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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Darby Gordon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Louis Lei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gordon comes to the cage accompanied by United Booty Foundation. Lei is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Closer. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darby Gordon!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Louis Lei!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Daniel Franklin and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gordon fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Gordon throws a right and a left that Lei avoids nicely.
Lei throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lei lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Gordon. Those never looked like landing.
Gordon misses with a wild body shot.
Lei lets loose with a powerful body kick. Gordon will feel that in the morning.
Lei looks for the body kick but Gordon saw that one coming.
Lei lands a head kick!
Gordon scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Lei doesn't seem bothered though.
Gordon throws a right hand that misses
and Lei counters with a nice uppercut.
Lei tries to land a leg kick but Gordon saw it coming and moves away.
Gordon avoids the head kick by Lei.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gordon connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
A bone on bone clash there as Lei blocks the leg kick.
Lei is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gordon throws a leg kick which misses Lei's front leg but catches the back leg as Lei tries to avoid it.
A head kick misses from Lei.
Gordon looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Gordon avoids the head kick by Lei.
We've been hearing reports that Gordon has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Lei throws a solid leg kick but Gordon takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Lei.
Gordon throwing a counter right hand but Lei manages to avoid it.
Gordon avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lei checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Darby Gordon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gordon tries for a takedown but Lei circles away easily
and Lei finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Lei fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gordon is out of range.
Gordon scores with a decent looking hook.
Gordon lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Gordon.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Darby Gordon. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gordon fails with a takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lei takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Lei connects with a solid leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lei tries to clinch but Gordon moves out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Gordon misses the target.
Lei lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gordon's sensitive parts.
Gordon shoots in but no luck this time.
Gordon sets himself, and Lei steps forward looking for the clinch! Gordon avoids it this time.
Gordon swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Lei.
Crunch! Lei slams his shin into Gordon's torso.
Lei tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gordon closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Gordon landing strikes.
Gordon working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Gordon in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Lei is trying to control Gordon's posture but Gordon avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gordon misses with the ground and pound.
Gordon tries to score with some ground and pound. Lei controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Gordon has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Gordon throwing shots but missing, from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lei can't do much from the bottom here.
Gordon tries to advance to mount but can't.
Lei manages to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Gordon missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Gordon sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Lei defending well though.
Gordon wants to take a breather but Lei is having none of it.
Gordon not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Gordon is looking to take a break and control but Lei is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Gordon feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Lei's calf.
Lei feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gordon's calf.
Gordon fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Lei throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Darby Gordon will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Lei lands a nice shot that snaps Gordon's head back.
Lei throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Lei drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Jab, jab by Gordon - just one landing.
Gordon lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Lei misses with a wild body shot.
Louis Lei seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lei throws out a loose jab but Gordon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lei misses with a kick to the body.
Gordon takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Lei connects with a looping right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gordon throws a hook but Lei avoids it easily.
Gordon sets himself, and Lei steps forward looking for the clinch! Gordon avoids it this time.
A slapping body kick lands there for Lei.
Gordon throws a leg kick but Lei moved away.
Gordon swinging wildly here.
A punch combination from Gordon misses.
Lei takes a head kick and keeps coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gordon fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Lei is out of range.
Gordon throws a leg kick but Lei moved away.
Gordon blocks a low kick nicely.
Lei pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gordon misses with a head kick.
Lei slips a jab from Gordon.
Gordon closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Lei lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lei is looking to clinch.
Lei wants to land a leg kick but Gordon is out of range.
Lei lands a big head kick that sends Gordon tumbling to the mat! Lei takes a step backwards and waves Gordon back to his feet - he wants the finish!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lei drives through and clinches with Gordon against the cage.
Gordon working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Lei looking to throw knees to the head but Gordon is blocking nicely.
Knees in the clinch landing for Lei.
Gordon throws an elbow that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lei scores with a knee to the head.
Lei blocks an uppercut.
Gordon throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Lei lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gordon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gordon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gordon takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lei blocks a body shot from Gordon.
Gordon misses with an elbow over the top.
Lei pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lei throws an elbow but misses.
Gordon breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gordon works the jab nicely.
Gordon shoots in for a takedown but Lei shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Lei 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 three minutes gone in the round.
Gordon shoots in and drives through. Lei sprawls well.
Gordon shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Lei's guard.
Gordon looking to pass the guard.
Gordon wants to control from the top but Lei keeps moving.
Lei bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Gordon's guard.
Gordon looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Lei is defending well. Gordon quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Lei has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Gordon celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Darby Gordon!
Darby Gordon retains his light heavyweight title!
Darby Gordon decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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