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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Julian Casablancas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Conteh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Casablancas kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Gers Pardoel - Bagagedrager ft. Sef . Julian Casablancas is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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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
12 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Julian Casablancas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, John Conteh!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Sam Margolis and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Casablancas uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Casablancas misses with a straight left.
Conteh jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Casablancas tries to clinch but Conteh is having none of it.
Conteh misses the shot to the body.
Casablancas throws a jab but it's blocked by Conteh.
Casablancas gets a clinch.
Conteh lands a nice uppercut.
Casablancas lands a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Conteh.
A head punch on the inside from Conteh fails to land.
Casablancas blocks a body shot from Conteh.
Conteh just leaning against Casablancas, taking a breather.
Conteh doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Casablancas misses with a punch on the inside.
Casablancas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Casablancas landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Casablancas misses with a punch on the inside.
Conteh scores with a shoulder strike.
Casablancas misses with a knee strike.
Conteh doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Casablancas using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Conteh looks winded!
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!
Conteh takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like John Conteh has been cut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Casablancas working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Conteh stalling in the clinch but Casablancas improves position.
Casablancas cracks Conteh with a nice body shot.
Conteh takes an elbow to the forehead.
Casablancas scores with a shoulder strike.
Conteh blocks a body shot from Casablancas.
Casablancas lands a nice uppercut.
Casablancas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Conteh has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Casablancas misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Casablancas gets through Conteh's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Casablancas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Conteh has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Conteh blocks a body shot from Casablancas.
Casablancas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Casablancas lands with a right to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Conteh is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Casablancas has denied him.
Knees to the body from Casablancas.
Casablancas lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Casablancas tries a body shot but Conteh blocks it.
Casablancas lands an elbow inside that Conteh shrugs off.
Conteh takes a knee right on the jaw!
Casablancas lands an elbow inside.
Casablancas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Casablancas lands an uppercut.
Conteh avoiding damage as Casablancas throws knees to the body.
Conteh swings wildly with an uppercut but Casablancas uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Casablancas scores with a knee to the head.
Casablancas misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Casablancas struggles to land a body shot inside as Conteh controls his hands.
Casablancas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Conteh's elbow.
Conteh lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Casablancas tries a body shot but Conteh blocks it.
Casablancas lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Casablancas scores with a knee to the head.
Conteh looking to slow down the pace here.
Casablancas misses with a body punch.
Nice elbow from Casablancas.
Casablancas throws an elbow that misses.
Casablancas misses with a hook from the clinch.
Casablancas lands an elbow inside that Conteh shrugs off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Casablancas.
Conteh avoiding damage.
A knee to the head by Casablancas.
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!
Casablancas is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Conteh gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Conteh avoiding damage.
Casablancas lands an uppercut.
Casablancas missing with knees to the body.
Conteh takes a knee to the side of the body.
Conteh managing to block the knees to the body from Casablancas.
Conteh takes a knee to the side of the body.
Casablancas crunches a lovely knee into Conteh's ribcage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Conteh blocks a body shot from Casablancas.
Casablancas can't find room to land a body shot as Conteh controls the action.
A nice left hand lands by Casablancas.
Casablancas can't find room to land a body shot as Conteh controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Julian Casablancas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Conteh's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Casablancas is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Conteh swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Conteh throws a shot from downtown. Casablancas moves away and avoids it.
Casablancas slips under a jab from Conteh.
Conteh scores with a decent looking hook.
Conteh scores with a jab.
Casablancas takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Casablancas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A left lands for Casablancas.
Casablancas throws a hook but Conteh avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Conteh throws the left hand but Casablancas avoids the punch easily.
Casablancas swings for the body but Conteh moves out of range.
Casablancas takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Conteh avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice shot by Conteh.
Casablancas fails to land with a series of punches.
Conteh steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Casablancas.
Casablancas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Conteh fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Casablancas thows a body shot but no joy.
Casablancas fails with an attempt to clinch.
Casablancas rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Conteh counters with a left to the body.
Conteh throws an off balance right hand
and Casablancas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Casablancas tries to bum rush Conteh with a series of wild strikes but Conteh uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Casablancas tries to clinch but Conteh moves out of range.
Casablancas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Decent striking displayed by Casablancas there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Casablancas misses with a left hand
and Conteh counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A jab from Conteh misses.
Casablancas misses with a straight right.
Conteh bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Casablancas's head backwards.
Casablancas scores with a jab to the head.
Casablancas is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Conteh.
Julian Casablancas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Conteh jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Casablancas moves in looking to clinch but Conteh pushes him off.
Casablancas defending well as Conteh loads up on a big left hand.
A jab from Conteh finds it's way through Casablancas's defenses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Casablancas tries to clinch up.
John Conteh seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Conteh throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A lazy left from Casablancas finds it's target.
Casablancas uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Conteh.
Conteh looks to throw the jab but Casablancas is out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big right from Conteh misses.
Casablancas lands a slapping body shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Conteh misses with an uppercut.
Casablancas misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but John Conteh will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on John Conteh's cut.
That's time! Casablancas's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Nice uppercut lands for Casablancas. That snapped Conteh's head back.
Conteh throws a looping overhand right but Casablancas ducks down to avoid it.
Conteh walks into a jab.
Conteh keeps the fight on the outside.
Conteh throws a lazy uppercut
letting Casablancas counter with a right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Casablancas. Conteh does a little dance to reset his feet.
A big left from Conteh misses.
Casablancas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Conteh can do to turn this around?
Casablancas thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice body punch from Casablancas.
Casablancas misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Casablancas throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Conteh sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Conteh keeps the fight on the outside.
Casablancas throws a leg kick but Conteh checks it.
Casablancas wants to clinch up but Conteh keeps it at a distance.
Conteh takes one to the side of the head.
Casablancas loads up on a big right hand but Conteh slips the punch.
Conteh looks to land a right hand but Casablancas moved out of range.
Casablancas with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Conteh scores with the left hand. Casablancas knows he should have avoided that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Casablancas 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Casablancas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Casablancas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Conteh slips under a jab from Casablancas.
Conteh might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
A big left from Conteh misses.
A big right from Casablancas misses.
A slow jab from Casablancas misses its intended target.
Conteh rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Casablancas counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Casablancas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Conteh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Casablancas misses with a straight left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Casablancas misses the shot to the body.
Casablancas misses with a right hand
and Conteh counters with a straight right hand.
Casablancas is looking to clinch but Conteh is avoiding it.
Conteh wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Casablancas fails with an attempt to clinch.
Casablancas wants to clinch up but Conteh keeps it at a distance.
Casablancas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Casablancas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Conteh paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Conteh is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Casablancas.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Conteh clobbers Casablancas with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A big right from Conteh misses.
Casablancas fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fighters circling - Conteh throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Casablancas tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fight stays on the outside here - Casablancas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Conteh waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Casablancas.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Casablancas misses with a wild body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Julian Casablancas showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Casablancas has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Julian Casablancas!
A victorious Julian Casablancas thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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