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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ejay Shazad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Le Blanc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Le Blanc has chosen I Know It's Over - By The Smiths as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Kyle Le Blanc has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Ejay Shazad's chin.
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147 lbs
15 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ejay Shazad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kyle Le Blanc!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Ryoma Takatsuka and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Le Blanc fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Shazad checks it well.
Shazad drives through and clinches with Le Blanc against the cage.
Le Blanc misses with a hook to the ribs.
Le Blanc misses with a body punch.
Shazad's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Shazad lands with a light punch inside.
Shazad looking to stall.
Shazad breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Shazad lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Le Blanc ducks under a wild hook from Shazad.
Le Blanc misses with a body punch
enabling Shazad to counter with a crisp jab.
Le Blanc circles away from the clinch attempt.
Shazad tries to clinch but fails miserably
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Shazad dodges the punch combination from Le Blanc.
Le Blanc misses with a wild body shot.
Shazad ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Le Blanc moves away.
Shazad takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Blanc throws a low kick but Shazad avoids it.
A shot to the body from Shazad misses
and Le Blanc counters with a big head kick but Shazad shrugs it off.
Shazad misses with a wild body shot.
Le Blanc throws a quick inside leg kick.
Le Blanc takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Le Blanc throws a nice outside leg kick.
Le Blanc throws a combination. Shazad tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Le Blanc just misses with a punch to the body.
Shazad throws a hook but Le Blanc blocks it.
Shazad misses the jab.
Shazad lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Le Blanc misses with a series of wild punches.
Shazad bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Shazad tries to clinch there but Le Blanc circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le Blanc lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Le Blanc throws a shot from downtown. Shazad moves away and avoids it.
Shazad throws out a loose jab but Le Blanc uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shazad connects with a looping right hand.
Shazad moves into the clinch successfully.
Nice body punch from Shazad.
Shazad breaks from the clinch.
Le Blanc stuns Shazad with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Le Blanc ducks right into an uppercut from Shazad.
Le Blanc loads up on a big right hand but Shazad slips the punch.
Shazad keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Le Blanc is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Shazad rather than just go for the knockout.
Le Blanc keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Le Blanc with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Le Blanc's corner calls for a 1-2. Le Blanc obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Kyle Le Blanc seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Le Blanc misses with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le Blanc misses with a body shot.
Le Blanc fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Shazad blocks the body kick.
Le Blanc uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Shazad.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Le Blanc!
Shazad fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Le Blanc, pushing him back against the cage.
Le Blanc lands a body punch.
A short uppercut from Le Blanc.
Shazad misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Le Blanc tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Shazad's elbow.
Shazad holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Le Blanc breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Le Blanc, right into the meat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Le Blanc catches Shazad with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shazad is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Le Blanc.
Le Blanc avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Le Blanc lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Shazad thows a left - swing and a miss!
Le Blanc circles away from the clinch attempt.
Shazad's jab looks to have found its range, popping Le Blanc under the eye.
Le Blanc with a nice cross.
Shazad is rocked!
Shazad on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Oh Shazad is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Le Blanc sizes up Shazad with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Shazad is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Le Blanc throws a good cross that connects.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Le Blanc lands a nice looking kick to the body. Shazad takes a step back to recover.
Shazad looks up at the clock. Bad move! Le Blanc lands a right hand from hell, dropping Shazad. Le Blanc pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kyle Le Blanc!
Kyle Le Blanc very nearly forgot to thank CEC Nutrition Q159 amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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