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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Asher Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lassi Lambada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Lassi Lambada was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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192 cm
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192 lbs
26 - 13 - 0 |
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188 cm
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200 lbs
13 - 9 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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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
26 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Asher Lee! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lassi Lambada! The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Emerson Jorge and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Lambada moves in looking to clinch but Lee pushes him off. Lee misses with a combination
and Lambada counters with a stiff right hand. Lambada tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lee swats him away and circles back towards the center. Lambada shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lee as he jumps to the side. Lee gets tackled into the cage by Lambada. Lambada maintains the clinch. Lee can't break the clinch.
Lambada has hold of one of Lee's legs. Lee is fighting the takedown attempt but Lambada gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard. Lambada slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard. Lambada landing some decent shots from guard. Lambada stays in close to Lee's body and controls the position.
That's one minute gone in the round. Lambada passes into half guard. Lambada is controlling the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Lambada is looking to advance position but Lee won't allow it.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Lassi Lambada hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart. Lee misses with a hook. Lambada closes the distance and clinches. Lee works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Lambada tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lee avoids it. Lambada lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Lee swings wildly with an uppercut but Lambada uses good head movement to avoid it. Lambada changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Lee fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round. The fight stays on the outside here - Lambada looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Lambada misses with a two punch combination.
Lambada wants to clinch. Lambada tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lee paws at him with a jab and circles away. Lambada throws a hook but Lee blocks it. Lambada has managed to clinch.
Lambada drops down looking for an ankle pick but Lee pulls his leg out and moves away.
Asher Lee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lassi Lambada. Lambada fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Lambada with a body punch. A glancing blow. Lee moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination. Lee misses with a hook. Some wild striking there from Lambada.
Lambada avoids the body shot from Lee.
A slow jab from Lee misses its intended target. A big left from Lee misses. Lee thows a body shot but no joy. Asher Lee is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Lee gets caught flat footed, as Lambada shoots in with a quick takedown into guard. 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! Lambada content to stall in guard here. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Lambada trying to control but Lee is working from the bottom. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lassi Lambada dominated that round. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Lambada misses with a hook. Lee ducked under it nicely. Lambada has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Lee finds it's way round the side to connect with Lambada's head. The fighters circling - Lee throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Lambada closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Lambada lands in his opponent's guard. Lambada wants to pass the guard but Lee is keeping the position. Lambada wants to control from the top but Lee keeps moving. Lambada is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's one minute gone in the round. Lambada postures up in Lee's guard and throws a big left but Lee blocks it. Lambada trying to control but Lee is working from the bottom.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Lassi Lambada hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart. Lambada misses the jab. Lee throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lambada sees it coming and avoids it easily. Lambada takes a shot right to the bread basket. A right-left combo lands from Lambada. Lambada feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position. Lambada trying to control the position from guard on top but Lee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Lee looking for a sweep. Not yet Lee, not yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Lambada advances to half guard. This has been an exciting period of action! Well, if Lambada is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Lambada passes to full mount! Lambada thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage. Lambada controlling the pace for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Lambada sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it! Lambada controlling from mount. Lambada lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Lambada lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Lee hang on? Lambada looking to control and managing it successfully. Lambada throwing strikes here but Lee is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lassi Lambada showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. 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!
Lee rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lambada moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Lee lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected. Lambada uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lee. Lambada is looking to clinch but Lee is avoiding it.
Lambada moves out of range as Lee strikes. Lambada is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Lee throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lambada sees it coming and avoids it easily. A telegraphed right hand from Lee misses the target. Lee pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Lambada tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Lassi Lambada seems to be getting the better of the standup. Lee swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lee tries to sprawl but Lambada drives through with a takedown into half guard. Lambada wants to control but Lee is keeping him busy.
That's one minute gone in the round. Lambada looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding. The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Lassi Lambada. Lambada paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button. Lambada takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Lambada closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Lee quickly recovers to half guard. Lambada has been the more effective fighter overall so far. Lambada performing his best blanket impression for a moment. Lambada trying to control from half guard but Lee is working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Lambada sitting and controlling from the half guard. The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Lassi Lambada hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart. Lee looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Lambada tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lee paws at him with a jab and circles away. Lambada throws a nice looking combination but Lee bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! The fight moves into the clinch position. Lee blocks an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Lee stops a takedown attempt from Lambada.
Lambada escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lee misses with an uppercut. Lambada saw that one coming. Lambada decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard. Lambada with a momentary lay and pray from half guard. Lambada tries to stand but his arm is trapped. Lassi Lambada is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight. Lambada sitting and controlling from the half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Lassi Lambada has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet. Lambada misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Lee.
Asher Lee has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Lambada throws a good cross that connects.
Lee gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there. Lambada gets in close and instigates a clinch. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Lee is trying to break free. Lambada lands with a short head shot on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight! Lassi Lambada comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. Well Lambada has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 27:30 Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 27:30 Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lassi Lambada! After winning the bout, Lassi Lambada thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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