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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Blue Kandle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Troy Queen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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172 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
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170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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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
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Blue Kandle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Troy Queen!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Anthony Taglia and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Queen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kandle throws a right and a left that Queen avoids nicely.
Kandle closes the distance and lands a one-two.
It looks like Troy Queen has been cut.
Queen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Queen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kandle.
Kandle misses with a double jab.
Queen lunges at Kandle with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kandle's hand.
Kandle misses with a shot to the body
and Queen counters with a left to the body.
Queen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Nice cross by Kandle.
Queen scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Queen lands a nice hook to Kandle's body. Kandle takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Queen lands a slapping body shot.
Queen takes a swing at Kandle's ribcage but misses.
Kandle throws a shot from downtown. Queen moves away and avoids it.
Kandle lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Queen ducks under a wild hook from Kandle.
Queen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kandle manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kandle moves into range and clinches up with Queen.
Kandle misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Queen can't break the clinch.
Queen tries to break free but Kandle pushes him back against the cage.
Kandle misses with a hook from the clinch.
Queen blocks an uppercut.
Kandle keeps control of Queen as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kandle escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Queen throws a body shot but no joy.
A telegraphed right hand from Queen misses the target.
Kandle seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Queen with a nice cross.
Kandle tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kandle looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Queen.
Queen lands with a shot to the body.
Queen lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Queen is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Kandle rather than just go for the knockout.
Queen throws a predictable looking body shot
and Kandle counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Queen thinking.
Queen misses with a right hand
and Kandle counters with a two punch combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Queen misses with a hook to the body
and Kandle moves into the clinch.
Kandle misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kandle struggles to land a body shot inside as Queen controls his hands.
Kandle tries a body shot but Queen blocks it.
Kandle lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Kandle fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Queen can't break the clinch.
Queen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kandle manages to break the clinch.
Kandle misses with a wild body shot.
Donk. Queen catches Kandle right on the button with a cross.
Queen paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Kandle avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Queen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kandle.
Kandle instigates a clinch.
Kandle misses with a punch to the body.
Kandle breaks the clinch.
Queen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kandle punishes Queen's body with a nice straight punch.
Kandle clinches with his opponent.
Kandle escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kandle takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Troy Queen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kandle wants to clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kandle ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kandle seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Queen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kandle misses with a wild combination.
Kandle moves in looking to clinch but Queen pushes him off.
Kandle throws a series of punches but Queen avoids them all with ease.
Queen missing with a left hand there. Kandle was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kandle appears to be looking for a big counter.
Queen digs a good hook to Kandle's body.
Queen misses the shot to the body.
Kandle moves into the clinch successfully.
Kandle works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Queen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
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 Blue Kandle will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Troy Queen's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Queen throws a jab but it's blocked by Kandle.
Kandle wants to clinch up but Queen keeps it at a distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kandle looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Queen scores with a jab to the body.
Queen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Queen cracks Kandle with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Kandle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kandle is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A countering left hand to the body from Queen misses.
Kandle keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Queen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Queen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Kandle lands with a shot to the body.
Queen works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Kandle gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kandle keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Queen.
Kandle tries to counter by clinching up but Queen breaks away and moves out of range.
Kandle ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Queen moves away.
Queen scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Queen scores with the left hand. Kandle knows he should have avoided that one.
Kandle rushes Queen and presses him up against the cage.
Queen tries to break the clinch but Kandle is controlling the position.
Kandle working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kandle lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kandle breaks from the clinch.
Kandle wants to clinch up but Queen keeps it at a distance.
Kandle throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Queen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kandle throws a shot to the body.
Queen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice shot by Queen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Queen lands a slapping body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Queen lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Kandle drives through and clinches with Queen against the cage.
Kandle breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kandle throws a body punch but Queen moves out of range.
Kandle tries to clinch but Queen is having none of it.
Queen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kandle manages to avoid it.
Kandle is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Queen misses with a straight right.
Kandle tries to clinch but Queen is having none of it.
Kandle on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Queen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Kandle counters with a straight right hand.
Queen throws a big shot that misses.
Kandle fails in his attempt to clinch.
Queen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Queen defending well as Kandle loads up on a big left hand.
Queen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kandle tries to close the distance and clinch but Queen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Kandle is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Queen scores with a shot to the body.
Queen lands a jab to the head.
Kandle fails with an attempt to clinch.
A little jabbing left from Queen on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Queen with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Nice shot lands for Queen.
Kandle wants to clinch.
Kandle tries to close the distance and clinch but Queen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kandle misses with a wild combination.
Kandle throws a combination. Queen tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kandle tries to clinch up.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kandle ducks under a wild hook from Queen.
Queen scores with a hook to the body. Kandle takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A slow jab from Queen misses its intended target.
A jab from Queen does it's job there.
Kandle throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Queen.
Queen lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Blue Kandle is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kandle gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Queen.
Kandle takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Kandle lands a jab-cross combination.
Queen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Queen lands a nice hook to Kandle's body. Kandle takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kandle tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Queen counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Troy Queen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Troy Queen's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Queen lands with a shot to the body.
Kandle's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Queen connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Kandle scrambles back to his feet.
Queen jabs Kandle to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Queen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kandle closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Queen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kandle is looking to clinch.
Kandle has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Queen finds it's way round the side to connect with Kandle's head.
Nice uppercut there from Queen.
A jab from Queen misses.
Queen throws a looping overhand right but Kandle ducks down to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Queen misses with a body punch
and Kandle counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kandle takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Queen throws a shot from downtown. Kandle moves away and avoids it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kandle tries to clinch but Queen is having none of it.
Kandle wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Kandle.
Queen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kandle moves away.
Queen throws a jab but it's blocked by Kandle.
As Queen looks to move away, Kandle throws a big counter combo but Queen just gets out of the way.
Kandle misses with a double jab.
Queen fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Kandle on the side of the head.
Kandle is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Queen! But no joy.
Queen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kandle throws a series of punches but Queen moves out of range.
Queen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kandle is looking for a counter combo.
Queen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Queen lands with a good body shot.
Kandle takes one to the chin there.
Queen misses with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Kandle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Queen defending well as Kandle loads up on a big left hand.
Kandle throws a body shot but no joy.
Queen lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kandle tries to clinch up.
Kandle swinging wildly here.
Queen throws a lazy uppercut
and Kandle counters with a left and a right that stings Queen.
Troy Queen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Queen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kandle tries to clinch but Queen is having none of it.
Queen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kandle is looking to counter punch.
A big right from Queen misses.
Kandle looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A jab from Queen finds it's way through Kandle's defenses.
Kandle doesn't manage to clinch there - Queen circles away.
Kandle tries to clinch up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kandle tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Queen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Queen takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Kandle takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Kandle is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kandle moves out of range of the strikes.
Kandle avoids the body shot from Queen.
Queen lands a lovely overhand right.
Queen has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Kandle looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Queen throws a sloppy body shot
and Kandle counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Queen throws a body shot but no joy.
Queen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Queen lands a glancing blow to the side of Kandle's head.
Queen throws a good cross that connects.
Queen takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kandle throws a one two combo.
Queen is rocked!
Queen's jab looks to have found its range, popping Kandle under the eye.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Queen jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Queen connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kandle's hands.
Queen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Queen lands a jab to the head.
Kandle lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Queen is still on wobbly legs! Can Kandle finish him?
That has opened up Troy Queen's cut even more.
Kandle tries to close the distance and clinch but Queen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kandle gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Queen.
Queen swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Kandle counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kandle connects with a right that clearly hurt Queen. He's backed up against the cage with nowhere to go as Kandle proceeds to tee off with vicious combinations till Queen collapses and taps out under the pressure!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Blue Kandle!
Blue Kandle spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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RATING
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