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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sal Bartlett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leon Langlais (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Leon Langlais has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Sal Bartlett's chin.
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279 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
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193 cm
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224 lbs
0 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sal Bartlett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Leon Langlais!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Columbo Gatti and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Langlais tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Langlais tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bartlett manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Langlais dips to his left and cracks Bartlett with an uppercut!
It looks like Sal Bartlett has been cut.
Langlais looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bartlett avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bartlett is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Langlais.
Bartlett ducks under a wild hook from Langlais.
A little feinted left hand from Bartlett on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Langlais shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bartlett as he jumps to the side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Langlais throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bartlett's waist but Bartlett gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Langlais off to one side.
Bartlett has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bartlett misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Langlais.
Bartlett is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Langlais tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Sal Bartlett has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leon Langlais.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bartlett takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bartlett lands a nice uppercut.
Bartlett tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bartlett manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Bartlett working Langlais over with knees to the body.
Langlais blocks a body shot from Bartlett.
Bartlett misses with a body punch.
Bartlett manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Langlais managing to block the knees to the body from Bartlett.
Bartlett leaning his opponent against the cage.
Bartlett lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Langlais backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Bartlett.
Bartlett could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Langlais is looking to take this one to the mat.
Bartlett gets underhooks to prevent Langlais's takedown attempt.
Bartlett displaying some good clinch control by pressing Langlais up against the cage.
Bartlett dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Bartlett looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bartlett looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bartlett throws an elbow but misses.
Langlais tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Bartlett trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Bartlett creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Bartlett is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Langlais is defending well for now.
Bartlett stalling the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Langlais wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bartlett keeps control of Langlais as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bartlett content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Bartlett just leaning against Langlais, taking a breather.
Bartlett taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sal Bartlett.
Langlais shoots in for a takedown but Bartlett shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Langlais throws a body punch but Bartlett moves out of range.
Bartlett moves into the clinch successfully.
Langlais working hard to break the clinch.
Bartlett controlling the action here for a moment.
Bartlett tries a body shot but Langlais blocks it.
Bartlett softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bartlett slows down the pace here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bartlett misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Langlais.
Langlais takes a knee to the side of the body.
Langlais throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Bartlett is pressed up against the cage. Langlais has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Bartlett down to the mat. Bartlett avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Langlais tries to clinch up
and Bartlett counters with a shoot takedown. Langlais fights it but they end up in guard.
Bartlett seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sal Bartlett dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sal Bartlett'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.
Bartlett takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Langlais misses with a series of wild punches.
Bartlett is looking for a counter combo.
Langlais shoots in for a takedown but Bartlett shows good takedown defense.
Bartlett tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Langlais manages to circle out of the way.
Langlais throws a series of punches but Bartlett moves out of range.
Langlais shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Bartlett counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bartlett.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bartlett just leaning against Langlais, taking a breather.
Bartlett leaning against his opponent.
Bartlett has Langlais pushed against the cage.
Bartlett will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Langlais up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Langlais pushes Bartlett back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
We've been informed that Langlais has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Bartlett is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Sal Bartlett has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leon Langlais.
Langlais jumps guard but Bartlett stands there with Langlais around his waist. Langlais gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Bartlett throws an elbow that misses.
Langlais tries to pull guard but Bartlett forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Bartlett fails to land.
Bartlett effectively controlling the action here.
Bartlett is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Langlais letting Bartlett take a breather here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sal Bartlett.
Langlais throws a good cross that connects.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Bartlett as Langlais shoots in.
Langlais is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Langlais fails in his attempt to clinch.
Langlais tries to clinch there but Bartlett circles away.
Langlais lands a lovely overhand right.
Bartlett blocks a head kick by Langlais.
Langlais swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Bartlett.
Nice takedown defense from Bartlett. No joy for Langlais on that attempt.
Langlais is breathing heavily.
Bartlett moves into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bartlett misses with an elbow strike.
Bartlett pressing his opponent against the cage.
Langlais looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Bartlett leaning his opponent against the cage.
A short right from Langlais on the inside.
Bartlett gets through Langlais's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bartlett just leaning against Langlais, taking a breather.
Bartlett lands a nice shot to the body.
Bartlett comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Bartlett has Langlais pressed against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Bartlett.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Bartlett fails to land.
Langlais fails to pull guard.
Bartlett is struggling to control the position.
Langlais wants to break free but Bartlett has control.
Langlais manages to break the clinch.
Langlais gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Bartlett counters with a two punch combo.
Langlais throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bartlett appears to be looking for a big counter.
Nice defenses there by Bartlett.
Leon Langlais seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bartlett rushes Langlais and presses him up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bartlett displaying some good clinch control by pressing Langlais up against the cage.
Langlais on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sal Bartlett dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sal Bartlett's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Bartlett moves out of range of the body kick.
Langlais is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Bartlett clinches up with Langlais and pushes him back against the cage.
Bartlett is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Langlais can do to turn this around?
Bartlett taking a breather.
Bartlett scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Bartlett has Langlais pressed against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Bartlett.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Sal Bartlett.
Bartlett backs away from a small jab... but Langlais lunges forward with a huge superman punch! Bartlett crumples to the ground as his mouth piece is sent flying! Langlais with a spectacular finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Leon Langlais!
After the fight, Leon Langlais was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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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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