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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Umberto Duran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Leshley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duran comes into the arena with Hatebreed - Live for this blaring out of the sound system. Leshley has chosen Step into a World as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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280 lbs
22 - 16 - 0 |
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265 lbs
28 - 18 - 2 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Umberto Duran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bobby Leshley!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Colin Fray and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duran misses the shot to the body.
Leshley closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Duran to the mat! Duran manages to get full guard.
Duran keeping moving, preventing Leshley from controlling successfully.
Duran pulls Leshley in close to prevent any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Leshley controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
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.
Duran ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Duran wants to land a leg kick but Leshley is out of range.
Duran misses with a wild body shot.
Duran throws a jab but it's blocked by Leshley.
Leshley misses with a wild body shot.
Leshley gets a takedown into half guard.
Leshley not doing much here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duran has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Leshley is working away from the top position though.
Leshley is trying to control the action in half guard but Duran is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Duran is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Duran wants to get back to his feet.
Duran is trying to maintain the position but Leshley is very close to passing his half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Umberto Duran wasn't doing enough on the ground.
A telegraphed right hand from Duran misses the target.
Leshley gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Duran breaks from the clinch.
Duran swinging wildly here.
Leshley throws a jab when Duran was well out of range.
Leshley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Duran takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Duran ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Leshley moves away.
Leshley has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
It looks like Bobby Leshley has been cut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duran stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Duran wants it to stay on the feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Duran scores with a crisp jab that stopped Leshley in his tracks.
Duran throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A jab from Leshley misses.
Leshley throws an overhand right that lands on Duran's shoulder, as Duran tries to avoid the shot.
Duran dips to his left and cracks Leshley with an uppercut!
Leshley scores with a jab to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Leshley jabs Duran to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Duran throws a hook to the side of Leshley's head but Leshley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Duran swinging wildly here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Bobby Leshley will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bobby Leshley's cut.
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.
Leshley is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Duran.
Leshley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Leshley misses with an uppercut.
Duran tries to bum rush Leshley with a series of wild strikes but Leshley uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Duran throws a big shot that misses.
Duran misses the jab.
A slow jab from Leshley misses its intended target.
Duran misses with a low kick.
Duran scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Umberto Duran is winning the standup battle so far.
Duran stuffs the takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duran throws a big shot that misses.
Duran throws an off balance right hand
and Leshley holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Duran breaks from the clinch.
Duran swings for the body but Leshley moves out of range.
Duran takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Leshley dodges the punch combination from Duran.
Umberto Duran is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Leshley bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Duran clobbers Leshley with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Leshley blocks a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duran takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A big right from Duran misses.
Leshley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Duran moves away.
Duran lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Duran throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Leshley counters with a nice body shot.
Leshley fails with a takedown attempt.
Duran lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Duran getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Leshley dodges the punch combination from Duran.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duran waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Leshley.
Leshley throws an overhand right that lands on Duran's shoulder, as Duran tries to avoid the shot.
Leshley throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Duran throws a poor cross that misses
and Leshley connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Duran throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Leshley.
Duran jabs Leshley right on the nose. Leshley blinks but takes it well.
Duran fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Leshley checks it well.
Duran throws a right and a left that Leshley avoids nicely.
A good leg kick by Leshley.
Leshley is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Duran rather than just go for the knockout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leshley scores with a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Leshley works Duran's body with a nice hook.
A slapping leg kick lands for Leshley.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
An inside leg kick lands from Leshley.
Leshley slips a jab and a cross from Duran.
Duran moves away from the strike by Leshley.
Duran throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Duran throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Leshley on the side of the head.
Leshley ducks under a wild hook from Duran.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Umberto Duran dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bobby Leshley's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Leshley slips under a jab.
Duran steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Leshley.
Leshley scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Leshley is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Leshley moves out of range as Duran strikes.
Duran shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Leshley wants to clinch.
Duran moves out of range of the strikes.
Duran moves out of range of the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leshley misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Duran lands with a nice body punch.
Leshley stuns Duran with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Leshley misses with a double jab
and Duran counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Leshley misses the jab.
Leshley shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Leshley was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Duran wants to control but Leshley postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duran is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Leshley asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Duran is not content to let Leshley control the position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Leshley landing a few strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leshley trying to control the action but Duran is working from the bottom.
Duran is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Leshley has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Leshley happy to just control the position for now.
Duran managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Leshley.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duran is trying to control Leshley's posture but Leshley avoids it.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Duran uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Leshley.
Duran jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Leshley takes a swing at Duran's ribcage but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Leshley tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Duran paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Duran scoring well with a low kick there.
Duran misses with a wild body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bobby Leshley comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Leshley has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Josh West scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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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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