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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Paul Buchanan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wesley Templar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wesley Templar has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Paul Buchanan's chin.
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201 lbs
21 - 9 - 0 |
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209 lbs
27 - 14 - 0 |
BJJ Red Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Buchanan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Wesley Templar!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Seu Braga and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Buchanan lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Templar misses with a hook
and Buchanan counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Buchanan working over Templar with some ground and pound. Templar looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Templar avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Buchanan.
Buchanan is looking for a kimura but Templar is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Buchanan to get the leverage.
Templar is trying to maintain the position but Buchanan is very close to passing his half guard.
Templar keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Buchanan is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Buchanan is working for a kimura but Templar is defending it quite comfortably.
Buchanan is working for a kimura but Templar is defending it quite comfortably.
Templar is looking for a sweep. Buchanan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Buchanan lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Buchanan thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Buchanan prevents Templar from improving his position.
Buchanan is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Templar has managed to free his arm - good work.
Buchanan thows a huge punch but Templar dodges it nicely.
Templar is in trouble now - Buchanan has advanced to mount!
Buchanan lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buchanan controlling the pace for now.
Buchanan raining down shots from the mount!
It looks like Wesley Templar has been cut.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Buchanan landing strikes, looking to finish!
Templar bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
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!
Buchanan 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.
Templar avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Templar trying to control but Buchanan is working from the bottom.
Templar sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Templar postures up in Buchanan's guard and throws a big left but Buchanan blocks it.
Buchanan wants to sweep but no luck.
Buchanan has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Templar has passed into side control.
Buchanan is trying to get back to half guard.
Templar landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Buchanan tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Buchanan is working hard here to advance position.
Templar lands some shots froms side control.
Buchanan 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.
Buchanan wants to get back to his feet but Templar drags him back down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ground and pound from Templar seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Templar is working Buchanan over with some ground and pound from side control.
Templar trying to control the action but Buchanan is working from the bottom.
Templar working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Buchanan sneaks back into half guard.
Templar working the head and body with strikes.
Templar passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Buchanan!
Buchanan is in a horrible position here. Templar smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Buchanan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Wesley Templar's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Templar lands with an uppercut that bounces Buchanan off the cage and back into range.
Templar scores with a hook.
Templar misses with an uppercut.
Buchanan appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Templar jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Templar paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Templar misses the jab.
Templar tries to score a power double leg takedown but Buchanan sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Templar somewhat.
Templar fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Buchanan avoids it really well and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Templar throws a poor cross that misses
and Buchanan counters with a nice body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Buchanan. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Buchanan.
Templar misses with a hook. Buchanan ducked under it nicely.
Templar shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Paul Buchanan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wesley Templar.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Buchanan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Templar is able to avoid easily.
No luck for Templar with that takedown attempt.
Buchanan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Templar.
Buchanan ducks under a wild hook from Templar.
Buchanan scores with a decent looking hook.
Buchanan is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Templar can do to turn this around?
Templar shoots in and bounces Buchanan off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Buchanan keeping moving, preventing Templar from controlling successfully.
Buchanan is trying to keep Templar in close.
Buchanan seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Templar trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Templar got a little sloppy there for a moment and Buchanan has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Templar has managed to get both his arms back between Buchanan's legs - danger averted.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buchanan is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Templar wants to control the action here but instead Buchanan manages to pass to full mount!
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Buchanan looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Templar sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Templar is not content to let Buchanan control the position.
Templar has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Buchanan is working away from the top position though.
Buchanan working Templar over with strikes.
Buchanan working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That has opened up Wesley Templar's cut even more.
Buchanan is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buchanan is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Buchanan is nestled in close to Templar, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Buchanan is looking to take a break and control but Templar is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Buchanan throwing shots but Templar is blocking nicely.
Buchanan controlling the action here.
Templar is staying active underneath Buchanan, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Paul Buchanan overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Templar is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Buchanan jumps into side control!
Buchanan cracks Templar with an elbow. That is naaassty.
The cut above Wesley Templar's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Buchanan scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Templar to see if he's OK.
Buchanan lands some shots froms side control.
Buchanan staying calm.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Templar is looking to reverse the position.
Buchanan tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Buchanan has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Templar manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Templar taking some punishment here, with Buchanan in his half guard.
Wesley Templar's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Wesley Templar's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Paul Buchanan!
During a confident post fight interview, Paul Buchanan thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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hype
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RATING
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