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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Randy Natural (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brock Lesner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Natural comes to the cage accompanied by Tupac- Me Against The World. Lesner is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: down with the sickness. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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232 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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248 lbs
8 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Big right hand |
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ADCC Champion
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Randy Natural!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brock Lesner!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, John Mangel and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lesner throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Natural's waist but Natural gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Lesner off to one side.
Natural leaves Lesner with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Natural lands with a thumping leg kick.
Lesner keeps the fight on the outside.
Natural tries to clinch up but Lesner circles away and keeps his distance.
Natural tries to clinch
and Lesner counters with a single leg into guard. Natural didn't expect that.
Natural has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Lesner off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Natural moves into range and clinches up with Lesner.
Lesner drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Randy Natural has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brock Lesner.
Lesner wants a takedown but no success here.
Natural is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Lesner is working for takedown but Natural is calmly controlling the position for now.
Lesner wants a takedown but no success here.
A short uppercut from Natural.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lesner has Natural pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Natural manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Natural dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Lesner wants a takedown.
A short right from Natural on the inside.
Natural is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Natural stops a takedown attempt from Lesner.
Natural holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Natural lands an uppercut.
It looks like Brock Lesner has been cut.
A bit of stalling here from Natural.
A short left from Natural.
The referee calls for Natural to work.
Natural working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Natural creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lesner's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lesner can't get the takedown.
Natural stalling.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Natural creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Natural lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lesner is trying to trip Natural. He has hold of a leg but Natural is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Lesner persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Lesner pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Natural is keeping the position for now.
Lesner prevents Natural from getting back to his feet.
Natural keeping full guard, as Lesner tries to pass.
Lesner wants to control from the top but Natural keeps moving.
Natural wants to stand and escape but Lesner is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lesner loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lesner working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Lesner tries to free his leg and advance position but Natural is retaining full guard.
Lesner stops Natural from standing up.
Lesner throws a strike but Natural rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Natural stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Randy Natural is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Natural misses with a few strikes there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Natural slaps away a takedown attempt from Lesner, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Natural tries to clinch but Lesner moves out of range.
Lesner keeps the fight on the outside.
Lesner scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Lesner in side control, throwing shots but Natural defends.
Lesner fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lesner tries for a kimura but Natural is defending well.
Lesner tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Lesner has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
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 Randy Natural will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Brock Lesner's cut.
That's time! Natural's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Lesner shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Natural sprawls well. Natural wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Lesner gets slowly back to his feet.
Lesner tests Natural's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lesner swats away the attempt to clinch by Natural.
Natural clinches up with Lesner and pushes him back against the cage.
Natural gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Lesner.
Natural controlling the action here for a moment.
Natural escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lesner swats away the attempt to clinch by Natural.
Lesner shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Randy Natural has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brock Lesner.
Lesner is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Natural.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lesner shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Natural pinned against the cage. Natural gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Natural doesn't manage to clinch there - Lesner circles away.
Natural throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lesner fails with the takedown.
Randy Natural seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Natural darts in and clinches Lesner up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Natural - that landed with a thud.
Lesner drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Lesner is breathing heavily.
Lesner tries to score a body lock takedown but Natural shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lesner dodges an elbow strike from Natural.
Lesner wants a takedown but no success here.
Natural stalling the fight.
Natural manages to break the clinch.
Lesner dives in and grabs Natural's left leg, looking for a takedown. Natural pushes down on Lesner's head and hops out.
Natural forces Lesner back against the cage and clinches.
Nice body punch from Natural - that landed with a thud.
Natural lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Natural scores with a shot to the side of Lesner's head.
Lesner has Natural pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Natural manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Natural is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Natural with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Natural escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Natural takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Lesner shoots in looking for a takedown but Natural manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Lesner's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Lesner dives in and grabs Natural's left leg, looking for a takedown. Natural pushes down on Lesner's head and hops out.
Natural throws a right and a left that Lesner avoids nicely.
Randy Natural is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Natural drives through and clinches with Lesner against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Natural.
Natural effectively controlling the action here.
Natural lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Natural scores with a shot to the side of Lesner's head.
Randy Natural has scored more points in the clinch so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Natural creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Natural softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Natural is working Lesner over against the cage.
Natural lands a hook that snaps the head of Lesner backwards.
Natural breaks the clinch.
Natural wants to clinch up but Lesner keeps it at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Natural moves into the clinch.
Natural prevents a takedown attempt there.
Natural lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lesner backwards.
Natural just leaning against Lesner, taking a breather.
Natural breaks the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Natural looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Natural tries to clinch but Lesner moves out of range.
Natural clinches with his opponent.
Lesner is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Natural makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice body punch from Natural - that landed with a thud.
Natural breaks the clinch.
Natural tries to clinch there but Lesner circles away.
Natural doesn't manage to clinch there - Lesner circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Randy Natural dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Brock Lesner's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Natural tries to close the distance and clinch but Lesner swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lesner fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Natural is looking to clinch.
Natural forces Lesner back against the cage and clinches.
Natural is struggling to control the position.
Natural scores with a nice hook to the head.
Natural displaying some good clinch control by pressing Lesner up against the cage.
Natural gets through Lesner's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lesner can't get the takedown.
Lesner is looking for a takedown.
Randy Natural has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brock Lesner.
Natural scores with a shot to the side of Lesner's head.
Lesner takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Lesner tries for a takedown but Natural manages to get underhooks.
Natural lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Lesner tries to score a body lock takedown but Natural shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Natural lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lesner backwards.
Lesner is rocked!
A short right hand to the side of the head by Natural.
Lesner is still on wobbly legs! Can Natural finish him?
Natural stalling.
Still in the clinch, Natural scores with a nice short uppercut.
Natural throws an elbow but it misses.
Natural lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Lesner to his knees! Natural keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Randy Natural!
Randy Natural retains his heavyweight title!
A very excited looking Randy Natural made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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