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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Justin Sider (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leo Spartan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Justin Sider!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leo Spartan!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Atkins and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sider doesn't manage to clinch there - Spartan circles away.
Spartan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Spartan misses with the head strike.
I was talking to Sider's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Spartan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Spartan.
Spartan lands a body shot.
Spartan is working Sider over against the cage.
Sider is stalling here.
Spartan lands a left hand.
Sider blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Spartan.
Spartan lands with a light punch inside.
Nice body punch from Spartan - that landed with a thud.
Spartan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Spartan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sider tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short right from Spartan on the inside.
Spartan pushes Sider back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Spartan tries a body shot but Sider blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Spartan fails to land.
Spartan lands a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spartan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Siders head.
Spartan has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Sider seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Spartan can turn it around.
Sider looking to slow down the pace here.
Spartan gets through Sider's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Spartan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sider backwards.
Spartan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Spartan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sider blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sider is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Spartan is defending well for now.
A short left from Spartan.
Spartan being controlled against the cage.
Spartan tries to work over Sider's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sider tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Spartan avoids it.
Spartan lands with a right to the head.
Sider blocks a body shot from Spartan.
Sider missing with knees to the body.
Spartan lands with a right to the head.
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!
Spartan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sider pressing his opponent against the cage.
Spartan lands a right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spartan works on Sider's body with a couple of short punches.
Spartan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sider backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Spartan.
Sider blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Spartan is working Sider over against the cage.
Spartan gets through Sider's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Spartan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Spartan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Spartan lands with a right to the head.
Spartan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sider blocking some punches.
Spartan works on Sider's body with a couple of short punches.
Spartan lands with a left to the head.
Spartan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Spartan is working Sider over against the cage.
Sider using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Spartan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Spartan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sider is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A nice left hand lands by Spartan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spartan misses with a punch to the body.
Sider prevents a body shot from Spartan.
Sider wants to stall.
Sider is trying to stall.
Maybe Sider would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
A hook to the body from Spartan.
Sider is trying to stall.
Spartan lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sider backwards.
Sider blocks an uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Spartan.
A short body shot lands from Spartan as the two fighters clinch.
Spartan scores with a shot to the side of Sider's head.
Spartan avoiding damage as Sider throws knees to the body.
Sider stalling against the cage.
Spartan managing to block the knees to the body from Sider.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Spartan.
Spartan lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sider.
Sider misses with a knee strike.
Spartan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sider trying to stall but Spartan improves his position.
Spartan scores with a hook to the body.
Spartan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
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!
Spartan pushes Sider back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sider is breathing heavily.
Spartan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Spartan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Spartan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Sider or not.
Sider blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Spartan.
Sider slows down the pace here.
Spartan swings wildly with an uppercut but Sider uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Spartan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Spartan tries a body shot but Sider blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leo Spartan 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.
Sider gets tackled into the cage by Spartan. Spartan maintains the clinch.
Sider blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sider avoiding damage.
A head punch on the inside from Spartan fails to land.
Sider trying to control the position but instead, Spartan has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sider into the cage.
Sider blocks an uppercut.
Spartan tries to throw a body punch but Sider avoids it by throwing Spartan back against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Spartan.
Leo Spartan seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Sider tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Spartan struggles to land a body shot inside as Sider controls his hands.
Spartan letting Sider take a breather here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Spartan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Spartan.
Sider trying to stall but Spartan improves his position.
Spartan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Sider is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Spartan is keeping busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spartan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sider backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Spartan.
Spartan managing to block the knees to the body from Sider.
Sider throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Spartan blocks it with crossed arms.
Spartan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sider just leaning against Spartan, taking a breather.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sider.
Spartan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Spartan lands a body shot in the clinch.
Spartan has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Spartan avoiding damage as Sider throws knees to the body.
Sider misses with a knee strike.
Sider takes a shot to the head.
Sider takes a shot to the head.
Spartan pushes Sider back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Spartan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sider.
Spartan lands a body punch in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Spartan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Still in the clinch, Spartan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Spartan lands a nice uppercut.
Spartan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Spartan.
Sider stalling in the clinch but Spartan improves position.
Spartan gets through Sider's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Spartan lands a left hand.
Spartan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Siders head.
Spartan scores with a shot to the side of Sider's head.
Spartan pushes Sider back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Spartan on the inside.
Sider is pushing Spartan up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Spartan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sider's elbow.
Sider throws a knee to the head but misses.
Still in the clinch, Spartan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Sider trying to stall but Spartan improves his position.
Spartan pushes Sider back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Spartan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Spartan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A left hand lands to the body for Spartan.
Spartan digs a right hand into Sider's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sider's gas tank.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spartan scores with a hook to the body.
Spartan scores with a shot to the side of Sider's head.
Sider is trying to maintain a safe position but Spartan gets an underhook and turns Sider into the cage.
Spartan digs a right hand into Sider's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sider's gas tank.
Spartan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Spartan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Spartan lands a nice shot to the body.
Spartan gets through Sider's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Spartan lands with a short shot to the head.
Nice body punch from Spartan.
Sider misses with a knee to the head.
Spartan lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sider is rocked!
Spartan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Oh Sider is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Spartan lands a body shot.
Sider seems to have got his legs back now.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spartan lands a body shot in the clinch.
Spartan lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sider backwards.
Spartan is leaning against Sider and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Spartan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Spartan works on Sider's body with a couple of short punches.
A short body shot lands from Spartan as the two fighters clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spartan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Spartan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sider backwards.
Nice body punch from Spartan.
Spartan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sider backwards.
Spartan lands an uppercut.
Spartan scores with a shoulder strike.
A short right from Spartan.
Spartan lands with a light punch inside.
Spartan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Spartan avoiding damage as Sider throws knees to the body.
Spartan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Spartan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Spartan lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Spartan lands a hook that snaps the head of Sider backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Spartan pushes Sider back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Spartan digs a right hand into Sider's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Sider's gas tank.
Spartan lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Spartan lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sider backwards.
Spartan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leo Spartan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Spartan instigates a clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Sider looking to throw knees to the head but Spartan is blocking nicely.
Spartan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sider.
Spartan scores with a nice hook to the head.
Spartan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sider backwards.
Sider looking to stall.
Spartan gets through Sider's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Spartan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short left from Spartan.
Spartan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Spartan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Spartan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Spartan pushes Sider back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Spartan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Siders head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Spartan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Spartan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Spartan lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Sider to his knees! Spartan keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leo Spartan!
Leo Spartan decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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