighen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fluke lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Fluke misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Meighen looks to throw the jab but Fluke is out of range.
Meighen staying out of range there.
Meighen lands with a shot to the body.
Fluke pivots, looking for a leg kick but Meighen is out of range and Fluke settles back down.
Meighen misses with a right hand
and Fluke counters with a nice leg kick.
Meighen throws a right hand that Fluke ducks under and follows up with a left that Fluke also avoids with ease.
A shot to the body from Meighen misses
and Fluke counters with a low kick, right behind Meighen 's knee.
Fluke lands a high kick!
Meighen on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meighen lands a leg kick that knocks Fluke off balance momentarily.
Meighen tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Fluke is able to avoid easily.
Fluke avoids the head kick by Meighen.
Meighen loads up on a big right hand but Fluke slips the punch.
Meighen lands with a nice body kick.
Meighen avoids the head kick by Fluke.
Meighen misses with a low kick.
Meighen takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Meighen walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Meighen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Fluke.
Fluke has managed to clinch.
Still in the clinch, Fluke scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meighen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fluke blocks an uppercut.
Fluke scores with a shot to the side of Meighen's head.
Meighen scores with an uppercut up the middle.
With the fighters up against the cage, Fluke throws an elbow but misses.
Meighen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fluke's elbow.
Meighen blocks an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Meighen lands a knee to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Meighen.
Meighen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Meighen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fluke's elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Meighen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Knees in the clinch landing for Meighen.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Meighen.
Meighen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Arthur Meighen will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Nice body punch from Fluke.
Meighen scores with a head kick.
Fluke misses with a low kick.
Meighen throws a nice outside leg kick.
Meighen fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Fluke checks it well.
Meighen clobbers Fluke with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Meighen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fluke swings widly with a right hand
and Meighen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fluke keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Meighen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Meighen misses the jab.
Meighen throws a hook but Fluke blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meighen fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Fluke checks it well.
Fluke connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Fluke tries to close the distance and clinch up but Meighen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A jab from Fluke misses.
An inside leg kick from Meighen misses.
Meighen misses with a head kick.
Meighen goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Meighen scores with a spinning back kick!
Fluke scores with a jab.
Fluke uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Meighen.
Nice body kick there by Meighen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meighen avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fluke connects with a single shot there.
A big right from Fluke misses.
Meighen works Fluke's body with a nice hook.
Meighen walks into a left hand.
Fluke closes the distance and pushes Meighen back into the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A left hand lands to the body for Meighen.
Fluke tries to stall but Meighen uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Meighen lands a knee to the body.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
Meighen tries a body shot but Fluke blocks it.
Fluke blocks a body shot from Meighen.
Meighen using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meighen lands a knee to the body.
Meighen pressing his opponent against the cage.
Meighen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fluke.
Meighen tries to throw a body punch but Fluke avoids it by throwing Meighen back against the cage.
Meighen misses with some punches.
Meighen is looking to control Fluke's arms but Fluke gets an underhook and turns him. Now Meighen has his back to the cage.
Fluke wants to break free but Meighen has control.
Still in the clinch, Fluke scores with a nice short uppercut.
Fluke lands with a light punch inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Meighen.
Meighen lands a body punch in the clinch.
Meighen struggles to land a body shot inside as Fluke controls his hands.
Fluke lands with a left to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fluke lands an elbow just above Meighen 's eye.
Fluke misses with an elbow over the top.
A head punch on the inside from Fluke fails to land.
Fluke lands a hook to the side of the head.
Meighen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
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!
Meighen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fluke landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Fluke blocks a body shot from Meighen.
Meighen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Fluke tries to throw a body punch but Meighen avoids it by throwing Fluke back against the cage.
Fluke lands a hook that snaps the head of Meighen backwards.
Meighen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fluke fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Meighen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fluke doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fluke breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that's the end of the fight!
Arthur Meighen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Meighen 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 47:48
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 47:48
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arthur Meighen!
Arthur Meighen seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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