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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Blanco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabriel Leissner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leissner has chosen Mohammed's theme as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Gabriel Leissner will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Pablo Blanco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 10 - 1, fighting out of London, Gabriel Leissner!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Wagner Zegers and Saam Ante.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blanco bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Leissner's head.
It looks like Gabriel Leissner has been cut.
Blanco throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've been informed that Leissner has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Blanco tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Leissner was well out of range. Poor timing from Blanco.
Leissner ducks under a wild hook from Blanco.
No joy there for Blanco, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Blanco takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Blanco swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Blanco stalks Leissner and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Leissner's face. Leissner staggers backwards, shaken.
Blanco throws the left hand but Leissner avoids the punch easily.
We've been told by Blanco's head coaches at Ground Zero, London that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Blanco thows a leg kick but Leissner checks it
and Leissner counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Leissner slips a jab and a cross from Blanco.
Leissner throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Leissner lunges at Blanco with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Blanco's hand.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Leissner.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Leissner keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Blanco.
The fighters circling - Blanco throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Leissner jabs Blanco right on the nose. Blanco blinks but takes it well.
Blanco throws a sloppy head kick and Leissner moves out of range easily.
Blanco throws a jab but it's blocked by Leissner.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leissner drops his hands momentarily and Blanco takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Leissner fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Blanco avoids it really well and circles away.
Leissner misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Leissner moves out of range as Blanco strikes.
Blanco uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Leissner.
Blanco works Leissner's body with a nice hook.
Blanco lands a body shot.
Blanco keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blanco closes the distance and clinches.
Blanco scores with a shoulder strike.
Leissner avoids a wild elbow strike from Blanco.
Blanco landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blanco gets underhooks to prevent Leissner's takedown attempt.
Pablo Blanco has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gabriel Leissner.
Leissner looks winded!
Leissner misses with a hook to the ribs.
Blanco's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Blanco.
Leissner has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A right handed body shot lands from Blanco.
Leissner throws a punch but it's blocked by Blanco.
Blanco misses with a punch to the body.
Leissner is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Blanco lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Leissner misses with a hook from the clinch.
Leissner drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Blanco pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Blanco is looking to clinch.
Blanco takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Leissner dives in and grabs Blanco's left leg, looking for a takedown. Blanco pushes down on Leissner's head and hops out.
Blanco misses with a straight left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blanco throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Blanco throws a lazy uppercut
and Leissner counters with a thumping low kick.
Leissner misses with a straight right.
Leissner misses with an uppercut. Blanco saw that one coming.
Blanco dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Leissner. That did some damage!
Blanco throws an overhand right that lands on Leissner's shoulder, as Leissner tries to avoid the shot.
Blanco lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Leissner lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Blanco at a distance.
Blanco throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Blanco checks a leg kick nicely.
Blanco tries to clinch but Leissner is having none of it.
Leissner blocks a head kick by Blanco.
Blanco throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Blanco misses with a jab, cross combination.
Leissner with a jab.
Leissner bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Blanco avoids the body shot from Leissner.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blanco rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Leissner moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Blanco.
Blanco throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Leissner.
Blanco keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
A combination from Blanco does no damage.
Leissner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Blanco throws a nice looking combination but Leissner bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Blanco throws a series of punches but Leissner avoids them all with ease.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Blanco throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Leissner punishes Blanco's body with a nice straight punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Leissner is defended easily by Blanco.
Blanco throws a shot from downtown. Leissner moves away and avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pablo Blanco dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gabriel Leissner's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Blanco stalks Leissner and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Leissner's face. Leissner staggers backwards, shaken.
Leissner throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Blanco's waist but Blanco gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Leissner off to one side.
Blanco lands a head shot.
Leissner throws a looping overhand right but Blanco ducks down to avoid it.
Leissner uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Blanco looks to land a combination but Leissner avoids it well.
Blanco slips a straight right by Leissner.
Leissner misses with an uppercut.
Blanco misses with the combination.
Blanco bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Blanco avoids the body shot from Leissner.
The fighters circling - Leissner throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Leissner is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A swing and a miss from Blanco.
Leissner lands a jab to the head.
Leissner waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Blanco.
Leissner throws a sloppy head kick and Blanco moves out of range easily.
Leissner shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Blanco's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blanco pulls Leissner in close to prevent any damage.
Leissner sitting in guard here, content to control.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Blanco throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Blanco controlling the position.
Blanco tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Blanco is working hard here to advance position.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Blanco holds on and takes a little breather.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Pablo Blanco wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Leissner just misses with a punch to the body.
Leissner lands a jab to the head.
Leissner moves into the clinch.
Blanco escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leissner on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Leissner shoots in for a takedown but Blanco shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Leissner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blanco misses with a straight left.
Blanco tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blanco shoots in looking for a takedown. Leissner tries to sprawl out of it but Blanco keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Leissner manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Leissner misses with an uppercut. Blanco saw that one coming.
Leissner throws out a powerful jab.
Blanco pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Leissner stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Pablo Blanco is winning the standup battle so far.
Blanco misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Leissner.
Leissner with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Blanco to score with a decent uppercut.
Pablo Blanco is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Blanco digs a good hook to Leissner's body.
Leissner scores with a nice right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blanco lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Leissner lands with a shot to the body.
Blanco lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Leissner circles away quickly and effectively.
Leissner misses with a low kick.
Blanco missing with a left hand there. Leissner was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A looping hook to the body misses from Leissner. Blanco does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blanco throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Leissner fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Pablo Blanco has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gabriel Leissner.
Leissner throws a big shot that misses.
Blanco scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Leissner throws a jab but it's blocked by Blanco.
Leissner takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Leissner shoots for a takedown but Blanco saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Leissner is breathing heavily.
Leissner walks into a stiff left hand from Blanco.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blanco swinging wildly here.
Good exchange - Blanco coming out on top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Blanco.
Blanco scores with a jab to the jaw.
Leissner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blanco loads up on a big right hand but Leissner slips the punch.
Blanco connects with the punch.
Leissner misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Blanco.
Blanco on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Blanco darts in looking for a takedown but Leissner gets double underhooks and turns Blanco into the cage.
Leissner misses with the head strike.
Leissner fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Blanco doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Leissner lands a body punch in the clinch.
Leissner working aggressively here.
Leissner can't find room to land a body shot as Blanco controls the action.
Leissner throws a punch but it's blocked by Blanco.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pablo Blanco dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Gabriel Leissner's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Nice body punch from Blanco.
A head kick misses from Blanco.
Blanco throws a jab when Leissner was well out of range.
Blanco looks to land a combination. Leissner sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Blanco lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Blanco with a jab.
Blanco misses with a head kick.
A swing and a miss from Leissner.
Leissner cracks Blanco with an open hand slap.
Blanco moves away from the strike by Leissner.
A leg kick checked by Blanco.
Blanco gets caught napping as Leissner dives in and scores a takedown. Blanco manages to retain guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Leissner throwing strikes but missing.
Blanco tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Leissner wants to control from the top but Blanco keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leissner might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Blanco haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Blanco looking for a sweep. Not yet Blanco, not yet.
Leissner wants to control from the top but Blanco keeps moving.
Leissner is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Gabriel Leissner has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Blanco's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Blanco duly obliges.
That has opened up Gabriel Leissner's cut even more.
Leissner lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Leissner checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Nice shot by Leissner.
Blanco needs to keep his hands up - Leissner had a free shot at his head there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blanco scores with a kick to the midsection.
Leissner is trying hard to land a takedown here. Blanco sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Leissner takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Blanco scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blanco fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Blanco uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Leissner.
Good shot there by Leissner.
Blanco connects with a looping right hand.
Blanco uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Leissner.
Blanco misses the jab.
Leissner pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Blanco just misses with a punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Leissner. Blanco does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blanco lands a lovely overhand right.
A jab lands there for Leissner.
Blanco is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Leissner.
Blanco misses the shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leissner slips a jab and a cross from Blanco.
Blanco throws a body shot but no joy.
Leissner swings for the body but Blanco moves out of range.
Blanco jabs Leissner to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Blanco tries to close the distance and clinch up but Leissner swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Leissner connects with a single shot there.
Blanco misses with a double jab.
Leissner misses with a looping left.
Blanco moves away from the strike by Leissner.
Leissner closes this distance looking for a takedown but Blanco circles away.
Leissner keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Blanco.
A telegraphed right hand from Leissner misses the target.
Blanco scores with a sloppy right hand. Leissner should have avoided that one.
A punch combination from Blanco misses.
Leissner closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Blanco's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leissner wants to control from the top but Blanco keeps moving.
Blanco is trying to control the position but Leissner postures up.
Leissner in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blanco is pulling down on Leissner's head. It's preventing any offense from Leissner, at least for the moment.
Blanco is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Blanco might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Blanco utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Blanco keeping moving, preventing Leissner from controlling successfully.
Gabriel Leissner has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pablo Blanco is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Pablo Blanco.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Blanco, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:28
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pablo Blanco!
Pablo Blanco thanked the fans post fight for their support.
In defeat, Gabriel Leissner stepped up to the mic, saying 'It's at times like this, one must reach deeply into his soul,challenge his heart, feel new courage, endure the fuck pain and say 'FUCK ISLAM AND MOHAMMED WAS A PEDOPHILE''.
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