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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Knuckle Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Lansing (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stone comes to the cage accompanied by Gimme Shelter. Lansing comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Heavy Metal Kings kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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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147 lbs
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161 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 19 - 2, fighting out of London, Knuckle Stone!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Alexander Lansing!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stone ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Lansing lands with an overhand left.
Lansing circles away from the clinch attempt.
Some bone on bone action there as Lansing checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Stone moves out of range of the body kick from Lansing.
Good standup being displayed there by Lansing as he connects with a hook.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Lansing has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Stone misses the shot to the body.
Lansing swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stone takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Stone takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Lansing moves away from the strike by Stone.
Lansing steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Stone.
A big right from Lansing misses.
Stone lands a nice shot to the body.
Stone takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lansing changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Alexander Lansing seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lansing has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Stone.
Stone misses with a lunging right hand
and Lansing decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Stone's guard.
Stone has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Lansing missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Lansing throwing strikes but missing.
Stone is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Lansing trying to control but Stone is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lansing preventing the sweep.
Stone keeping moving, preventing Lansing from controlling successfully.
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!
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Stone throws a jab when Lansing was well out of range.
Lansing lands with a nice body punch.
Knuckle Stone is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lansing's corner calls for a 1-2. Lansing obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Stone with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Lansing throws a leg kick but Stone moved away.
Lansing moves out of range of the strikes.
Stone uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lansing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Lansing.
Stone connects with a body shot that sends Lansing's belly button to the back.
Lansing throws a body shot but no joy.
Stone throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lansing lands with an overhand left.
Lansing is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Stone throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Lansing finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Lansing misses with a few strikes there.
Stone takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Stone scoring well with a low kick there.
Stone is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Lansing's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Stone throws a big shot that misses.
Stone thumps Lansing with a low kick.
Lansing fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone scores with a leg kick.
A slow jab from Stone misses its intended target.
Stone throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Stone keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lansing lands a lovely overhand right.
Stone takes a swing at Lansing's ribcage but misses.
Stone blocks a leg kick.
Stone's jab looks to have found its range, popping Lansing under the eye.
Lansing stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Stone.
Stone throws an overhand right that lands on Lansing's shoulder, as Lansing tries to avoid the shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stone misses with a kick to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lansing. Stone does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stone moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alexander Lansing 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.
Stone slips under a jab.
Lansing misses with a right hand
and Stone counters with a body kick that stops Lansing in his tracks momentarily.
Lansing gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Lansing lands a two punch combo.
Lansing slips under a jab from Stone.
A slapping leg kick lands for Lansing.
Stone displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lansing throws out the jab.
The crowd cheers as Stone lands an impressive looking overhand right. Lansing doesn't seem phased though.
Stone scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Lansing throws a nice outside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stone misses with a left hand
and Lansing counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Stone keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stone misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Stone lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Lansing on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Stone. Stone obviously looking to wear him down.
Lansing takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Lansing has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Stone walks into a jab.
Stone swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lansing throws a good cross that connects.
Stone avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lansing's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Stone dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lansing. That did some damage!
Lansing connects with a jab.
Lansing swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Stone is looking to slow Lansing down with leg kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lansing misses with a double jab.
Lansing keeps the fight on the outside.
Lansing misses with a body shot
and Stone counters with a thumping low kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stone tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lansing was well out of range. Poor timing from Stone.
Lansing misses with a low kick.
Stone fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Lansing is out of range.
Lansing throws a good cross that connects.
Stone throws a looping overhand right but Lansing ducks down to avoid it.
Stone lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Stone on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Lansing throws a jab when Stone was well out of range.
Lansing takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stone walks into a jab.
Lansing checks a leg kick nicely.
Lansing lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Stone at a distance.
Stone avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Stone misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lansing punishes Stone's body with a nice straight punch.
Lansing slips under a jab from Stone.
Alexander Lansing seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lansing lands with an overhand left.
A punch combination from Lansing misses.
Lansing delivers a nice body kick.
Lansing pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lansing throws an overhand right that lands on Stone's shoulder, as Stone tries to avoid the shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Stone moves out of range of the strikes.
Lansing blocks a leg kick.
Lansing avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Stone misses the shot to the body.
Lansing takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stone throws a push kick but Lansing slaps the foot to one side.
Stone keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Stone throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Lansing on the side of the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lansing takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Lansing scores with a crisp jab that stopped Stone in his tracks.
Stone tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Knuckle Stone will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Stone moves out of range of the body kick from Lansing.
Stone uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lansing.
Lansing throws a hook to the side of Stone's head but Stone sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Stone throws a lazy right hand but Lansing sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Stone throws a chopping leg kick but Lansing manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Lansing ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stone moves away.
Jab, jab by Lansing - just one landing.
Lansing motions for Stone to come forward. Lansing throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Stone takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Stone shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Stone moves out of range of the strikes.
Lansing misses with a body kick.
Stone moves out of range of the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lansing jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Jab, jab by Stone - just one landing.
Stone throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Stone chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Stone throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Stone closes the distance but Lansing moves to the side
and Lansing counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Stone takes a swing at Lansing's ribcage but misses.
Lansing finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Lansing connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Stone keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lansing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lansing throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lansing throws a sloppy head kick and Stone moves out of range easily.
Stone misses with a hook.
Stone takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Lansing throws the left hand but Stone avoids the punch easily.
Lansing tries to clinch up.
Lansing just misses with a punch to the body.
A swing and a miss from Stone.
Lansing scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Stone's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Lansing connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Stone scrambles back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lansing misses with a lunging right hand
and Stone counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Stone rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Lansing moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lansing misses with a kick to the body.
Lansing swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lansing misses with an uppercut
and Stone counters with a low kick, right behind Lansing 's knee.
Stone tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lansing swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lansing lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Stone slips under a jab.
Lansing fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Lansing lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Lansing buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Stone throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lansing jabs Stone to the body, keeping him at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stone throws a hook to the side of Lansing's head but Lansing sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Stone misses with a looping left.
Stone misses the jab.
Stone tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lansing moves out of range of the strikes.
Lansing misses the shot to the body.
Lansing slips a straight right by Stone.
Stone swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Lansing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lansing clinches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lansing tries a body shot but Stone blocks it.
Lansing struggles to land a body shot inside as Stone controls his hands.
Stone looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Stone misses with the head strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alexander Lansing comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Lansing 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alexander Lansing!
Alexander Lansing seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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RATING
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