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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Harland Sanders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luther Lamel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sanders comes to the cage accompanied by My Prerogative by Bobby Brown. Lamel comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Blk & Blu kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Harland Sanders!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Luther Lamel!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, John Kavanagh and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lamel swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lamel throws a hook but Sanders blocks it.
Lamel missing with a left hand there. Sanders was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sanders tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lamel manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lamel misses with a straight left.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lamel.
Sanders misses with a punch to the body.
Sanders breaks from the clinch.
Lamel throws a hook but Sanders blocks it.
Lamel moves into range and connects with a jab.
Sanders tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lamel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sanders tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lamel manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sanders tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lamel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lamel misses with a body shot.
A big left from Lamel misses.
Sanders tries to clinch up but Lamel circles away and keeps his distance.
Sanders closes the distance and clinches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sanders.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanders misses with a punch on the inside.
Lamel misses with a body punch.
Lamel blocks a body shot from Sanders.
Sanders throws a punch but it's blocked by Lamel.
Sanders breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A swing and a miss from Lamel.
Sanders wants to clinch up but Lamel keeps it at a distance.
Luther Lamel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lamel scores with a body shot.
A jab from Lamel does it's job there.
Sanders on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Sanders walks into a straight right hand from Lamel.
Lamel throws a right and a left that both miss.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sanders lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Luther Lamel has been cut.
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!
Sanders misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanders keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lamel's efforts to push away.
Sanders misses with some punches.
Lamel is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lamel misses with a punch on the inside.
Sanders tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lamel's elbow.
Sanders tries a body shot but Lamel blocks it.
Sanders misses with some punches.
Sanders fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lamel wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sanders breaks from the clinch.
Sanders gets a clinch.
Sanders misses with a punch on the inside.
Sanders tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanders has a couple of punches blocked by Lamel.
Sanders tries to work over Lamel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sanders misses with an elbow strike.
Stalling in the clinch from Lamel.
Sanders throws a punch but it's blocked by Lamel.
Sanders tries to throw a body punch but Lamel avoids it by throwing Sanders back against the cage.
Sanders breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sanders rushes Lamel and presses him up against the cage.
Sanders swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lamel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Sanders fails to land.
Lamel blocks a body shot from Sanders.
Sanders lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sanders misses with a punch on the inside.
Sanders looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Lamel blocks an elbow strike from Sanders.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lamel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sanders fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sanders doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sanders lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sanders pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sanders's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sanders moves into range and clinches up with Lamel.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Sanders breaks from the clinch.
Lamel scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sanders walks into a straight right hand from Lamel.
Sanders tries to clinch up but Lamel circles away and keeps his distance.
A little jabbing left from Lamel on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Lamel throws a hook but Sanders blocks it.
Lamel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sanders tries to clinch up but Lamel circles away and keeps his distance.
Lamel lands a glancing blow to the side of Sanders's head.
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 Harland Sanders will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Luther Lamel'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.
Lamel swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sanders tries to clinch up.
Sanders moves into range and clinches up with Lamel.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sanders throws an elbow but misses.
Lamel is pushing Sanders up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Lamel is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sanders.
Sanders scores with a shoulder strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lamel tries to throw a body punch but Sanders avoids it by throwing Lamel back against the cage.
Sanders is leaning against Lamel and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Lamel struggles to land a body shot inside as Sanders controls his hands.
Sanders misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lamel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Nice body punch from Sanders - that landed with a thud.
Sanders misses with the head strike.
Sanders throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lamels head.
Sanders's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sanders avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sanders keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sanders keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lamel.
Lamel swings widly with a right hand
and Sanders counters with a three punch combo that has Lamel backing up. Lamel nods at Sanders to acknowledge the strikes.
Lamel circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lamel swats away the attempt to clinch by Sanders.
Lamel lands a jab to the head.
Lamel misses with an uppercut.
Lamel circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sanders uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lamel.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanders rushes Lamel and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lamel blocks an uppercut.
Sanders gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Lamel tries to throw a body punch but Sanders avoids it by throwing Lamel back against the cage.
Sanders throws an elbow that misses.
Sanders lands with a left to the head.
Lamel tries to work over Sanders's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lamel struggles to land a body shot inside as Sanders controls his hands.
Harland Sanders has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Lamel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Lamel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sanders can't find room to land a body shot as Lamel controls the action.
Lamel blocks a body shot from Sanders.
Sanders misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Sanders fails to land.
Lamel prevents a body shot from Sanders.
Sanders has a couple of punches blocked by Lamel.
Sanders manages to break the clinch.
Luther Lamel seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sanders scores with a nice head shot.
Lamel looks to land a combination but Sanders avoids it well.
Sanders appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Sanders ducks under a wild hook from Lamel.
Sanders showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lamel.
Sanders appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Lamel throws a body shot but no joy.
Sanders misses with a two punch combination.
Harland Sanders is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sanders takes a jab right on the kisser.
Lamel might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Sanders is looking to clinch but Lamel is avoiding it.
Sanders tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lamel swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sanders moves out of range as Lamel strikes.
It looked like Sanders was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Lamel.
Sanders displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sanders wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sanders fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sanders blocks a jab.
Lamel misses with a lunging right hand
and Sanders counters with a left and a right that stings Lamel.
Lamel is rocked!
Sanders steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lamel.
Lamel is still on wobbly legs! Can Sanders finish him?
Sanders tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sanders tries to close the distance and clinch but Lamel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sanders tries to clinch there but Lamel circles away.
Sanders shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
It looks like Harland Sanders has been cut.
Sanders tries to clinch but Lamel moves away
and Sanders takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Lamel tries to keep at a distance but Sanders has taken the fight into the clinch.
Lamel is trying to maintain a safe position but Sanders gets an underhook and turns Lamel into the cage.
Lamel blocks an elbow strike from Sanders.
Lamel can't find room to land a body shot as Sanders controls the action.
Lamel takes a shot to the head.
Sanders lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Lamel or not.
Sanders lands a damaging elbow.
Sanders misses with some punches.
Sanders tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lamel seems to have recovered his senses.
Sanders goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Sanders lands a hook to the side of the head.
Sanders lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lamel backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harland Sanders dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Sanders tries to clinch up but Lamel circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sanders looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lamel ducks right into an uppercut from Sanders.
Lamel keeps the fight on the outside.
Lamel throws out a powerful jab.
Lamel circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sanders is looking to clinch but Lamel is avoiding it.
Lamel looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sanders tries to close the distance and clinch but Lamel swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sanders scores with a nice strike.
Lamel connects with a single shot there.
Good exchange - Lamel coming out on top.
Sanders tries to clinch up.
Sanders tries to clinch up.
Sanders tries to clinch but Lamel is having none of it.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Sanders moves in looking to clinch but Lamel pushes him off.
Sanders dodges the punch combination from Lamel.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lamel misses with a series of wild punches.
A shot to the liver by Lamel. Beautiful body shot.
Sanders connects with a looping right hand.
Sanders tries to clinch but Lamel is having none of it.
Lamel is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Sanders.
Lamel throws a good cross that connects.
Sanders is looking to clinch but Lamel is avoiding it.
Lamel looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Sanders tries to clinch but Lamel moves out of range.
Lamel lands the left hand.
Lamel throws a jab but it's blocked by Sanders.
Sanders wants to clinch.
Sanders takes one on the button.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sanders ducks under a wild hook from Lamel.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanders doesn't manage to clinch there - Lamel circles away.
Lamel misses with a straight left.
Lamel scores with a nice head shot.
Lamel on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Sanders keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sanders is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Luther Lamel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lamel misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lamel on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Lamel darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sanders is rocked!
Sanders tries to clinch but Lamel moves out of range.
Oh Sanders is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lamel lands a head shot.
Lamel lands a right hook to the body.
Lamel throws a series of punches but Sanders moves out of range.
Lamel circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sanders seems to have got his legs back now.
Sanders avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The fighters circling - Lamel throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lamel looks to throw the jab but Sanders is out of range.
Sanders uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lamel.
Sanders was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lamel rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sanders counters with a stiff right hand.
Lamel circles away from the clinch attempt.
A slow jab from Lamel misses its intended target.
A combination from Lamel does no damage.
Sanders fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sanders fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lamel throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Sanders counters with a crisp one two that drops Lamel! Sanders thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Lamel to his feet! Lamel is in big trouble!
Sanders lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Lamel falls backwards - clearly groggy! Sanders dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Harland Sanders!
A very excited looking Harland Sanders 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.
Luther Lamel spoke after the fight, saying 'I'll be back'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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