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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Manuel La Bor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Akeen Coker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think La Bor might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Centuries. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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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
19 - 10 - 2, fighting out of New York, Manuel La Bor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Akeen Coker!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Chris Edwards and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Coker misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from La Bor.
Coker throws out a leg kick but La Bor moves out of range and Coker only half commits.
Coker has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
La Bor slips under a jab.
La Bor misses with a low kick as Coker jumps back.
Coker works La Bor's body with a nice hook.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Coker 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 La Bor has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from La Bor and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
La Bor swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Coker shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Coker throws a solid leg kick but La Bor takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Coker.
La Bor misses with a looping right.
La Bor moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
La Bor throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Coker pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
La Bor takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Akeen Coker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Coker looks to land a body kick but La Bor moved away.
Coker chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A punch combination from Coker misses.
Coker scores with a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An inside leg kick lands from Coker.
Coker shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with La Bor but La Bor pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coker moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
La Bor feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Cokers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
La Bor displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Coker throws out the jab.
A lazy left from Coker finds it's target.
Manuel La Bor is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Coker blocks the body kick.
Coker throws a hook but La Bor blocks it.
Nice uppercut lands for La Bor. That snapped Coker's head back.
La Bor takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Coker lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nice defenses there by Coker.
Coker is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Coker throws an off balance right hand
and La Bor connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
La Bor 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.
La Bor misses with a double jab.
Coker clobbers La Bor with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Coker throws a body kick that misses.
Coker 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coker throws a leg kick that is checked
and La Bor counters with a straight right hand.
Coker tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but La Bor was well out of range. Poor timing from Coker.
A swing and a miss from La Bor.
La Bor throws a hook but Coker avoids it easily.
Coker throws an off balance right hand
and La Bor connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A jab from La Bor misses.
Coker ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Coker throws a wild body kick that La Bor sees coming a mile off.
Decent striking displayed by Coker there.
La Bor takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Coker lands a jab.
Coker throws a leg kick but La Bor moved away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Coker. That's going to slow La Bor down.
La Bor with a jab.
Coker throws a body punch but La Bor moves out of range.
La Bor lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
La Bor throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Coker on the side of the head.
La Bor is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
La Bor fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Coker manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Bor moves out of range as Coker strikes.
La Bor tries to counter by clinching up but Coker breaks away and moves out of range.
La Bor 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.
La Bor misses with a hook. Coker ducked under it nicely.
La Bor keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
La Bor throwing a counter right hand but Coker manages to avoid it.
La Bor has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Coker.
Coker missing with a left hand there. La Bor was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Coker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by La Bor.
La Bor waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Coker.
Coker feints and then cracks La Bor's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow La Bor down.
La Bor misses with a low kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Coker. That's going to slow La Bor down.
La Bor throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
La Bor blocks a leg kick.
La Bor defending well as Coker loads up on a big left hand.
A leg kick checked by La Bor.
La Bor tries a low kick but Coker avoids it.
Coker throws a leg kick but La Bor moved away.
La Bor paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Bor blocks a jab.
Coker with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A jab from La Bor misses.
Coker feints the counter takedown.
La Bor connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Coker momentarily.
La Bor takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
La Bor takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
La Bor lands a really nice looking cross but Coker seems unphased.
Good leg kick by Coker there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Coker displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as La Bor throws out the jab.
La Bor misses with a straight left.
Coker slips under a jab.
Coker moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
La Bor throws a looping overhand right but Coker ducks down to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Coker connects with a single shot there.
Coker throws a chopping leg kick but La Bor manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
La Bor has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Coker.
Coker takes a swing at La Bor's ribcage but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Akeen Coker dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
La Bor has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Coker.
Coker throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Coker ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Coker tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Coker walks into a jab.
Coker throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
La Bor misses with a body kick.
And Coker tries to counter it with a takedown but La Bor pushes his down on his head and steps out.
La Bor is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
La Bor throws a series of punches but Coker avoids them all with ease.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether La Bor might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Good leg kick by Coker there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Coker looks to score with a jab to the body but La Bor is just out of range.
La Bor scores with a jab to the head.
Coker throws a half hearted mid kick.
A little feinted left hand from La Bor on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
La Bor lands with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
La Bor loads up on a big right hand but Coker slips the punch.
Coker throws a leg kick but La Bor sees it coming and checks it nicely.
La Bor takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Coker throws a body kick that misses.
Akeen Coker seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Coker pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good leg kick by Coker there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Coker.
Coker uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
La Bor lands a nice shot to the body.
La Bor throws a body shot but no joy.
La Bor misses the jab.
La Bor throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
La Bor misses with a wild body shot.
Coker with a hook.
Coker scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Coker throws an uppercut from half a mile away. La Bor sees it coming and avoids it easily.
La Bor is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Coker.
A good leg kick by Coker.
Coker chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A big right from La Bor misses.
La Bor fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Coker checks it well.
Coker misses the body punch
and La Bor counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Coker swings widly with a right hand
and Coker takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coker fakes a jab and throws a low kick but La Bor checks it well.
La Bor lands with a shot to the body.
La Bor uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Coker has time to react.
Coker tries to move into range but La Bor moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
La Bor rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Coker counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
La Bor has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Coker off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Coker dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Coker throws a push kick but La Bor slaps the foot to one side.
Coker connects with an inside leg kick.
La Bor throws a low kick but Coker moves out of range easily.
Coker is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
La Bor loads up on a big right hand but Coker slips the punch.
La Bor throws a shot from downtown. Coker moves away and avoids it.
La Bor looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Coker throws a low kick but La Bor moves out of range easily.
Coker gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
La Bor takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Coker finds it's target.
La Bor misses with a looping left.
A low kick from Coker misses
and La Bor counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Coker's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
La Bor misses with an uppercut.
Coker misses with a kick to the body
and La Bor counters with a straight right hand.
Coker throws an off balance right hand
and La Bor counters with a straight right hand.
Coker looks to throw the jab but La Bor is out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Coker.
Coker ducks right into an uppercut from La Bor.
La Bor throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
La Bor throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Coker lands a leg kick that knocks La Bor off balance momentarily.
Coker uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from La Bor.
La Bor lands a nice looking body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A big left from La Bor misses.
Coker fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Coker.
Coker takes a swing at La Bor's ribcage but misses.
Coker moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Coker 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.
Coker connects with an inside leg kick.
Coker throws out a leg kick but La Bor moves out of range and Coker only half commits.
An attempted straight right counter from La Bor misses the target.
Coker misses with a telegraphed body shot
and La Bor counters with a stiff right hand.
Coker on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Coker has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Coker feints and then cracks La Bor's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow La Bor down.
La Bor throws a chopping leg kick but Coker manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
La Bor cracks the inside of Coker's front leg.
La Bor takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
La Bor is looking to land body kicks.
Coker was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
La Bor 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.
Coker misses with a straight left.
La Bor is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
A telegraphed right hand from La Bor misses the target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Manuel La Bor dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Coker blocks the body kick.
La Bor keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Coker scores with a jab to the head.
Coker uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by La Bor.
Coker ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Coker lands a leg kick that knocks La Bor off balance momentarily.
Coker misses with a left hand
and La Bor counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A left hand lands to the body for Coker.
A short body shot lands from La Bor as the two fighters clinch.
Coker's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Coker. La Bor shrugs it off though.
La Bor lands the left hand.
Coker fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Coker throws a leg kick which misses La Bor's front leg but catches the back leg as La Bor tries to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
La Bor uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Coker.
La Bor throws a body shot but no joy.
Coker lands a nice leg kick that just misses La Bor's sensitive parts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Coker.
Coker goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
La Bor avoids a punch combination nicely.
La Bor throws a shot from downtown. Coker moves away and avoids it.
Coker misses with a looping left.
La Bor takes a swing at Coker's ribcage but misses.
La Bor takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Coker throws a hook but La Bor blocks it.
La Bor ducks under a wild hook from Coker.
La Bor throws out a powerful jab.
Coker ducks under a wild hook from La Bor.
La Bor misses with a body kick.
La Bor slips under a jab from Coker.
Coker slips under a jab.
La Bor on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Coker. Coker obviously looking to wear him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Coker displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as La Bor throws out the jab.
La Bor ducks under a wild hook from Coker.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as La Bor checks a leg kick.
La Bor misses with a looping right.
Coker throws a push kick but La Bor slaps the foot to one side.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Coker connects with a solid leg kick.
La Bor looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Coker misses with a leg kick.
Coker throws a head kick that misses.
As Coker tries to get set, La Bor tries to push him back and clinch up but Coker manages to avoid the attempt.
La Bor avoids a kick to the body.
La Bor throwing a counter right hand but Coker manages to avoid it.
Coker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Coker misses with a head kick.
La Bor throws out a loose jab but Coker uses good head movement to avoid it.
La Bor moves out of range of the body kick from Coker.
Coker fakes a jab and throws a low kick but La Bor checks it well.
A little feinted left hand from La Bor on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Coker gets cracked with a nice right hand there by La Bor.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coker uses good head movement to avoid the hook from La Bor.
A lazy left from La Bor finds it's target.
La Bor takes a swing at Coker's ribcage but misses.
Coker just misses with a punch to the body.
Coker blocks a head kick by La Bor.
La Bor keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
La Bor looks to throw the jab but Coker is out of range.
Coker throws a nice outside leg kick.
La Bor on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
La Bor connects with a solid leg kick.
La Bor throws the kick towards the body but Coker avoids it.
Coker misses with a straight right.
Coker misses with a kick to the body.
La Bor takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Coker throws a quick inside leg kick.
Coker scoring well with a low kick there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Coker - that will leave a mark!
Coker moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
La Bor takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
La Bor lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Coker lands a nice shot to the body.
Coker walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. La Bor checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Coker pulls out of a head kick attempt.
La Bor looks to throw the jab but Coker is out of range.
Coker thows a leg kick but La Bor checks it
and La Bor counters with a stiff right hand.
Coker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but La Bor manages to avoid it.
A punch combination from Coker misses.
A leg kick checked by La Bor.
Coker throws a leg kick but La Bor moved away.
Coker tries to move into range but La Bor moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Coker moves forwards but La Bor connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Coker misses with a low kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Akeen Coker comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Coker 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 William Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Akeen Coker!
During a confident post fight interview, Akeen Coker thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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