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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Leonard Lewis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jensen Saint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Saint has chosen Bad Company - Holy Water as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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192 lbs
29 - 17 - 0 |
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182 cm
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201 lbs
41 - 24 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
29 - 17 - 0, fighting out of London, Leonard Lewis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
41 - 24 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jensen Saint!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Gwen Towbar and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lewis misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lewis tries to land a leg kick but Saint saw it coming and moves away.
Saint moves out of range as Lewis strikes.
Saint closes the distance and clinches up with Lewis, looking for a takedown. Saint pushes Lewis against the cage but Lewis circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Lewis throws out a leg kick but Saint moves out of range and Lewis only half commits.
Lewis throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Saint throws a low kick, looking for Lewis's leg but Lewis calmly moves out of range.
Saint moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Jab from Lewis.
Lewis works Saint's body with a nice hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lewis takes a swing at Saint's ribcage but misses.
As Lewis backs off Saint throws a huge counter combo but Lewis manages to avoid it all.
Lewis takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Saint scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Lewis buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis works the jab nicely.
Leonard Lewis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lewis throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Saint feints the counter takedown.
Saint steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lewis.
We've been told by Lewis's head coaches at Team Anarchy MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Saint connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Leonard Lewis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lewis throws a chopping leg kick but Saint manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A head kick by Lewis misses
and Saint counters with a nice double leg into side control. Lewis won't be happy with that.
Saint trying to control the position but Lewis is working away.
Saint cracks Lewis with a big elbow.
Saint wants to control but Lewis is keeping him busy.
Lewis tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Saint wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Lewis struggling a bit here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewis is trying to get back to half guard.
Saint looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Lewis is trying to control Saint's posture but Saint avoids it.
Lewis is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Saint lands a nice forearm strike.
Saint looking to control but instead Lewis has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Saint is trying to control the action in half guard but Lewis is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewis controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Saint is nestled in close to Lewis, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Lewis is looking to improve his position.
Saint scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Saint missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Saint scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saint throwing shots but Lewis is blocking nicely.
Saint throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Lewis is trying to maintain the position but Saint is very close to passing his half guard.
Lewis tries to roll over but Saint keeps him under control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lewis works his way to full guard. Good work.
Lewis keeping moving, preventing Saint from controlling successfully.
Lewis pulls Saint in close to prevent any damage.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Lewis looking to control.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jensen Saint will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Lewis paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Saint throws a looping overhand right but Lewis ducks down to avoid it.
Saint throws a nice head kick!
A lazy left from Lewis finds it's target.
Lewis misses with a leg kick.
Lewis jabs Saint to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Saint avoids a kick to the body.
Lewis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Saint throws out the jab.
Lewis bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Saint's head backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lewis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Saint swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Saint changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Lewis throws a body kick that misses
and Saint counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Lewis looks to land a body kick but Saint moved away.
Saint misses with a straight right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lewis misses with a kick to the body
and Saint cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Saint on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Saint moves out of range of the leg kick from Lewis.
Lewis rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Saint counters with a straight right hand.
Lewis lands a nice looking kick to the body. Saint takes a step back to recover.
Lewis feints and then cracks Saint's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Saint down.
Saint buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Saint throws a leg kick which misses Lewis's front leg but catches the back leg as Lewis tries to avoid it.
Decent striking displayed by Lewis there.
Lewis looks to score with a jab to the body but Saint is just out of range.
A little jabbing left from Saint on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nice shot lands for Lewis.
Saint on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lewis turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Lewis.
Lewis throws out a powerful jab.
Leonard Lewis is winning the standup battle so far.
Lewis looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Saint avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A telegraphed right hand from Lewis misses the target.
Saint changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lewis. Saint does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lewis closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A combination from Lewis does no damage.
Lewis with a jab.
The fighters circling - Saint throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Saint will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
As Saint tries to get set, Lewis tries to push him back and clinch up but Saint manages to avoid the attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Saint takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Lewis lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Lewis throws a hook to the side of Saint's head but Saint sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Saint uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lewis.
Lewis moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Lewis moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Good leg kick by Lewis there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A low kick from Lewis misses
and Saint connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Saint closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Lewis's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lewis keeping moving, preventing Saint from controlling successfully.
Lewis is controlling Saint's posture.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lewis trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Saint landing with the ground and pound.
Lewis working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Saint.
Saint 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.
Saint trying to control but Lewis is working from the bottom.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Lewis not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leonard Lewis dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Saint fails to land the takedown.
Lewis moves away from the strike by Saint.
Lewis was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Saint takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nice body kick from Lewis.
Saint throws a hook to the side of Lewis's head but Lewis sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Saint throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Saint pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lewis checks a leg kick nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lewis scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Lewis cracks a nice hook into Saint's ribs.
Saint takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Lewis feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Saint's calf.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Lewis connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Lewis scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Lewis cracks the inside of Saint's front leg.
Saint connects with a crisp jab.
Saint cracks Lewis with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Lewis lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Saint has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Saint and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Lewis connects with a good right hand that stumbles Saint. Saint circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Lewis throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Saint uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lewis.
Saint's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Saint jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lewis attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Saint tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lewis throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Saint counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lewis is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Lewis keeping full guard, as Saint tries to pass.
Saint working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Lewis's head.
Lewis is pulling down on Saint's head to control his posture.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewis is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
A slow jab from Saint misses its intended target.
Saint moves out of range of the body kick from Lewis.
Saint changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Lewis throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Lewis thows a left - swing and a miss!
Lewis turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Lewis takes a swing at Saint's ribcage but misses.
Lewis throws a wild body kick that Saint sees coming a mile off.
It seemed like Saint was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Lewis loads up on a big right hand but Saint slips the punch.
Saint uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lewis.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Saint blocks the body kick.
Saint swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Saint goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Saint throws a leg kick but Lewis sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A nice leg kick lands there from Lewis.
Lewis swings for the body but Saint moves out of range.
Lewis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Saint.
Saint misses with an uppercut.
Lewis looks to land a body kick but Saint moved away.
It seemed like Saint was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A jab from Lewis misses.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Lewis - that will leave a mark!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lewis just misses with a punch to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Leonard Lewis showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Lewis has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leonard Lewis!
A very excited looking Leonard Lewis made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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