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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tedd Strongham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Toby Le Rone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Strongham comes to the cage accompanied by Creed - My Sacrifice. Le Rone has chosen Let The Bodies Hit The Floor - Drowning Pool as his entrance music. Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!
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182 cm
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205 lbs
16 - 2 - 0 |
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186 cm
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213 lbs
14 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
16 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tedd Strongham! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Toby Le Rone! The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Reed Andrews and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Le Rone connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. Strongham moves out of range of the strikes. Le Rone is looking to score with low kicks. Le Rone thuds his shin into the meat of Strongham's side. Nice shot lands for Le Rone.
It looks like Tedd Strongham has been cut. Le Rone ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Strongham moves out of range as Le Rone strikes. Strongham scores with a spinning back kick! Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Le Rone takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. Strongham takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. Le Rone misses with a body kick. Strongham tries to work over Le Rone's front leg with a kick but Le Rone checks it. Strongham throws a hook to the side of Le Rone's head but Le Rone sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Strongham keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Le Rone just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. Le Rone takes a swing at Strongham's ribcage but misses. Toby Le Rone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Le Rone throws a jab when Strongham was well out of range. Strongham looks to land a left hand but Le Rone moved out of range nicely. Le Rone lands with a hook. Strongham tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head. Le Rone takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. Le Rone cracks Strongham with a right hand to the side of the head. A shot to the liver by Strongham. Beautiful body shot. Strongham tests Le Rone's chin there with a solid looking shot. Le Rone scoring well with a low kick there.
This has been an exciting period of action! Strongham slips under a jab. Strongham takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Strongham lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Le Rone chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Strongham can pounce on him.
Strongham takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Le Rone swings for the body but Strongham moves out of range.
Strongham looks to land a left hand but Le Rone moved out of range nicely. Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Strongham. A telegraphed right hand from Le Rone misses the target. Strongham misses with a body kick. Le Rone scores with a spinning back kick! Strongham gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Le Rone connects with a nice looking jab.
Le Rone scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business. Le Rone misses the jab. Strongham ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's three minutes gone in the round. A head kick misses from Le Rone. Le Rone scores with a head kick. Strongham tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time. Le Rone lands a leg kick that knocks Strongham off balance momentarily. Le Rone lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range. Strongham connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Le Rone's hands. Le Rone throws a big shot that misses. Strongham misses with a straight left. Le Rone tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Strongham was well out of range. Poor timing from Le Rone. Strongham lands with a hook. Le Rone tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head. Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Le Rone. A big left from Le Rone misses. Strongham takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Strongham throws a sloppy head kick and Le Rone counters with a thumping low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Le Rone scores with a kick to the body.
Le Rone throws a jab when Strongham was well out of range. Le Rone looks to land a body kick but Strongham moved away. Strongham checks a leg kick nicely. Le Rone thumps Strongham with a low kick. Le Rone thows a left - swing and a miss! Strongham takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. Le Rone swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Strongham throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean. Le Rone lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Strongham takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. Le Rone throws a looping overhand right but Strongham ducks down to avoid it. Le Rone throws an overhand right that lands on Strongham's shoulder, as Strongham tries to avoid the shot. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Toby Le Rone dominated that round. The cut man is working on Tedd Strongham's cut. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Strongham checks a leg kick. Le Rone walks into a stiff left hand from Strongham. Le Rone lands a nice shot that snaps Strongham's head back.
Strongham throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Le Rone sees it coming and avoids it easily. Le Rone takes a kick to the side of the head. Strongham on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Le Rone tries to move into range but Strongham moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Strongham uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Le Rone. Le Rone throws out a loose jab but Strongham uses good head movement to avoid it. A telegraphed right hand from Le Rone misses the target. Le Rone works the jab nicely. Le Rone defending well as Strongham loads up on a big left hand. Le Rone lands with a cross.
That's one minute gone in the round. Strongham throws a head kick that misses. Strongham misses with an attempted mid kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Le Rone.
Strongham swings for the body but Le Rone moves out of range.
Strongham throws a hook to the side of Le Rone's head but Le Rone sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Le Rone ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Strongham moves away. Le Rone checks a low kick from Strongham. Strongham slips under a jab from Le Rone. Le Rone is looking to land body kicks. Le Rone looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it. Le Rone keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Strongham tries a low kick but Le Rone avoids it. Strongham pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Strongham displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Le Rone throws out the jab. Le Rone darts in and out, connecting with a jab. Strongham throws a body punch but Le Rone moves out of range. Le Rone lands with a shot to the body. Strongham uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Le Rone. Strongham with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Le Rone to score with a decent uppercut. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. A low kick from Le Rone is predictable there and Strongham counters with a nice body kick. Strongham checks a leg kick. Strongham tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Le Rone throws a low kick but it's checked well by Strongham. Le Rone throws a hook but Strongham blocks it. Le Rone lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Le Rone throws a nice head kick!
Le Rone uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook. Strongham throws a looping overhand right but Le Rone ducks down to avoid it. Strongham lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range. Le Rone swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Strongham swings widly with a right hand
and Le Rone counters with a straight right hand. Le Rone does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy. Le Rone misses with a leg kick enabling Strongham to counter with a crisp jab. Le Rone misses with a straight right. Strongham lands with a kick to the temple. Le Rone shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?" 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! Strongham connects with a looping right hand.
Le Rone cracks a nice hook into Strongham's ribs. A big left from Le Rone misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Le Rone moves into range and connects with a jab. Le Rone darts in and out, connecting with a jab. Le Rone takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Le Rone misses the shot to the body. Strongham throws a nice outside leg kick. Le Rone throws the left hand but Strongham avoids the punch easily. An inside leg kick from Le Rone misses. Strongham moves out of range as Le Rone strikes. Le Rone pivots, looking for a leg kick but Strongham is out of range and Le Rone settles back down. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Le Rone uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Strongham. Strongham cracks the inside of Le Rone's front leg. Le Rone buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Toby Le Rone showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. The cut man is working on Tedd Strongham's cut. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Strongham swings widly with a right hand
and Le Rone counters with an inside leg kick. Strongham scores with a punch to the head. Strongham closes the distance and lands a one-two. Strongham rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Le Rone cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Le Rone misses with a head kick.
Strongham wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. A jab from Le Rone misses. Strongham lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range. 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! Strongham throws a head kick but Le Rone moves out of range.
Le Rone connects with a jab. Le Rone lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Strongham walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush. Le Rone misses with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round. Le Rone tests Strongham's chin there with a solid looking shot. Le Rone misses with a right hand and Strongham counters with a lovely straight right hand! Strongham misses with a low kick as Le Rone jumps back. Strongham wants to slow Le Rone down by chopping away at his legs. Le Rone misses with a looping right. Strongham looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that. Strongham slips a jab from Le Rone. Some bone on bone action there as Strongham checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one. Le Rone swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Le Rone bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Strongham's head. Strongham is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight. Le Rone motions for Strongham to come forward. Le Rone throws a leg kick but it misses it's target. Le Rone throws a big shot that misses. Le Rone avoids the head kick by Strongham.
Tedd Strongham has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Le Rone swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Strongham takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Strongham fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Le Rone has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage. Strongham throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Strongham walks into a jab. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Strongham walks into a jab. Strongham misses with a straight left. Strongham on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere. A bone on bone clash there as Le Rone blocks the leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Strongham checks a leg kick. Le Rone cracks Strongham with an open hand slap. Le Rone fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Le Rone catches Strongham with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong! Strongham is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Le Rone throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Strongham sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs. A solid leg kick lands there for Strongham.
Strongham takes one on the button. The fighters circling - Strongham throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Strongham walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush. Strongham throws a front kick aimed at Le Rone's knee but Le Rone avoids it well. Le Rone throws a leg kick that misses. Le Rone throws a shot from downtown. Strongham moves away and avoids it. Le Rone uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Strongham.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Le Rone slips a jab from Strongham. Strongham throws a quick inside leg kick. Toby Le Rone is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Strongham misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Le Rone counters with a stiff right hand. Le Rone checks the leg kick nicely there.
Strongham drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles. Le Rone lands a right hook to the body.
Le Rone uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook. Le Rone lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Le Rone thuds a left hand into Strongham's body. Le Rone misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Strongham.
Le Rone fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Strongham is out of range.
And that's the end of the fight! Toby Le Rone comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. Well Le Rone has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30 Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 27:30 Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Toby Le Rone! A victorious Toby Le Rone thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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