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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mikey Capone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Leighty (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leighty is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Cowboy Dan. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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193 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mikey Capone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dan Leighty!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Winston Howard and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leighty swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Capone tries a head kick but it misses.
Capone misses with a straight left.
Jab by Leighty.
Leighty throws a hook but Capone avoids it easily.
Leighty fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Capone is out of range.
A nice inside leg kick there by Leighty. That's going to slow Capone down.
Leighty tests Capone's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Leighty thows a body shot but no joy.
Capone throws out a loose jab but Leighty uses good head movement to avoid it.
Capone throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Capone thows a left - swing and a miss!
Leighty cracks Capone with a good jab.
Capone lands a body shot.
Leighty fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Leighty misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Capone fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Leighty manages to avoid it.
Capone moves out of range of the body kick from Leighty.
Leighty blocks a low kick nicely.
Capone keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Leighty.
Capone throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Leighty counters with an outside leg kick.
Leighty throws a head kick that misses.
Capone thumps Leighty with a low kick.
Capone throws a hook but Leighty blocks it.
Leighty with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Capone misses with a right hand
and Leighty makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Leighty looks to land a left hand but Capone moved out of range nicely.
Leighty walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Capone checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Capone swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Leighty.
A solid body kick from Leighty.
A jab from Leighty does it's job there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Leighty uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Capone.
Leighty moves out of range as Capone strikes.
Leighty fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Capone has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Leighty scores with a jab to the body.
Leighty feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Capone's calf.
Leighty throws a head kick that misses.
Capone takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Leighty slips a jab from Capone.
Leighty connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Capone swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Capone misses with a wild body shot.
Leighty keeps Capone at a distance using the push kick.
Capone fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Leighty manages to avoid it.
Leighty looks to score with a jab to the body but Capone is just out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Capone throws a hook but Leighty avoids it easily.
A jab from Leighty does it's job there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Leighty. Capone does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab from Leighty misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Leighty, as that shot connected.
Leighty swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Leighty throws a body kick that misses.
Capone misses with a looping left.
Capone throws a solid leg kick but Leighty takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Capone.
A low kick from Leighty misses
and Capone counters with a low kick, right behind Leighty 's knee.
Leighty thows a body shot but no joy.
Capone dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Leighty. That did some damage!
Leighty tries to clinch but Capone is having none of it.
Capone misses with an uppercut. Leighty saw that one coming.
Capone throws a push kick but Leighty slaps the foot to one side.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Capone throws a hook but Leighty avoids it easily.
Leighty looks to score with a jab to the body but Capone is just out of range.
Leighty scores with a sloppy right hand. Capone should have avoided that one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A looping hook to the body misses from Leighty. Capone does a little dance to reset his feet.
Leighty throws a push kick but Capone slaps the foot to one side.
Capone connects with a crisp jab.
Leighty is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Capone had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Capone lunges at Leighty with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Leighty's hand.
Leighty misses with a body kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Leighty.
A chopping leg kick lands by Leighty.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Capone just misses with a punch to the body.
Leighty misses the shot to the body.
Capone misses with a wild body shot.
Capone connects with a right hand. Leighty shakes it off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan Leighty dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Capone takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Leighty fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Capone on the side of the head.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Leighty in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Capone looks to land a combination but Leighty avoids it well.
Leighty misses with a low kick.
Leighty keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Capone takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Leighty misses with a hook.
Capone throws a right and a left that Leighty avoids nicely.
Leighty connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A clash of legs there as Leighty blocks the low kick.
Capone just misses with a punch to the body.
A jab lands there for Leighty.
Capone misses with a body shot.
Capone misses with a hook.
Leighty tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Capone was well out of range. Poor timing from Leighty.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Capone scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Capone misses with a straight right.
Leighty misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Capone.
Capone checks a leg kick nicely.
Leighty avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Leighty throws a sloppy head kick and Capone moves out of range easily.
Leighty connects with a leg kick. Capone looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Capone misses the shot to the body.
Capone is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Capone just misses with a punch to the body.
Capone misses with a hook.
Leighty misses with a low kick.
Leighty misses with a hook.
Leighty fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Capone is out of range.
Dan Leighty seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Capone avoids a kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Capone walks into a stiff left hand from Leighty.
Capone steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Leighty.
A punch lands to the side of Leighty 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Capone throws a half hearted mid kick.
Leighty looks for the body kick but Capone saw that one coming.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leighty connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Leighty stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Capone.
Leighty thows a leg kick but Capone checks it
and Capone cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Leighty throws a body kick that misses.
Capone with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Leighty digs a good hook to Capone's body.
Capone misses with an uppercut.
Leighty throws a leg kick which misses Capone's front leg but catches the back leg as Capone tries to avoid it.
Leighty ducks right into an uppercut from Capone.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Capone moves out of range of the strikes.
Leighty changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Capone looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Leighty steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Capone.
Capone takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Leighty avoids the head kick by Capone.
A slow jab from Capone misses its intended target.
Capone steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Leighty.
Leighty scores with the left hand. Capone knows he should have avoided that one.
Leighty throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Capone to counter with a crisp jab.
Leighty misses the shot to the body.
Leighty lands with a thumping leg kick.
Capone feints a jab promting Leighty to slip. Capone then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Leighty slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Leighty lands a nice looking body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Capone ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Leighty moves away.
Leighty on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A big right from Capone misses.
Capone scores with a nice right hand.
Capone thows a body shot but no joy.
Capone misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Leighty.
Leighty throws a jab when Capone was well out of range.
Capone lands a nice leg kick that just misses Leighty's sensitive parts.
Capone swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Leighty scores with a nice right hand.
Leighty avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Leighty lands a right hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Mikey Capone will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Capone takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Leighty moves out of range as Capone throws a body kick.
Leighty checks the leg kick nicely there.
A leg kick checked by Capone.
Leighty bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Capone scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Capone misses with a wild combination.
A slow jab from Leighty misses its intended target.
A jab from Leighty misses.
Capone swings widly with a right hand
and Leighty makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Capone throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Leighty throws a body punch but Capone moves out of range.
Capone avoids the head kick by Leighty.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leighty slips a straight right by Capone.
Leighty keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Leighty has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Leighty there as he acknowledges the shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Capone misses the target.
Leighty with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Capone lands a really nice looking cross but Leighty seems unphased.
Leighty connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A decent looking cross lands there for Capone.
Capone misses the jab.
Leighty gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Capone.
Capone throws a body punch but Leighty moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Capone.
Leighty pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Capone misses with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leighty misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Capone.
Good leg kick by Leighty there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Capone is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Capone throws a big shot that misses.
Leighty looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Capone misses with a straight right.
Capone throws the kick towards the body but Leighty avoids it.
Capone feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Leighty's calf.
Leighty scores with a head kick.
Leighty throws a jab but it's blocked by Capone.
Leighty misses with the combination.
Capone lands with an overhand left.
Leighty jabs at Capone's body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Capone misses with a wild body shot.
Capone keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Leighty.
Capone with a jab.
Capone connects with a right hand. Leighty shakes it off.
A slapping leg kick lands for Leighty.
Capone checks a leg kick.
Capone looks to land a right hand but Leighty moved out of range.
Capone lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Capone throws a big shot that misses.
Capone throws a hook but Leighty blocks it.
Capone steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Leighty.
Capone slips under a jab.
Capone misses the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leighty moves away from the strike by Capone.
Leighty connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Capone throws a right hand that misses
and Leighty counters with a low kick, right behind Capone 's knee.
Leighty throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Capone pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Leighty misses with a right hand
and Capone counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Capone avoids the body shot from Leighty.
Capone pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Capone fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Capone displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Leighty throws out the jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Leighty lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Capone has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Capone and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Capone tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Leighty is able to avoid easily.
Capone has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Leighty.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Mikey Capone.
I think Capone has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 29:28
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mikey Capone!
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