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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Stephen Learmont (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Landry Saracen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Learmont comes to the cage accompanied by Krallice - Wretched Wisdom. Saracen has chosen Bon Jovi - Dead or Alive as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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170 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
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170 lbs
10 - 9 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Stephen Learmont!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Landry Saracen!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Aafke Stam and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Learmont moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Learmont scores with a nice right hand.
Learmont misses with an uppercut.
Learmont throws a hook but Saracen avoids it easily.
Saracen on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Learmont misses the jab.
Saracen has a takedown stuffed.
Learmont swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stephen Learmont seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Saracen closes the distance and clinches.
Learmont doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Learmont lands a left hand that snaps the head of Saracen backwards.
Saracen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Learmont throws the left hand but Saracen avoids the punch easily.
Learmont missing with a left hand there. Saracen was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Saracen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Learmont swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Saracen tries to bum rush Learmont with a series of wild strikes but Learmont uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Saracen throws a hook but Learmont avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saracen scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Learmont gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Saracen with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Saracen is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Learmont doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Saracen.
The fighters are battling for position here. Learmont manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Saracen thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Learmont looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Saracen is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Learmont controls Saracen momentarily but Saracen frees himself.
Saracen looking to pass the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Saracen passes into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Saracen maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Learmont could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Saracen has cracked it and Learmont is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Saracen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Landry Saracen!
Landry Saracen decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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