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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Poulter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Speed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Speed has chosen Amon Tobin / El Cargo as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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214 lbs
23 - 7 - 0 |
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200 cm
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217 lbs
19 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Poulter!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Daniel Speed!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Phil Schofield and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poulter throws a head kick that half lands.
It looks like Daniel Speed has been cut.
Speed throws a low kick, looking for Poulter's leg but Poulter calmly moves out of range.
Speed scores with a hook.
Poulter pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Speed avoids the head kick by Poulter.
A jab from Speed does it's job there.
Poulter throws a head kick that misses.
Poulter walks into a jab.
Speed looks to score with a jab to the body but Poulter is just out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Poulter takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Speed is looking to clinch but Poulter is avoiding it.
Speed will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Speed connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Speed wants to clinch up but Poulter keeps it at a distance.
Speed moves in looking to clinch but Poulter pushes him off.
Speed lands a right hook to the body.
Poulter lands a nice shot to the body.
Poulter turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Poulter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Speed tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Speed misses with a body shot
and Poulter counters with a leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Speed blocks the low kick.
Poulter slips a straight right by Speed.
Poulter tries a head kick but it misses.
Speed scores with a body shot.
Poulter drops his hands momentarily and Speed takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Speed misses with a hook
and Poulter counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Poulter wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Speed works Poulter's body with a nice hook.
Poulter lands a jab to Speed's midsection.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Poulter chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Speed can pounce on him.
Poulter tries a head kick but it misses.
Speed uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Poulter.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Speed misses with a left hand
and Speed takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Poulter will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Speed lands a nice shot to the body.
Speed lands a right hook to the body.
Poulter takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Speed digs a good hook to Poulter's body.
Poulter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Speed connects with a jab.
Speed fails with an attempt to clinch.
Poulter throws a head kick that misses
and Speed counters with a nice body shot.
Poulter on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Speed. Speed obviously looking to wear him down.
Speed has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Poulter looks for the body kick but Speed saw that one coming.
Speed bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Speed is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Poulter is breathing heavily.
Speed lands a jab to Poulter's midsection.
Nice shot by Speed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poulter needs to keep his hands up - Speed had a free shot at his head there.
Poulter slips a jab and a cross from Speed.
Speed moves away from the strike by Poulter.
Speed is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Poulter had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Poulter misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Poulter finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Poulter uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Speed.
Speed throws a body punch but Poulter moves out of range.
Poulter on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Poulter lands with a shot to the body.
Poulter throws a leg kick
and Speed finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Speed scores with a leg kick.
Poulter is looking to wear down Speed with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Speed darts in and clinches Poulter up against the cage.
Speed tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Speed.
Poulter blocks an elbow strike from Speed.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Speed pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Speed tries to clinch but Poulter is having none of it.
Poulter throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A thudding body kick lands there by Speed!
Poulter takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Poulter swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Speed fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Speed swings for the body but Poulter moves out of range.
Speed walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Poulter checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Speed scores with a body shot.
Speed digs a good hook to Poulter's body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Speed lands a leg kick that knocks Poulter off balance momentarily.
Speed scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Speed checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Speed connects with a looping right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Speed dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Daniel Speed's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Poulter drops his hands momentarily and Speed takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A lazy body kick from Poulter
and Speed counters with a nice body shot.
Daniel Speed seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Poulter uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Speed.
Speed swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Speed tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Poulter manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Speed takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Poulter throws a lazy head kick
and Speed counters with a crisp one two that drops Poulter! Speed thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Poulter to his feet! Poulter is in big trouble!
Poulter is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A thudding body kick lands there by Speed!
Oh Poulter is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Speed scores with a hook to the body. Poulter takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Poulter on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Speed. Speed obviously looking to wear him down.
Speed fakes the body blow, causing Poulter to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Poulter goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Daniel Speed! Daniel Speed retains his light heavyweight title!
An out of breath Daniel Speed thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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