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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Glover Almeida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Toby Le Rone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Le Rone is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Let The Bodies Hit The Floor - Drowning Pool. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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215 lbs
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213 lbs
15 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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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
24 - 9 - 1, fighting out of New York, Glover Almeida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Toby Le Rone!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Jorge Garcia and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Almeida tries a head kick but it misses.
Almeida displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Le Rone throws out the jab.
A clash of legs there as Almeida blocks the low kick.
Almeida closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Almeida lands in his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Almeida working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Le Rone utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Le Rone keeping moving, preventing Almeida from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Almeida being controlled here momentarily.
Almeida throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Almeida controlling from the top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Le Rone keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Le Rone slips under a jab from Almeida.
Almeida avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Almeida.
Le Rone thumps Almeida with a low kick.
Almeida keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Le Rone.
Le Rone lands with a thumping leg kick.
Almeida throws a leg kick but Le Rone checks it.
Toby Le Rone is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Le Rone connects with a right hand. Almeida shakes it off.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Le Rone.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Almeida lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Le Rone has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Le Rone and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Le Rone buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Le Rone wants to land a leg kick but Almeida is out of range.
Almeida misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Almeida lands a jab.
Le Rone throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Le Rone on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Almeida attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Le Rone stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Le Rone throws a body punch but Almeida moves out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Almeida.
Almeida takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Le Rone thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Almeida if he has to take too many more of those.
Le Rone gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Le Rone misses with a hook.
Almeida lands a glancing blow to the side of Le Rone's head.
Le Rone connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Almeida shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Le Rone sprawls well. Le Rone wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Almeida gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le Rone swats away the attempt to clinch by Almeida.
Almeida fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Le Rone to the ground. Almeida is now in Le Rone's guard.
Almeida with a flurry of punches that miss.
Le Rone is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Almeida is controlling him.
Almeida looking to pass the guard.
Almeida sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Le Rone's guard.
Le Rone manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Le Rone slips a straight right by Almeida.
Almeida throws a low kick but Le Rone moves out of range easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almeida gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Le Rone.
A looping hook to the body misses from Le Rone. Almeida does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Almeida fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Le Rone manages to avoid it.
Le Rone avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Almeida on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Le Rone lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Almeida tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A nice inside leg kick there by Almeida. That's going to slow Le Rone down.
A leg kick checked by Le Rone.
Almeida shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Le Rone pinned against the cage. Le Rone gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Glover Almeida. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Le Rone throws a leg kick but Almeida sees it coming and checks it nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Almeida is looking to land body kicks.
Le Rone fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Toby Le Rone will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Almeida tries to clinch up.
Le Rone chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Almeida slips under a jab from Le Rone.
Almeida fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Le Rone checks it well.
Le Rone misses with a leg kick
and Almeida counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Almeida.
Almeida postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Almeida wants to control from the top but Le Rone keeps moving.
Almeida has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Le Rone looking to control.
Almeida throwing strikes from guard but Le Rone blocks nicely.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Almeida accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Le Rone keeping moving, preventing Almeida from controlling successfully.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Le Rone is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Rone is pulling down on Almeida's head. It's preventing any offense from Almeida, at least for the moment.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Le Rone fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Almeida is out of range.
Almeida keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Le Rone throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Almeida stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Crunch! Le Rone slams his shin into Almeida's torso.
A lazy left from Le Rone finds it's target.
Almeida tries a head kick but it misses.
Le Rone has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Almeida.
Almeida wants to clinch.
Le Rone cracks a nice hook into Almeida's ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Almeida lands a front kick.
Le Rone connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Almeida throws a leg kick but Le Rone checks it.
Le Rone lands with a straight right. Almeida didn't see that one coming.
Le Rone feints and then cracks Almeida's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Almeida down.
Almeida tries for a takedown but Le Rone sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Le Rone scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Le Rone.
Almeida on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Le Rone. Le Rone obviously looking to wear him down.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Almeida throws a shot from downtown. Le Rone moves away and avoids it.
Almeida throws a leg kick
and Le Rone counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Almeida closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Almeida throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Le Rone's waist but Le Rone gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Almeida off to one side.
Le Rone is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Almeida.
Glover Almeida seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Almeida gets a takedown into half guard.
Le Rone is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Le Rone trying to hold on to Almeida's head to control him but Almeida postures up.
Le Rone manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Le Rone throws out a leg kick but Almeida moves out of range and Le Rone only half commits.
Almeida is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Le Rone misses with a head kick.
Almeida looks for the body kick but Le Rone saw that one coming.
Almeida keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Almeida turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Le Rone scores with a kick to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Le Rone as he connects with a hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Le Rone checks a leg kick.
Le Rone uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Almeida has time to react.
Le Rone checks a leg kick.
Le Rone lands with a good body shot.
Almeida misses with a leg kick.
Almeida steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Le Rone.
An inside leg kick lands from Le Rone.
Almeida tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Le Rone manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Le Rone takes a swing at Almeida's ribcage but misses.
Almeida misses with a low kick as Le Rone jumps back.
Almeida lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Le Rone connects with an inside 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.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Le Rone throws a push kick but Almeida slaps the foot to one side.
Toby Le Rone seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Le Rone feints and then cracks Almeida's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Almeida down.
Almeida moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Le Rone is looking to slow Almeida down with leg kicks.
Almeida fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Le Rone tries to move into range but Almeida moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Le Rone bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Almeida's head backwards.
Almeida shoots for a takedown but Le Rone saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Almeida is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Nice jab there from Le Rone.
Le Rone throws a head kick that misses
and Almeida counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Almeida prevents Le Rone from improving his position.
Le Rone trying to hold on to Almeida's head to control him but Almeida postures up.
Almeida is looking for a kimura but Le Rone is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Almeida to get the leverage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Almeida is trying to work for a kimura but Le Rone is defending well.
Le Rone pushes Almeida off and gets back to his feet.
Le Rone connects with a solid leg kick.
Le Rone scores with a jab to the jaw.
Almeida takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A shot to the liver by Le Rone. Beautiful body shot.
Almeida pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Almeida throws a low kick but Le Rone moves out of range easily.
Good exchange - Le Rone coming out on top.
Almeida ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Almeida is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Le Rone throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Almeida cracks Le Rone with a right hand to the side of the head.
Glover Almeida has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Almeida on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Le Rone is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
A leg kick checked by Le Rone.
A left lands for Le Rone.
Le Rone swings for the body but Almeida moves out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Le Rone.
Almeida takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Almeida throws a leg kick that is checked
and Le Rone counters with a big head kick but Almeida shrugs it off.
Le Rone lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Le Rone ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Almeida moves away.
Le Rone throws a body kick that misses.
Almeida is looking to chop away at Le Rone's legs.
Almeida throws a low kick, looking for Le Rone's leg but Le Rone calmly moves out of range.
Le Rone slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le Rone scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Almeida takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
No luck for Almeida with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Glover Almeida. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Le Rone lands with a kick to the ribs.
Le Rone digs a good hook to Almeida's body.
Le Rone scores with a push kick.
Le Rone lands with a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Le Rone stuns Almeida with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Le Rone catches Almeida with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Almeida will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Nice jab there from Le Rone.
Le Rone scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Almeida looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A chopping leg kick lands by Le Rone.
Le Rone with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le Rone with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Le Rone fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Le Rone scores with a jab. Almeida acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Toby Le Rone is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Le Rone scores with a jab to the jaw.
Le Rone darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Le Rone lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nice shot lands for Le Rone.
Almeida on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Le Rone getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Le Rone lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice uppercut lands for Le Rone. That snapped Almeida's head back.
Almeida walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A nice leg kick lands there from Almeida.
And that's the end of the fight!
Toby Le Rone comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Le Rone winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Toby Le Rone!
Our winner, Toby Le Rone, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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