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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Delphino Atlantis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andy La Plegua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Atlantis comes into the arena with Rancid - Time Bomb blaring out of the sound system. La Plegua comes into a darkened arena with his song building. "Blut Royale" by Combichrist kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Andy La Plegua has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Delphino Atlantis's chin.
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170 lbs
17 - 11 - 2 |
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167 lbs
37 - 18 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Delphino Atlantis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
37 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Andy La Plegua!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Steve Smith and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
La Plegua lands a slapping body shot.
La Plegua tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Atlantis is able to avoid easily.
La Plegua avoids the body shot from Atlantis.
La Plegua avoids a kick to the body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Atlantis, as that shot connected.
La Plegua misses the shot to the body.
La Plegua looks to land a combination but Atlantis avoids it well.
La Plegua fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Atlantis has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
La Plegua looks to land a right hand but Atlantis moved out of range.
La Plegua closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Atlantis lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Atlantis tries to land a knee to the head but La Plegua blocks with his arms.
La Plegua makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Atlantis breaks the clinch.
We've been hearing reports that Atlantis has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice jab there from Atlantis.
La Plegua just misses with a punch to the body.
Atlantis jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
La Plegua slips under a jab from Atlantis.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Atlantis darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
La Plegua throws a nice inside leg kick.
La Plegua moves in looking to clinch but Atlantis pushes him off.
La Plegua uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
La Plegua fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Atlantis manages to avoid it.
La Plegua doesn't manage to clinch there - Atlantis circles away.
As La Plegua looks to move away, Atlantis throws a big counter combo but La Plegua just gets out of the way.
La Plegua ducks under a wild hook from Atlantis.
Jab, jab by Atlantis - just one landing.
Atlantis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
La Plegua swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Atlantis.
La Plegua takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Atlantis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract La Plegua.
Atlantis scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Atlantis throws a nice inside leg kick.
La Plegua avoids the head kick by Atlantis.
Atlantis lands a leg kick that knocks La Plegua off balance momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Plegua fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sloppy strikes from La Plegua. Those never looked like landing.
La Plegua fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Atlantis, pushing him back against the cage.
La Plegua misses with the head strike.
Atlantis has clasped his hands together around La Plegua's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
La Plegua is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
La Plegua avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Atlantis.
Atlantis scoring with punches from side control.
Atlantis postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
The ground and pound from Atlantis seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Atlantis tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Atlantis sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but La Plegua is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atlantis looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Atlantis is trying to get an arm triangle but La Plegua is defending well.
La Plegua is looking to regain half guard here but Atlantis keeps moving and retains side control.
La Plegua manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Atlantis prevents La Plegua from improving his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Atlantis not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Atlantis seems to be looking for submissions.
Atlantis misses with a head shot. La Plegua uses the momentum to regain guard.
Atlantis works a leg free and moves into half guard.
La Plegua has hold of Atlantis's hands but Atlantis slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
La Plegua blocking the ground and pound attempt from Atlantis.
La Plegua is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Atlantis scores with a couple of nice shots.
Atlantis is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Atlantis working over La Plegua with some ground and pound. La Plegua looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Delphino Atlantis dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Atlantis tries to clinch up.
La Plegua wants to clinch up but Atlantis keeps it at a distance.
Atlantis throws a counter high kick but La Plegua was just alert enough to avoid it.
La Plegua tries to clinch up.
La Plegua connects with a body shot that sends Atlantis's belly button to the back.
La Plegua is looking to clinch.
Atlantis clinches.
Atlantis has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
La Plegua doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Atlantis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that La Plegua can do to turn this around?
Atlantis lands a body punch in the clinch.
Atlantis breaks from the clinch.
Atlantis lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Delphino Atlantis is winning the standup battle so far.
La Plegua throws a leg kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La Plegua takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Atlantis misses with the combination.
La Plegua throws an off balance right hand
and Atlantis connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
La Plegua tries to close the distance and clinch up but Atlantis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La Plegua tries to clinch up but Atlantis circles away and keeps his distance.
Atlantis has managed to clinch.
La Plegua goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
La Plegua tries to work over Atlantis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Atlantis blocks an uppercut.
Atlantis manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Atlantis has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Atlantis not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Atlantis throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
La Plegua postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
La Plegua trying to control the position from guard on top but Atlantis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
La Plegua throws a big elbow that misses.
Atlantis had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. La Plegua defends it easily.
La Plegua sitting in guard here, content to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Atlantis looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Atlantis has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Atlantis checks a low kick from La Plegua.
La Plegua scores with a hook to the body. Atlantis takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Atlantis lands with a nice body punch.
La Plegua misses with a body shot.
Atlantis tests La Plegua's chin there with a solid looking shot.
La Plegua throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Atlantis counters with a series of strikes. La Plegua will be more careful next time no doubt.
Delphino Atlantis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Atlantis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La Plegua.
La Plegua is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Atlantis with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Plegua works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
La Plegua looks to score with a jab to the body but Atlantis is just out of range.
Atlantis throwing a counter right hand but La Plegua manages to avoid it.
Atlantis throws a low kick but it's checked well by La Plegua.
Atlantis throws a head kick but La Plegua moves out of range.
La Plegua is trying to counter with his kicks.
Jab, jab by Atlantis - just one landing.
La Plegua with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Atlantis to score with a decent uppercut.
La Plegua is rocked!
Atlantis throws a hook but La Plegua avoids it easily.
La Plegua is still on wobbly legs! Can Atlantis finish him?
A slow jab from Atlantis misses its intended target.
Atlantis throws a right and a left that La Plegua avoids nicely.
La Plegua seems to have recovered his senses.
La Plegua ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Atlantis closes the distance and pushes La Plegua back into the cage.
Atlantis turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
La Plegua is looking to regain half guard here but Atlantis keeps moving and retains side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Atlantis.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Plegua tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Atlantis lands a few punches from side control.
Atlantis goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, La Plegua rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Atlantis's guard! Nice work there by La Plegua!
La Plegua preventing the sweep.
Atlantis looking to control.
Atlantis is really struggling to control La Plegua but he's trying to hold on to the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Delphino Atlantis dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
La Plegua throws a low kick but Atlantis avoids it.
Andy La Plegua seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Atlantis ducks under a wild hook from La Plegua.
Nice straight punches there by Atlantis. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Atlantis.
La Plegua forces Atlantis back against the cage and clinches.
La Plegua wants to break the clinch but can't.
Atlantis tries to work over La Plegua's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Atlantis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Atlantis throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
La Plegua fails with an attempt to clinch.
Atlantis swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
La Plegua loads up on a big right hand but Atlantis slips the punch.
La Plegua slips under a jab from Atlantis.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Atlantis misses with a wild body shot.
Atlantis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
La Plegua misses with a jab, cross combination.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Atlantis has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. La Plegua avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Atlantis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Atlantis trying to stall but La Plegua improves his position.
La Plegua throws a head punch that misses.
Atlantis tries to score a body lock takedown but La Plegua shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Atlantis.
Atlantis is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables La Plegua to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Delphino Atlantis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
La Plegua goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for La Plegua.
La Plegua misses with a punch to the body.
Atlantis lands a knee to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Atlantis creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Atlantis can't find room to land a body shot as La Plegua controls the action.
La Plegua misses with a punch to the body.
La Plegua misses with a punch to the body.
Atlantis is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables La Plegua to keep the fight standing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Plegua misses with a punch to the body.
La Plegua gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Atlantis.
Atlantis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
La Plegua has managed to clinch.
A short uppercut from La Plegua.
La Plegua stops a takedown attempt from Atlantis.
Atlantis blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Atlantis blocks an uppercut.
Atlantis pulls guard effortlessly.
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!
Atlantis working for a triangle but La Plegua defends it easily.
Atlantis throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Delphino Atlantis is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atlantis keeping moving, preventing La Plegua from controlling successfully.
La Plegua trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
La Plegua is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
La Plegua being controlled here momentarily.
La Plegua trying to control the position from guard on top but Atlantis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Atlantis is trying to control the position but La Plegua postures up.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Andy La Plegua has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
La Plegua has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Atlantis.
La Plegua looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Atlantis lands with an overhand left.
La Plegua swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Atlantis went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
La Plegua gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Atlantis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La Plegua manages to avoid it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Atlantis stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Atlantis displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as La Plegua throws out the jab.
Atlantis throws a head kick that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Delphino Atlantis.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Atlantis, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:28
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Delphino Atlantis!
Delphino Atlantis thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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