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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Leduc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Dantes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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273 lbs
27 - 16 - 0 |
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200 cm
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250 lbs
30 - 13 - 0 |
Great wrestler
Great elbows
Granite chin |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joe Leduc!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marcus Dantes!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Yves DeLean and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dantes closes the distance and clinches.
Leduc working aggressively here.
Dantes told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Dantes tries to pull guard but Leduc forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Dantes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dantes scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Dantes shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Leduc pinned against the cage. Leduc gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Leduc stuffs the takedown attempt from Dantes. Dantes gets slowly back to his feet.
Joe Leduc has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcus Dantes.
Leduc fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Dantes is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Dantes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dantes doesn't manage to clinch there - Leduc circles away.
Leduc throws a jab but it's blocked by Dantes.
Marcus Dantes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leduc looks to land a left hand but Dantes moved out of range nicely.
Leduc throws a hook but Dantes blocks it.
Dantes misses with a combination
and Leduc counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Leduc lands strikes from half guard.
Leduc thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Leduc seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Dantes has his hands clasped together around Leduc's back. He's all about the action.
Dantes is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Leduc throwing shots but Dantes is blocking nicely.
Dantes tries to roll over but Leduc keeps him under control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dantes is refusing to be controlled, as Leduc sits in half guard.
Leduc lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Dantes trying to control from the bottom.
Leduc trying to control the action but Dantes is working from the bottom.
Leduc sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Dantes moves into full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leduc throws a big right hand that misses.
Leduc postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Leduc chips away with some ground and pound.
Leduc wants to control from the top but Dantes keeps moving.
Dantes is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Leduc loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Leduc scoring with punches to the head and body.
Leduc lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Leduc wants to control from the top but Dantes keeps moving.
Dantes is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dantes seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Leduc does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Leduc manages to get to full guard.
Leduc is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Dantes trying to control but Leduc is working from the bottom.
Leduc throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Leduc trying to keep a closed guard but Dantes is proving a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Leduc dominated that round.
That's time! Leduc's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A nice leg kick lands there from Dantes.
Dantes takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Leduc misses with a wild body shot.
Dantes fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Leduc attempts a counter takedown but Dantes avoids it well and moves away.
Leduc lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Dantes moves forwards but Leduc connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Leduc is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dantes can do to turn this around?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dantes dives in for a single leg takedown but Leduc sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Dantes avoids a punch combination nicely.
Leduc jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dantes throws a half hearted mid kick.
It looked like Leduc wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Leduc ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Leduc misses with a shot to the body
and Dantes counters with a nice leg kick.
Dantes will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A clash of legs there as Dantes blocks the low kick.
Dantes wants to counter with a clinch but Leduc pushes him away.
Leduc swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Leduc connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Leduc with a hook.
Leduc throws a body punch but Dantes moves out of range.
Dantes clinches up with Leduc and pushes him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dantes breaks from the clinch.
Dantes stalks Leduc and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Leduc's face. Leduc staggers backwards, shaken.
Dantes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dantes moves out of range as Leduc strikes.
Dantes closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Dantes trying to pass the guard but Leduc defending well.
Leduc makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Leduc.
Leduc is pulling down on Dantes's head to control his posture.
Dantes preventing the sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dantes missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dantes controls from within his opponent's guard.
Leduc working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Dantes has passed into half guard!
Dantes throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The fighters are battling for position here. Leduc manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Leduc wants to sweep but no luck.
Dantes wants to get up but he can't break Leduc's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Leduc working a defensive guard here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Dantes trying to control the position from guard on top but Leduc is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dantes gets to his feet - Leduc follows without any prompting.
Dantes swings for the body but Leduc moves out of range.
Leduc cracks Dantes with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A cross from Leduc lands.
Leduc misses with a body shot.
Dantes throws a head kick but Leduc moves out of range.
Leduc displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Dantes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Joe Leduc will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Dantes scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Dantes is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Dantes trying to control from half guard but Leduc is working away.
Dantes not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Leduc is trying to get back to full guard.
Marcus Dantes has got the better of the ground game so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dantes takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Leduc wants to improve his position but Dantes is controlling well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leduc is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Dantes pulls his head out easily.
Dantes is trying to control the action in half guard but Leduc is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Leduc is trying to maintain the position but Dantes is very close to passing his half guard.
Dantes stands up from half guard.
Leduc displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Dantes.
Leduc misses with an uppercut.
Leduc tries to keep at a distance but Dantes has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dantes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leduc misses with the head strike.
Leduc misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dantes blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Leduc lands a right hand.
Dantes changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Leduc fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Dantes closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Dantes pulls guard.
Dantes utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Leduc won't allow Dantes to get back to his feet.
Leduc trying to control the position from guard on top but Dantes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leduc postures up.
Leduc postures up in Dantes's guard and throws a big left but Dantes blocks it.
Dantes wants to control the position but Leduc says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Dantes kicks Leduc off and gets back to his feet.
Dantes slaps away a takedown attempt from Leduc, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Joe Leduc is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Dantes shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Leduc is trying to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leduc gets full guard.
Dantes preventing the sweep.
Dantes controlling from the top position.
Leduc working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dantes.
Dantes's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Dantes won't allow Leduc to sweep him here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Marcus Dantes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Leduc preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marcus Dantes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Leduc has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Marcus Dantes!
Post fight, Marcus Dantes took to the microphone: 'Fuck off.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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