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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Goldman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luka Beck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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220 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Michael Goldman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Luka Beck!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Frank Dennis and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beck shoots in but Goldman avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Michael Goldman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Goldman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Beck takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Beck dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Goldman. That did some damage!
Goldman attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Beck takes one to the side of the head.
Beck tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The fight stays on the outside here - Goldman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Goldman misses with a wild body shot.
Goldman swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Beck.
Beck on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Beck fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Goldman manages to avoid it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Beck, right into the meat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Goldman misses with a head kick.
Goldman keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Goldman lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Beck at a distance.
Beck lands a leg kick that knocks Goldman off balance momentarily.
Beck closes the distance and clinches up with Goldman, looking for a takedown. Beck pushes Goldman against the cage but Goldman circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Goldman shoots in for a double leg but Beck sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Beck waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Goldman.
Beck looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Beck pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Beck throws the kick towards the body but Goldman avoids it.
Goldman lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Jab by Beck.
Beck throws a body punch but Goldman moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Goldman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Beck manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Beck gets tackled into the cage by Goldman. Goldman maintains the clinch.
Beck blocking some punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Beck tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Beck is looking to break free of the clinch but Goldman has double underhooks.
Beck tries to break free but Goldman pushes him back against the cage.
Beck tries a body shot but Goldman blocks it.
Beck dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Goldman is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Goldman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Beck working aggressively here.
Goldman avoids a wild elbow strike from Beck.
Beck can't find room to land a body shot as Goldman controls the action.
Goldman is trying to drag Beck to the mat but Beck just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Goldman.
Beck breaks the clinch.
Beck blocks a leg kick.
Beck tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Beck misses with an attempted mid kick.
Goldman is looking to clinch.
Goldman lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Beck steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Goldman.
Beck on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Beck is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Beck lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Goldman at a distance.
Beck has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Goldman finds it's way round the side to connect with Beck's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Goldman fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Goldman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Goldman missing with a left hand there. Beck was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Beck feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Goldman's calf.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Beck throws a good cross that connects.
Goldman throws a hook to the side of Beck's head but Beck sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Beck throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Beck stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Goldman.
Beck avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Beck misses with a straight left.
Goldman throws a lazy right hand but Beck sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Goldman. Beck does a little dance to reset his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Michael Goldman will probably get the nod.
That's time! Goldman's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Beck throws out a powerful jab.
Beck uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Goldman.
Beck bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Beck throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Beck throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Goldman tries to score with a low kick but Beck moves his leg out of the way.
Goldman misses with a leg kick
and Beck counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Goldman throws a quick inside leg kick.
Beck uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Goldman.
Goldman cracks Beck with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Goldman throws a low kick, looking for Beck's leg but Beck calmly moves out of range.
Goldman scores with a head kick. Beck tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Goldman throws a body punch but Beck moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beck throws a shot from downtown. Goldman moves away and avoids it.
Goldman walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Beck lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Goldman throws a leg kick but Beck sees it coming and moves out of range.
Goldman jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Goldman dips to his left and cracks Beck with an uppercut!
Beck avoids the head kick by Goldman.
Goldman moves out of range of the body kick from Beck.
Goldman pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Beck circles away from the clinch attempt.
Beck takes a kick to the side of the head.
Beck swings for the body but Goldman moves out of range.
Goldman doesn't manage to clinch there - Beck circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beck throws a low kick, looking for Goldman's leg but Goldman calmly moves out of range.
Goldman just misses with a punch to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Beck.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Goldman cracks a nice hook into Beck's ribs.
Goldman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Beck throws out the jab.
Beck gets a double leg takedown into Goldman's guard.
Goldman avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Beck controls from within his opponent's guard.
Goldman seems keen to control Beck's posture.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beck landing some decent shots from guard.
Goldman manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Beck is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Goldman throwing strikes here but Beck is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Goldman is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Beck is squirming around, avoiding Goldman's attempts to control the action.
Beck avoids a series of strikes thrown by Goldman.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beck gets back to half guard.
Goldman is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Beck makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Beck.
Goldman trying to move into half guard but instead Beck has managed to sweep!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Goldman not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Goldman is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Beck keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Goldman's head.
Beck pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Goldman is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Luka Beck 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!
Goldman throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Beck looks to throw the jab but Goldman is out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Beck.
Goldman misses with a body shot.
Goldman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
An inside leg kick from Goldman misses.
Goldman throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice uppercut there from Goldman.
Goldman misses with a wild body shot.
Beck is looking to slow Goldman down with leg kicks.
Beck scores with a nice strike.
It looks like Michael Goldman has been cut.
Nice shot by Beck.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Beck. That's going to slow Goldman down.
Goldman throws a low kick but Beck avoids it.
Nice jab there from Beck.
A cross from Goldman lands.
Goldman looks to land a left hand but Beck moved out of range nicely.
Beck fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Beck tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Beck throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Goldman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Beck manages to avoid it.
Goldman is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Beck takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Nice sprawl there from Beck as Goldman shoots in.
Goldman 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beck avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Beck throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Goldman throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Goldman swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Beck counter with a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Beck staying out of range there.
Beck fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Goldman manages to avoid it.
Goldman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Beck crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Goldman - the referee stops the clock and Beck gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Goldman. Beck manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Beck.
Goldman finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Beck misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Beck throws a head kick but Goldman moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Goldman takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Goldman closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Goldman throws a jab when Beck was well out of range.
Goldman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Goldman bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Beck misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Goldman.
Goldman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Beck moves away.
Beck thumps Goldman with a low kick.
Goldman misses with a two punch combination.
Beck bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Goldman's head backwards.
Goldman throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Beck stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Goldman scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Goldman throws a shot from downtown. Beck moves away and avoids it.
Goldman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Beck manages to avoid it.
Goldman throws a body punch but Beck moves out of range.
Goldman misses with a low kick.
Goldman chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Beck can pounce on him.
Goldman throws a jab when Beck was well out of range.
Goldman lands a nice shot that snaps Beck's head back.
Beck throws a hook to the side of Goldman's head but Goldman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Beck moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Goldman tries to move into range but Beck moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Goldman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And that's the end of the fight!
Luka Beck comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Beck 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luka Beck!
Luka Beck gave a mention to TFP Graphics - Pit Inc in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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