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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Roberto Boucher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gerrald James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gerrald James is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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215 lbs
15 - 10 - 0 |
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206 lbs
14 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Roberto Boucher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gerrald James!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Daniel Bishop and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
James fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Boucher manages to avoid it.
James throws a lazy right hand but Boucher sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Boucher is looking to counter the offense by James and move into the clinch.
Boucher ducks under a wild hook from James.
James scores with a shot to the body.
James swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Boucher.
It looks like Roberto Boucher has been cut.
The fighters circling - James throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
James keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Boucher.
A nice side step and James releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Boucher takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boucher needs to keep his hands up - James had a free shot at his head there.
We've been told by Boucher's head coaches at Vendetta Alliance London Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
James misses with a body punch
enabling Boucher to counter with a crisp jab.
It looks like Gerrald James has been cut.
James misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Boucher.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James swings away with a body shot that misses
and James takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Boucher throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
James scores with a jab. Boucher acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Gerrald James seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boucher walks into a stiff left hand from James.
James ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Boucher moves away.
Boucher uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by James.
James takes a swing at Boucher's ribcage but misses.
A lazy left from Boucher finds it's target.
James is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Boucher rather than just go for the knockout.
James ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Boucher moves away.
Boucher slips a jab from James.
James throws a lazy uppercut
and Boucher counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boucher takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A looping hook to the body misses from James. Boucher does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
James scores with a punch to the head.
James just misses with a punch to the body.
James with a hook.
James swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Boucher counters by moving into the clinch.
James blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Boucher misses with a hook from the clinch.
Boucher swings wildly with an uppercut but James uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Boucher.
James escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Boucher rushes James and presses him up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gerrald James dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
James misses with a left hand
and Boucher cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
James looks to score with a jab to the body but Boucher is just out of range.
James misses with a straight right.
Boucher tries to counter by moving into the clinch but James manages to circle out of the way.
James throws a poor cross that misses
and Boucher counters with a straight right hand.
James connects with a good right hand that stumbles Boucher. Boucher circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
James swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Boucher gets in close and instigates a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boucher fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Boucher misses with a short punch on the inside.
James tries to work over Boucher's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Boucher misses with a punch on the inside.
James misses with a shot to the kidneys.
James misses with a body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James misses with a hook to the ribs.
Boucher throws a punch but it's blocked by James.
James tries to break the clinch but Boucher is controlling the position.
James throws a punch but it's blocked by Boucher.
James escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
James throws a body shot but no joy.
James has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
James misses with a jab, cross combination.
James throws the left hand but Boucher avoids the punch easily.
Boucher is looking to counter punch.
James just misses with a punch to the body.
Boucher throwing a counter right hand but James manages to avoid it.
Boucher avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Boucher misses the target.
Gerrald James seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Boucher ducks under a wild hook from James.
James swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Boucher holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Boucher.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boucher goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Boucher lands a hook that snaps the head of James backwards.
That has opened up Gerrald James's cut even more.
James lands a nice uppercut.
James misses with a hook to the ribs.
Boucher misses with a short punch on the inside.
Boucher lands on the inside with an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Still in the clinch, Boucher scores with a nice short uppercut.
Boucher lands a hook that snaps the head of James backwards.
James has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Boucher seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if James can turn it around.
Roberto Boucher has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Boucher misses with some punches.
Boucher lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of James backwards.
Boucher misses with some punches.
James can't find room to land a body shot as Boucher controls the action.
James wants to get back to striking at distance but Boucher won't allow it.
Boucher working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Boucher lands a right hand that snaps the head of James backwards.
Boucher lands with a left to the head.
James breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
James misses with a jab to the body
letting Boucher counter with a right hand.
James is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roberto Boucher dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
James looks up at the clock. Bad move! Boucher lands a right hand from hell, dropping James. Boucher pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roberto Boucher!
A very excited looking Roberto Boucher 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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pop
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RATING
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