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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robin Padilla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Duke Gibbons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Padilla comes to the cage accompanied by boom!!!. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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212 lbs
14 - 10 - 1 |
Good wrestling
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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
17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Robin Padilla!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Duke Gibbons!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Summer Carpenter and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Padilla tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Gibbons manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gibbons throws a one two combo.
Gibbons throws a series of punches but Padilla avoids them all with ease.
Padilla walks into a left hand.
Padilla misses with a body shot
and Gibbons counters with a right hand to the body.
Gibbons lands a nice shot that snaps Padilla's head back.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Padilla throws a lazy right hand but Gibbons sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Padilla forces Gibbons back against the cage and clinches.
Gibbons's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Padilla moves into range and clinches up with Gibbons.
Padilla changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Gibbons fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Padilla throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gibbons.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gibbons moves into range and clinches up with Padilla.
Padilla changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Gibbons fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Gibbons throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gibbons misses with a body shot.
Padilla moves into the clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Padilla takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Padilla tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Gibbons smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Robin Padilla. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gibbons slaps away a takedown attempt from Padilla, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Padilla swings for the body but Gibbons moves out of range.
Padilla tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gibbons paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Padilla throws a jab but it's blocked by Gibbons.
Gibbons scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Padilla will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Padilla looks to score with a jab to the body but Gibbons is just out of range.
Gibbons changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Padilla just misses with a punch to the body.
Duke Gibbons seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Padilla getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Gibbons throws a series of punches but Padilla moves out of range.
Padilla tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gibbons misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gibbons tries to bum rush Padilla with a series of wild strikes but Padilla uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A jab from Gibbons does it's job there.
Gibbons throws out a powerful jab.
Padilla defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Gibbons.
Gibbons throws a leg kick but Padilla checks it.
Gibbons scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Gibbons scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice sprawl there from Gibbons as Padilla shoots in.
Gibbons misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Padilla.
Padilla throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gibbons thows a body shot but no joy.
Gibbons connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gibbons lands a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Gibbons.
Gibbons throws a right and a left that Padilla avoids nicely.
Gibbons misses with a few strikes there.
Nice straight punches there by Gibbons. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gibbons.
Padilla looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Padilla thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Padilla thows a huge punch but Gibbons dodges it nicely.
Gibbons trying to control but Padilla postures up.
Padilla throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Duke Gibbons dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Gibbons swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gibbons fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gibbons swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Padilla wants to clinch
and Gibbons counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gibbons misses with a two punch combination.
Gibbons stuns Padilla with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Gibbons throws out a powerful jab.
Padilla misses the shot to the body.
Gibbons fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Padilla rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Gibbons moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Some wild striking there from Padilla.
Danga de danga de dang - Gibbons scores with a four punch combination!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Padilla doesn't manage to clinch there - Gibbons circles away.
Padilla throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Gibbons's waist but Gibbons gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Padilla off to one side.
Gibbons shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Padilla eats them both and turns towards Gibbons to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Gibbons drops Padilla with a straight right hand, right on the button! Gibbons follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Duke Gibbons!
Duke Gibbons made sure to mention his sponsor, CEC Nutrition Q160 & Loans in his post fight interview.
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