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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sam Quint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cletus Landry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Landry has chosen country boy as his entrance music. 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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170 cm
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137 lbs
19 - 5 - 1 |
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171 cm
36
136 lbs
27 - 14 - 2 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
19 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Sam Quint! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
27 - 14 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Cletus Landry! The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Landry scores with a jab. Quint acknowledges it with a nod of the head. Landry misses with a straight right. Quint scores with a jab. Landry acknowledges it with a nod of the head. Landry thows a leg kick but Quint checks it and Landry takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Landry keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Quint thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Landry if he has to take too many more of those.
Quint needs to keep his hands up - Landry had a free shot at his head there. Quint waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Landry. Landry buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Quint moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. Landry looks to throw the jab but Quint is out of range. Quint scores with a crisp jab that stopped Landry in his tracks. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Landry on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot. Quint ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Landry moves away. Landry cracks Quint with a right hand to the side of the head. Landry swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Landry connects with the punch. Quint dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Landry avoids a punch combination nicely.
Landry with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Quint looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's one minute gone in the round. Quint uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Landry. Quint throws a hook but Landry blocks it. Landry looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. Landry throws a body punch but Quint moves out of range. Quint looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Landry connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head. Wow, both these guys are really going for it! Landry bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Landry 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. A quick step to the side and Quint tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect. Jab from Landry. Landry walks into a straight right hand from Quint. Quint has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Quint there as he acknowledges the shot. Quint uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Landry.
An attempted straight right counter from Quint misses the target. Quint misses with a hook. Landry tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Quint misses with the combination.
Landry tries to clinch but Quint is having none of it. Quint throws a body kick that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Landry throws a looping overhand right but Quint ducks down to avoid it. Quint blocks a low kick nicely. Landry uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Quint. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Quint lands with a cross. Landry uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Quint has time to react. Quint doesn't manage to clinch there - Landry circles away.
Quint throws a front kick that sends Landry stumbling back into the cage. Landry moves out of range as Quint strikes. Landry tries to work over Quint's front leg with a kick but Quint checks it. Quint looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger. Quint scores with a nice head shot. Quint wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. Quint connects with an inside leg kick. An inside leg kick lands from Quint. Landry misses with a body shot.
Landry blocks a head kick by Quint.
Landry misses with a low kick. Landry takes a jab right on the kisser.
Quint throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round. A looping hook to the body misses from Quint. Landry does a little dance to reset his feet. Landry takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it. Quint lands with a nice body punch. Landry has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off. Quint jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Landry slips a straight right by Quint. Landry throws a solid leg kick but Quint takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Landry. Quint throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Landry unleashes a big counter combination but Quint bobs and weaves and avoids any damage. Landry throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Quint counters with a low kick, right behind Landry 's knee. Quint misses with an uppercut. Landry saw that one coming. Landry lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Landry misses with a double jab
and Quint counters with a stiff right hand. Quint looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Quint throws a low kick but Landry avoids it. Landry appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick. Quint is looking to chop away at Landry's legs. Landry looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Landry connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. Landry works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Quint shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Landry as he avoids it easily. Quint misses with an uppercut. Landry saw that one coming. Landry cracks Quint with a right hand to the side of the head. Quint avoids a punch combination nicely.
Quint slips under a jab. Quint uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Landry. Landry throws a body shot but no joy. Landry misses with a hook to the body
and Quint makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick. Quint takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Quint scores with a body shot.
Landry rushes Quint and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch. Landry misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Quint manages to break the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Landry on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere. Landry lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Quint circles away quickly and effectively. Landry tries to bum rush Quint with a series of wild strikes but Quint uses good footwork to avoid the assault. An attempted straight right counter from Quint misses the target. Quint showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Landry.
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 Sam Quint will probably get the nod. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Quint swings for the body but Landry moves out of range.
Quint throws out a loose jab but Landry uses good head movement to avoid it. Quint swings away with a leg kick that misses. Landry motions for Quint to come forward. Landry throws a leg kick but it misses it's target. Landry just misses with a punch to the body.
Quint throws a solid leg kick but Landry takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Quint. Landry slips a straight right by Quint. Landry misses with a low kick.
Quint tried to score with a low kick but Landry checks it. Landry checks the leg kick nicely there.
Landry misses with a body kick. Quint pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Sam Quint is winning the standup battle so far. Landry takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Quint throws a head kick but Landry moves out of range.
Landry slips under a jab. Landry falls off balance throwing a combination
and Quint counters with a leg kick. Quint fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Landry checks it well. Quint swats away the attempt to clinch by Landry.
That's one minute gone in the round. Landry throws a leg kick but Quint checks it. Quint is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Landry can do to turn this around? Quint uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Landry. Quint connects with a looping right hand.
Landry showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Quint.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Landry! But no joy. Quint on the wrong end of a nice jab. Landry buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Landry tries to score with a low kick but Quint moves his leg out of the way. Landry swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Landry connects with a good right hand that stumbles Quint. Quint circles away out of range and recomposes himself. Landry will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Landry lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Quint. That snapped Landry's head back.
Quint waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Landry. Landry looks like he wants to counter punch here. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Quint goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Landry rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Quint moves out of range and avoids them all easily. As Landry backs away, Quint returns fire with a leg kick that just misses. Cletus Landry is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Quint misses with a straight right. Landry lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected. Donk. Landry catches Quint right on the button with a cross. Landry lands a nice leg kick that just misses Quint's sensitive parts. Landry waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Quint. Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Landry lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Quint has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Quint and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. Quint misses with a hook. Landry ducked under it nicely. Landry throws a leg kick that misses. Landry moves into range and connects with a jab. Landry throws a nice outside leg kick. Landry with a nice cross. A leg kick checked by Quint. Good leg kick by Quint there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Quint uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Landry. Landry lands a glancing blow to the side of Quint's head. Quint keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Landry. Landry looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Landry misses with a wild body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Quint feints and then cracks Landry's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Landry down. Landry wants to slow Quint down by chopping away at his legs. Quint stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush. Landry uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Quint. Quint gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Landry. Landry checks a low kick from Quint. Landry keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Landry tries to bum rush Quint with a series of wild strikes but Quint uses good footwork to avoid the assault. A swing and a miss from Landry. Landry throws an overhand right that lands on Quint's shoulder, as Quint tries to avoid the shot. Landry displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Quint throws out the jab. Landry swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made. Quint throws a series of punches but Landry avoids them all with ease. Landry lands a lovely overhand right. Landry attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin. A swing and a miss from Quint. Despite the aggression on Landry's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter. Quint scoring well with a low kick there.
Quint uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Landry. Quint was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit. Landry throws out a leg kick but Quint moves out of range and Landry only half commits.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Landry wants to clinch up but Quint keeps it at a distance. Quint swings away with a leg kick that misses. Quint cracks Landry with an open hand slap. Landry is looking to clinch. Quint misses the jab. Landry throws a body shot but no joy. A little feinted left hand from Quint on the counter but he doesn't commit to it. Quint tries a low kick but Landry avoids it. Landry tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Quint paws at him with a jab and circles away. Landry throws a shot from downtown. Quint moves away and avoids it. Quint jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Quint swats away the attempt to clinch by Landry. Landry loads up on a big right hand but Quint slips the punch. Quint tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him. Landry walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush. Quint takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Landry connects with an inside leg kick. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Cletus Landry will probably get the nod - 10:9. That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Quint throws a chopping leg kick but Landry manages to avoid taking any serious damage. Landry swats away the attempt to clinch by Quint. Quint moves away from the strike by Landry. Quint throws a hook but Landry avoids it easily. Quint shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it. Quint ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent. Quint misses with a kick to the body.
Landry wants to counter the offense by Quint and move into the clinch position. Landry lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Landry lands a glancing blow to the side of Quint's head. Quint throws a looping overhand right but Landry ducks down to avoid it. Landry throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Good leg kick by Landry there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Landry scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction. 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! Quint lands with a right hand. Quint slips a jab from Landry. Quint is looking to score with low kicks. Landry tries a head kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round. Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Landry, as that shot connected.
Landry with a nice cross. Quint uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Landry. A left lands for Landry. Quint looks to land a body kick but Landry moved away. Quint jabbing away but nothing is landing. Landry looks to throw the jab but Quint is out of range. Landry swings away with a leg kick that misses. A nice leg kick lands there from Landry. Landry takes a swing at Quint's ribcage but misses. Quint takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away. Landry is looking to clinch. Quint is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Landry. Quint steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Landry. Nice shot by Quint. Quint scores with a jab. Landry acknowledges it with a nod of the head. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Landry drives through and clinches with Quint against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Landry misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Quint.
Quint tries to break free but Landry pushes him back against the cage. Quint swings wildly with an uppercut but Landry uses good head movement to avoid it. Landry misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Quint digs a right hand into Landry's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Landry's gas tank. A nice right hand lands inside from Quint. Landry lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. Quint throws a head punch that misses. Quint lands a nice shot to the body. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Quint. Quint's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Quint swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Landry misses with a body kick. A low kick from Landry misses and Quint counters with an inside leg kick. Landry throws a front kick aimed at Quint's knee but Quint avoids it well. Quint went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected. A looping hook to the body misses from Quint. Landry does a little dance to reset his feet. Landry moves out of range of the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Quint misses the jab. Good leg kick by Landry there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Landry thuds his right hand into Quint's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters. Quint thuds his shin into the meat of Landry's side. Landry throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Landry throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Quint on the side of the head. Landry's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down. Landry lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected. Landry stalks Quint and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Quint's face. Quint staggers backwards, shaken. Quint checks a leg kick. Landry stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Quint. Landry's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Quint connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Landry scrambles back to his feet. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Quint lands a nice looking kick to the body. Landry takes a step back to recover. Quint thuds his right hand into Landry's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters. Landry thuds his right hand into Quint's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters. Quint works over Landry's head and body with a nice combination. A jab from Landry misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Landry on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those. Landry throws a hook but Quint avoids it easily. Landry throws a front kick aimed at Quint's knee but Quint avoids it well. Landry connects with a solid leg kick. A swing and a miss from Landry. Landry ducks under a wild hook from Quint. Quint scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard. Quint throws a hook but Landry blocks it. Landry moves out of range of the body kick. Landry scores with a kick to the body.
Quint throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Landry swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made. Landry has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye. Landry cracks Quint with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Landry sizes up Quint with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle. Landry keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Quint. Quint lands with a thumping leg kick.
Landry is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight! I would just about give that final round to Cletus Landry. I think Landry has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29 Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28 Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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hype
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