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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jesse Gonzalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peyton Manning (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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213 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
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205 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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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
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jesse Gonzalez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Peyton Manning!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Jonathan Paton and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzalez stalks Manning and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Manning's face. Manning staggers backwards, shaken.
Manning misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Manning.
Gonzalez works Manning's body with a nice hook.
Gonzalez definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Manning swings widly with a right hand
and Gonzalez counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Gonzalez scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Good standup being displayed there by Gonzalez as he connects with a hook.
Manning looks to land a right hand but Gonzalez moved out of range.
Gonzalez lands a really nice looking cross but Manning seems unphased.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gonzalez lands with a right hand.
Manning takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A swing and a miss from Manning.
Gonzalez scores with a crisp jab that stopped Manning in his tracks.
Gonzalez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Manning.
Manning misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Manning momentarily.
Gonzalez moves away from the strike by Manning.
Gonzalez lands a nice hook to Manning's body. Manning takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Manning thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manning throws a hook but Gonzalez blocks it.
Gonzalez bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Manning's head backwards.
Manning is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Manning doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Gonzalez moves into range and connects with a jab.
Manning stuns Gonzalez with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Manning on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Manning's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gonzalez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Manning scrambles back to his feet.
A jab from Manning misses.
Manning on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Manning misses with a body shot.
Manning takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gonzalez dips to his left and cracks Manning with an uppercut!
Gonzalez lands with a right hand.
Gonzalez lands a jab.
Gonzalez missing with a left hand there. Manning was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Manning looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez works over Manning's head and body with a nice combination.
Manning gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Gonzalez defending well as Manning loads up on a big left hand.
Gonzalez throws a hook to the side of Manning's head but Manning sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Manning keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gonzalez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Manning misses with a hook.
Gonzalez getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Manning lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jesse Gonzalez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A lazy left from Gonzalez finds it's target.
Manning takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Gonzalez is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Nice body punch from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez slips under a jab from Manning.
Manning takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Gonzalez connects with a body shot that sends Manning's belly button to the back.
Manning takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Gonzalez is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab by Manning.
A big left from Manning misses.
Manning lands with a shot to the body.
Gonzalez throws a series of punches but Manning moves out of range.
Manning looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Gonzalez blocks a jab.
Gonzalez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Manning.
Manning throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Manning throws a body punch but Gonzalez moves out of range.
Manning throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Manning fails with a takedown attempt.
Manning dives in and grabs Gonzalez's left leg, looking for a takedown. Gonzalez pushes down on Manning's head and hops out.
Jesse Gonzalez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Peyton Manning.
Manning on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Gonzalez scores with a one two! Manning had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Manning throws a lazy right hand but Gonzalez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Manning misses with a body shot.
Gonzalez was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Manning's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gonzalez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Manning scrambles back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Manning scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Gonzalez defending well as Manning loads up on a big left hand.
Manning moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Gonzalez lands a jab-cross combination.
Manning with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nice jab there from Gonzalez.
Manning's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gonzalez connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Manning scrambles back to his feet.
Manning misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez thuds a left hand into Manning's body.
Manning ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gonzalez moves away.
Gonzalez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Manning has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Manning fails with the takedown.
Gonzalez lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jesse Gonzalez dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Manning swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Gonzalez counters with a stiff right hand.
Gonzalez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Manning.
Gonzalez jabs at Manning's body.
A big left from Gonzalez misses.
Manning uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gonzalez.
Manning misses with a looping left.
Gonzalez avoids the body shot from Manning.
Gonzalez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Manning misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gonzalez.
A shot to the liver by Manning. Beautiful body shot.
Manning on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Manning moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Gonzalez uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Gonzalez throws a series of strikes that have Manning backpedaling.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Manning misses the jab.
Manning misses with a body shot.
Gonzalez connects with a right hand. Manning shakes it off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez blocks a jab.
Gonzalez with a nice cross.
Gonzalez tests Manning's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Gonzalez fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Gonzalez throws a right and a left that Manning avoids nicely.
Gonzalez lunges at Manning with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Manning's hand.
Gonzalez lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Manning might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Gonzalez has got the better of the exchanges.
Nice cross by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Manning fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gonzalez manages to avoid it.
A jab from Manning misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Manning. Gonzalez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Manning missing with a left hand there. Gonzalez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Gonzalez scores with a hook to the body. Manning takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Jesse Gonzalez is winning the standup battle so far.
Gonzalez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Manning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Manning's head.
Gonzalez connects with a jab.
Gonzalez thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gonzalez scores with a nice right hand.
Gonzalez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Manning can do to turn this around?
Gonzalez lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Gonzalez looks to land a right hand but Manning moved out of range.
Manning doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Gonzalez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gonzalez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gonzalez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Manning tests Gonzalez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
It looks like Jesse Gonzalez has been cut.
A telegraphed right hand from Manning misses the target.
Manning slips a straight right by Gonzalez.
Manning slips under a jab from Gonzalez.
Manning walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Gonzalez misses with a body shot.
A left and a right from Gonzalez both land. Nice combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Manning jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gonzalez was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Manning connects with a body shot that sends Gonzalez's belly button to the back.
Manning ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Manning throws a body punch but Gonzalez moves out of range.
Gonzalez bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Gonzalez takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Manning walks into a jab.
Gonzalez misses with a right hand
and Manning counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Gonzalez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Manning.
Manning avoids a punch combination nicely.
Manning throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gonzalez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Manning ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gonzalez moves away.
The crowd cheers as Gonzalez lands an impressive looking overhand right. Manning doesn't seem phased though.
Nice defenses there by Manning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jab from Gonzalez.
Danga de danga de dang - Gonzalez scores with a four punch combination!
Manning fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Manning throws a hook to the side of Gonzalez's head but Gonzalez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Manning avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Manning takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Manning misses with a takedown attempt
and Gonzalez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Manning throws a hook but Gonzalez blocks it.
Gonzalez throws the left hand but Manning avoids the punch easily.
Gonzalez digs a good hook to Manning's body.
Manning keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gonzalez misses the shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gonzalez lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Manning at a distance.
Manning shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Gonzalez pinned against the cage. Gonzalez gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jesse Gonzalez dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jesse Gonzalez's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Manning changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Gonzalez connects with a crisp jab.
Manning gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gonzalez.
Gonzalez connects with a looping right hand.
Gonzalez throws a series of punches but Manning avoids them all with ease.
Manning is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Gonzalez.
A lazy left from Gonzalez finds it's target.
Manning looks to land a right hand but Gonzalez moved out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Gonzalez misses the target.
Manning misses with a wild body shot.
Manning ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gonzalez moves away.
Nice uppercut there from Gonzalez.
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!
Manning keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A jab from Gonzalez finds it's way through Manning's defenses.
No joy there for Gonzalez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Manning slips a jab and a cross from Gonzalez.
Manning is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Gonzalez rather than just go for the knockout.
Manning looks to score with a jab to the body but Gonzalez is just out of range.
Gonzalez shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Manning eats them both and turns towards Gonzalez to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Gonzalez fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Manning on the side of the head.
Manning throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gonzalez misses with a few strikes there.
It seemed like Manning was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Manning ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Gonzalez on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Gonzalez thuds his right hand into Manning's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Gonzalez tries to bum rush Manning with a series of wild strikes but Manning uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Manning moves forwards but Gonzalez connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Gonzalez scores with a sloppy right hand. Manning should have avoided that one.
Gonzalez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A shot to the body from Manning misses
and Gonzalez counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Manning tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Gonzalez swivels and escapes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Manning.
A cross from Gonzalez lands.
Gonzalez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gonzalez looks to score with a jab to the body but Manning is just out of range.
A nice side step and Manning releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Manning swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Manning throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Gonzalez tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Manning is in Gonzalez's guard.
Manning trying to control the position from guard on top but Gonzalez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gonzalez will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Manning passes into half guard.
Manning is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Gonzalez defends it well.
Manning is looking for a kimura here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez punching from the bottom.
Jesse Gonzalez is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Manning is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Gonzalez is just riding it out for now. Manning eventually gives up the hold.
Manning wants to pass the guard but Gonzalez is defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Manning is keen to just control but Gonzalez is a slippery customer.
Manning prevents Gonzalez from improving his position.
Manning is trying to control. Gonzalez wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Manning is trying to work for a kimura but Gonzalez is defending well.
Manning is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jesse Gonzalez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Gonzalez, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jesse Gonzalez!
Jesse Gonzalez made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'I was supposed to get subbed in this one according to the predictions............didn't happen! Fuck predictions!'.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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