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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raoul Duke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Foreman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duke's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Pillz. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Raoul Duke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 11 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, George Foreman!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Stewart Dunkirk and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duke defending well as Foreman loads up on a big left hand.
Duke throws a looping overhand right but Foreman ducks down to avoid it.
Duke lands a high kick!
Foreman checks the leg kick.
Duke lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Duke scores with a leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Foreman avoids a kick to the body.
Duke lands with a kick to the ribs.
Duke keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Foreman.
Duke lands the left hand.
Foreman throws a right hand that misses
and Duke counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Foreman checks a low kick from Duke.
Foreman takes a swing at Duke's ribcage but misses.
Foreman blocks the body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duke lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Foreman just misses with a punch to the body.
A swing and a miss from Foreman.
Foreman forces Duke back against the cage and clinches.
Duke missing with knees to the body.
Foreman gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Duke.
Foreman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Foreman.
Foreman swings wildly with an uppercut but Duke uses good head movement to avoid it.
Duke makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Foreman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Foreman scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duke tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Foreman prevents a body shot from Duke.
Duke tries to land a knee to the head but Foreman blocks with his arms.
Duke tries to work over Foreman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Foreman throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Dukes head.
Foreman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Duke lands a body punch.
Duke tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Foreman's elbow.
Foreman is looking to control Duke's arms but Duke gets an underhook and turns him. Now Foreman has his back to the cage.
Duke works on Foreman's body with a couple of short punches.
Duke can't find room to land a body shot as Foreman controls the action.
Duke fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Duke misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Duke.
Duke struggles to land a body shot inside as Foreman controls his hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duke fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Duke throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Foremans head.
Duke misses with a short punch on the inside.
Duke throws a head punch that misses.
Foreman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Duke tries to work over Foreman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Duke throws a head punch that misses.
Duke misses with a hook from the clinch.
Duke tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Duke tries to land knees in the clinch but Foreman avoids the damage to the body.
Duke scores a nice knee to the body.
Foreman misses with some punches.
Foreman lands a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Duke lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Foreman backwards.
Foreman avoiding damage as Duke throws knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duke lands a body punch.
Duke misses with a short punch on the inside.
Foreman blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Duke can't find room to land a body shot as Foreman controls the action.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Foreman creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Foreman blocking some punches.
The referee calls for Foreman to work.
A nice right hand lands inside from Duke.
Duke swings wildly with an uppercut but Foreman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Duke lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Duke.
Foreman swings wildly with an uppercut but Duke uses good head movement to avoid it.
Duke lands a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raoul Duke dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Duke tries to close the distance and clinch but Foreman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Raoul Duke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Foreman checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Foreman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Duke.
Foreman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Duke.
Duke connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A big left from Duke misses.
Foreman throws a hook but Duke blocks it.
Duke is looking to score with low kicks.
Duke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Foreman avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Duke tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Foreman manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Foreman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Duke.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Foreman tries to clinch up.
Duke's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Foreman connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Duke scrambles back to his feet.
Duke looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Raoul Duke is winning the standup battle so far.
Duke misses with a body kick.
Duke pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Foreman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Duke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Duke scores with a shot to the body.
Duke throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Duke cracks Foreman with a good jab.
Duke 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Foreman misses with a looping left.
Foreman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Foreman throws a lazy uppercut
and Duke counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Good exchange - Duke coming out on top.
Foreman avoids the head kick by Duke.
Foreman misses with a hook. Duke ducked under it nicely.
Duke will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A shot to the liver by Foreman. Beautiful body shot.
Foreman misses with a straight left.
Foreman misses with a lunging right hand
and Duke counters with a solid body kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Duke. That's going to slow Foreman down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foreman throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Duke tries a head kick but it misses.
Foreman throws a looping overhand right but Duke ducks down to avoid it.
Duke scores with a head kick.
Foreman throws a looping overhand right but Duke ducks down to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Duke.
Foreman keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A head kick misses from Duke.
Foreman slips under a jab.
Foreman is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Duke.
Foreman tries to clinch up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duke ducks under a wild hook from Foreman.
Foreman steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Duke. That one must have hurt.
Nice body kick from Duke.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Duke throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Foreman stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A thudding body kick lands there by Duke!
Duke is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Foreman can do to turn this around?
Duke misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Duke stuns Foreman with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Duke throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Foreman might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A big right from Duke misses.
Duke scores with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raoul Duke dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Duke tries to clinch there but Foreman circles away.
Duke attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Foreman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Duke was well out of range. Poor timing from Foreman.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Foreman crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Duke - the referee stops the clock and Foreman gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Duke. Foreman manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Duke is looking to clinch but Foreman is avoiding it.
Duke slips a straight right by Foreman.
Nice uppercut there from Duke.
A head kick misses from Duke.
Duke misses with a low kick.
Duke scores with a head kick.
Foreman lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duke misses with an uppercut. Foreman saw that one coming.
Duke looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Duke forces Foreman back against the cage and clinches.
Duke lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Duke misses with a hook to the ribs.
Duke tries to throw a body punch but Foreman avoids it by throwing Duke back against the cage.
Duke misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Foreman works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Foreman tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Duke misses with a punch on the inside.
Duke has a couple of punches blocked by Foreman.
Duke working some nice short punches in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch on the inside from Duke fails to land.
Foreman is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Duke is keeping busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duke is leaning against Foreman and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Foreman creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Duke goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Foreman slows down the pace here.
Duke tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Duke struggles to land a body shot inside as Foreman controls his hands.
Duke prevents a body shot from Foreman.
Duke misses with some punches.
Foreman avoids a wild elbow strike from Duke.
Duke throws an elbow that misses.
Duke misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Foreman blocking some punches.
George Foreman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Duke misses with a hook from the clinch.
Foreman lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Foreman scores with a nice hook to the head.
Raoul Duke has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Foreman.
Duke swings wildly with an uppercut but Foreman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Foreman prevents a body shot from Duke.
Foreman blocking some punches.
Duke misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Duke misses with a punch on the inside.
Duke lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Foreman misses with a punch on the inside.
Foreman scores with a shot to the side of Duke's head.
Duke swings wildly with an uppercut but Foreman uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Duke misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Foreman.
Duke struggles to land a body shot inside as Foreman controls his hands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Foreman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Duke missing with knees to the body.
Duke lands a damaging elbow.
Duke tries to throw a body punch but Foreman avoids it by throwing Duke back against the cage.
Foreman is trying to stall.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Duke tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Foreman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Foreman throws a punch but it's blocked by Duke.
And that's the end of the fight!
Raoul Duke showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Duke has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raoul Duke!
During a confident post fight interview, Raoul Duke thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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