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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raoul Duke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mr Magenta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duke comes to the cage accompanied by Pillz. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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277 lbs
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280 lbs
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ADCC Champion
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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
17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Raoul Duke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Mr Magenta!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Richard Clark and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duke throws a front kick that sends Magenta stumbling back into the cage.
Magenta moves out of range of the leg kick from Duke.
Duke keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Magenta.
Magenta thows a leg kick but Duke checks it
and Duke counters with an outside leg kick.
Duke finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Magenta throws an overhand right that lands on Duke's shoulder, as Duke tries to avoid the shot.
Magenta misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
A swing and a miss from Magenta.
Magenta takes a jab right on the kisser.
Magenta misses with a left hand
and Duke counters with a slapping leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Duke lands a front kick.
Duke fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Magenta, pushing him back against the cage.
A short left from Duke.
Magenta's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Duke's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Magenta pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Duke blocks a jab.
Duke throws a half hearted mid kick.
Duke slips a jab from Magenta.
Duke jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Magenta takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Duke closes the distance and clinches.
Magenta misses with a body punch.
Duke scores a nice knee to the body.
Duke lands a shoulder strike.
Duke lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Magenta blocks a body shot from Duke.
Duke lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Magenta backwards.
Duke using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Magenta has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Duke.
Duke is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Magenta looks winded!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Duke.
Duke tries to land knees in the clinch but Magenta avoids the damage to the body.
Duke landing knees to the body.
Duke scores with a knee to the head.
Duke just leaning against Magenta, taking a breather.
Duke using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Duke is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Duke scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Nice body punch from Duke - that landed with a thud.
Duke lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Magenta or not.
Magenta takes a shot to the head.
Duke lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Duke.
Duke pushes Magenta back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Duke gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Duke throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Magenta blocks it with crossed arms.
Magenta throws a punch but it's blocked by Duke.
Magenta working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Duke.
Duke scores with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magenta takes a shot to the head.
Duke unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Duke lands a nice elbow.
Duke landing knees to the body.
Duke lands a good knee to the midsection. Magenta won't want to take too many of those.
A right hand to the body from Duke.
Magenta is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Nice body punch from Duke.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Duke lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Magenta takes an elbow to the temple.
Duke lands a left hand.
Duke creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Magenta's defenses.
Magenta tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Duke just stands there and leans against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Duke scores with a nice short uppercut.
Duke lands a hook to the side of the head.
Duke scores a nice knee to the body.
Duke misses with a knee strike.
Magenta lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Magenta takes an elbow to the forehead.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Duke.
Magenta dodges an elbow strike from Duke.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duke lands with a left to the head.
Duke scores with a nice hook to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Magenta avoiding damage as Duke throws knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Duke obliges.
Magenta takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nice elbow from Duke.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Duke.
Duke utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Duke lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Magenta.
Duke connects with a nasty looking knee right to Magenta's face.
Duke works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Magenta takes an elbow to the temple.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Duke lands a knee to the body.
Duke lands a damaging elbow.
Duke lands an elbow just above Magenta 's eye.
Magenta takes an elbow to the forehead.
Magenta fails to pull the fight into his guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raoul Duke dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Magenta walks forward, straight into a front kick from Duke.
Duke lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Duke lands with a good body shot.
Duke is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Magenta can do to turn this around?
Duke lands a jab to the head.
Raoul Duke is winning the standup battle so far.
An inside leg kick lands from Duke.
Magenta avoids the head kick by Duke.
Magenta takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Duke scores with a one two! Magenta had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Duke throws the kick towards the body but Magenta avoids it.
Duke sizes up Magenta with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Magenta is breathing heavily.
Magenta throws a nice looking combination but Duke bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Duke delivers a nice body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duke scores with a head kick. Magenta tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Duke closes the distance and clinches.
Duke scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Raoul Duke has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Duke throws an elbow that misses.
Duke tries a knee to the head but Magenta blocks it.
Magenta has a couple of punches blocked by Duke.
Duke tries to land a knee to the head but Magenta blocks with his arms.
Duke scores a nice knee to the body.
Duke scores a nice knee to the body.
Duke comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Duke is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Magenta is defending well for now.
Duke throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Magentas head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
With the fighters up against the cage, Duke throws an elbow but misses.
Duke lands a knee to the body.
Magenta on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Duke working Magenta over with knees to the body.
Duke lands a right hand that snaps the head of Magenta backwards.
Duke creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Magenta's defenses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duke landing knees to the body.
Magenta managing to block the knees to the body from Duke.
Duke gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Duke.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Duke scores with a hook to the body.
Duke content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Magenta can't find room to land a body shot as Duke controls the action.
Duke is leaning against Magenta and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Duke landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Duke lands a nice shot to the body.
Duke creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Magenta's defenses.
Duke lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Duke.
Duke manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Duke lands a damaging elbow.
Knees to the body from Duke.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duke lands a nice uppercut.
Duke with a knee to the head.
Duke lands an elbow inside that Magenta shrugs off.
Duke with a knee to the head.
Magenta is rocked!
Nice body punch from Duke.
Duke is working Magenta over against the cage.
Duke gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Duke.
Duke crunches a lovely knee into Magenta's ribcage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A knee to the head by Duke.
Duke lands a left hand.
Duke lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Magenta drags the fight down to the ground.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Duke stands up and waves to Magenta to follow him.
Magenta takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Duke is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duke scores with a kick to the midsection.
Duke scores with a push kick.
Duke moves in looking to clinch but Magenta pushes him off.
Raoul Duke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Duke fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Magenta looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nice jab there from Duke.
Raoul Duke is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Magenta stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Duke.
Duke moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Duke is looking to land body kicks.
Duke ducks under a wild hook from Magenta.
Magenta looks to throw the jab but Duke is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raoul Duke dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Duke takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Duke delivers a nice body kick.
Duke feints and then cracks Magenta's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Magenta down.
Duke scores with a jab. Magenta acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Magenta has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Duke.
Duke thows a left - swing and a miss!
Magenta looks to throw the jab but Duke is out of range.
Duke with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Duke lunges at Magenta with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Magenta's hand.
Magenta takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Duke moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Duke lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Magenta throws a looping overhand right but Duke ducks down to avoid it.
Duke tries a head kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duke misses with a low kick.
Magenta stalks Duke and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Duke's face. Duke staggers backwards, shaken.
Magenta moves forwards but Duke connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Magenta's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Duke throws a leg kick but Magenta sees it coming and moves out of range.
Magenta throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Duke jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Duke tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Magenta is able to avoid easily.
Duke throws the kick towards the body but Magenta avoids it.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Duke, as that shot connected.
Magenta swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Duke takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Magenta ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Duke moves away.
Magenta 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.
Magenta lands a lovely overhand right.
Duke dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Magenta misses with a straight right.
Duke smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Magenta fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Duke manages to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Magenta.
Magenta throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Duke thuds his right hand into Magenta's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Magenta ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Duke moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magenta moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Duke tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Duke is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Duke misses with a kick to the body.
Magenta throws a hook but Duke blocks it.
Duke misses with a low kick.
Duke throws a solid leg kick but Magenta takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Duke.
Mr Magenta has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Duke swings widly with a right hand
and Magenta counters with a nice double leg into side control. Duke won't be happy with that.
Magenta throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Duke works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Magenta wants to control but Duke is keeping him busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magenta is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Duke is trying to control but can't.
Magenta sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Duke defending well though.
Magenta is looking to advance position but Duke won't allow it.
Magenta sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Duke defending well though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Magenta missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Raoul Duke showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Duke, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 William Gold scores the fight 30:26
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:26
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raoul Duke!
Raoul Duke seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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