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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leandro Damiao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Mullen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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190 cm
26
210 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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185 cm
24
205 lbs
8 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Knockout power |
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Leandro Damiao! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Steve Mullen! The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Matheus Silva and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Mullen throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body. Mullen throws the kick towards the body but Damiao avoids it. Mullen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses. Damiao throws a chopping leg kick but Mullen manages to avoid taking any serious damage. Mullen misses with a head kick.
Damiao closes the distance looking to clinch and Mullen counters with a good low kick that Damiao was not able to check. Mullen gets a clinch. Mullen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Mullen putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Damiao in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body. 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! Damiao tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mullen avoids it. Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Mullen obliges. Damiao is breathing heavily. Mullen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body. Mullen landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Mullen lands a good knee to the midsection. Damiao won't want to take too many of those.
That's one minute gone in the round. Mullen lands a knee to the head.
Mullen lands a knee to the body.
Mullen unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mullen lands a good knee to the midsection. Damiao won't want to take too many of those. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Damiao takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mullen with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head. Mullen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body. Mullen drops Damiao with a big knee straight up the middle! Damiao is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Damiao is rocked! Mullen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh. Oh Damiao is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Damiao walks forward, straight into a front kick from Mullen. Mullen scores with a kick to the midsection. Damiao seems to have got his legs back now. Mullen delivers a nice body kick. A thudding body kick lands there by Mullen!
Mullen lands with a kick to the temple. Damiao shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
That's two minutes gone in the round. Mullen gets a clinch. Mullen landing knees to the body.
Mullen drops Damiao with a big knee straight up the middle! Damiao is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet! Mullen scores with a nice body kick.
Mullen takes the fight into the clinch. Damiao will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body. Mullen putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Damiao in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body. Mullen has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Damiao - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Mullen, and another! Damiao is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Steve Mullen! Steve Mullen really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Steel Penn's Laundry 93% logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
100% |
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