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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dion Lovejoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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220 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kyle Long!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dion Lovejoy!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Peter Branson and David Hoff.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lovejoy connects with a jab.
Lovejoy's coach down at Rabid Dog was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Lovejoy's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Lovejoy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sloppy strikes from Lovejoy. Those never looked like landing.
Lovejoy cracks Long with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Lovejoy scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Lovejoy defending well as Long loads up on a big left hand.
Lovejoy tries to counter by closing the distance.
Lovejoy misses with a body punch
and Long counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Long manages to break the clinch.
Long misses with an uppercut.
A big left from Long misses.
Lovejoy lands with a shot to the body.
Lovejoy changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lovejoy misses with a combination
and Long counters by clinching up.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Long.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Long avoids the elbow strike from Lovejoy, against the cage.
Long with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Lovejoy tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Long just stands there and leans against the cage.
Lovejoy is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Long pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dion Lovejoy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Long avoids the head kick by Lovejoy.
Good standup being displayed there by Lovejoy as he connects with a hook.
Lovejoy lands a really nice looking cross but Long seems unphased.
Long takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Long definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Lovejoy misses with a wild body shot.
Long seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Lovejoy looks to score with a jab to the body but Long is just out of range.
Long throws a big counter combination but Lovejoy scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Lovejoy swings for the body but Long moves out of range.
Long is looking to counter the offense by Lovejoy and move into the clinch.
Lovejoy misses with an uppercut.
Long appears to be looking for a big counter.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Long connects with a single shot there.
Long uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lovejoy.
Lovejoy looks to land a right hand but Long moved out of range.
Long is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Lovejoy.
Lovejoy lands a nice hook to Long's body. Long takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lovejoy swings widly with a right hand
and Long cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lovejoy throws a shot from downtown. Long moves away and avoids it.
Long is looking to counter the offense by Lovejoy and move into the clinch.
A combination from Long does no damage.
Long walks into a jab.
Lovejoy cracks Long with an open hand slap.
Long missing with a left hand there. Lovejoy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lovejoy takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Lovejoy connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lovejoy connects with a jab.
Long throws a series of punches but Lovejoy avoids them all with ease.
Long misses with a looping right.
Lovejoy works the jab nicely.
Lovejoy scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Long doesn't seem bothered though.
Lovejoy throws a head kick that misses.
A little feinted left hand from Long on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Lovejoy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Long.
Long walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Long scores with a jab.
Lovejoy takes a swing at Long's ribcage but misses.
Long moves out of range as Lovejoy strikes.
Lovejoy thows a left - swing and a miss!
An attempted straight right counter from Long misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lovejoy scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lovejoy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lovejoy throws a jab but it's blocked by Long.
Long is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Lovejoy connects with a crisp jab.
Lovejoy lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Lovejoy misses with a body shot.
Lovejoy scores with a shot to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Lovejoy. Those never looked like landing.
Long throwing a counter right hand but Lovejoy manages to avoid it.
Lovejoy throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Long throwing a counter right hand but Lovejoy manages to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Long.
Long pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lovejoy misses with a hook
and Long cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dion Lovejoy dominated that round.
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.
Lovejoy throws a leg kick
and Long counters with a right, left combo that wobbles Lovejoy badly! Long follows up with a massive right hook, straight to the bridge of the nose that knocks Lovejoy out cold! Oh wow, what a finish! Very reminiscent of Koscheck vs Yoshida as Long finished him against the cage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Kyle Long!
Kyle Long gave a mention to Sully's Bar & Grill in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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RATING
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