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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Jose De Sucre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Papa Granit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Granit has chosen Trumpsta (Contiez feat. Treyy G) as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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211 lbs
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World class boxer
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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
20 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Antonio Jose De Sucre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Papa Granit!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Colin Fotheringham and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Granit throws a half hearted mid kick.
De Sucre takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
De Sucre misses with a hook. Granit ducked under it nicely.
De Sucre swats away the attempt to clinch by Granit.
De Sucre tried to counter with a leg kick but Granit avoided it.
De Sucre wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
De Sucre misses with a right hand
and Granit makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
De Sucre misses with an uppercut. Granit saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Sucre fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
De Sucre throws a series of punches but Granit avoids them all with ease.
De Sucre moves into the clinch.
Granit working aggressively here.
A hook to the body from De Sucre.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Granit doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Granit is pushing De Sucre up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Granit struggles to land a body shot inside as De Sucre controls his hands.
De Sucre tries a body shot but Granit blocks it.
De Sucre misses with a hook to the ribs.
Granit throws a punch but it's blocked by De Sucre.
De Sucre tries a body shot but Granit blocks it.
De Sucre tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Granit's elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by De Sucre.
De Sucre definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
De Sucre lands a shot to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Granit.
Granit lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Granit blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Granit misses with some punches.
De Sucre misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Sucre.
De Sucre misses with a hook from the clinch.
Granit prevents a body shot from De Sucre.
Granit swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Granit lands a left hand that snaps the head of De Sucre backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Granit lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
De Sucre tries a body shot but Granit blocks it.
Granit tries to throw a body punch but De Sucre avoids it by throwing Granit back against the cage.
De Sucre tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
De Sucre tries to throw a body punch but Granit avoids it by throwing De Sucre back against the cage.
Granit fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Granit lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Sucre misses with a body punch.
De Sucre lands with a light punch inside.
Granit lands with a left to the head.
De Sucre misses with a short punch on the inside.
Granit tries to work over De Sucre's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Granit lands with a left to the head.
A short uppercut from De Sucre.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Sucre.
Granit has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. De Sucre seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Granit can turn it around.
De Sucre pushes Granit back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
De Sucre misses with a punch to the body.
Granit tries to work over De Sucre's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
De Sucre lands a nice uppercut.
Granit misses with the head strike.
De Sucre misses with a hook from the clinch.
De Sucre misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Granit lands a body punch.
De Sucre pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A telegraphed right hand from De Sucre misses the target.
De Sucre swings for the body but Granit moves out of range.
De Sucre looks for the body kick but Granit saw that one coming.
A nice inside leg kick there by De Sucre. That's going to slow Granit down.
Granit throws a right and a left that both miss.
De Sucre throws a body shot but no joy.
Granit looks like he wants to counter punch here.
De Sucre rushes Granit and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Granit misses with a short punch on the inside.
De Sucre lands a left hand.
Granit swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Granit tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Granit tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A quick uppercut on the inside from De Sucre.
A body shot lands from De Sucre.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Granit goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Good body shot from De Sucre.
Nice body punch from De Sucre - that landed with a thud.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Sucre tries a body shot but Granit blocks it.
Granit blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Granit misses with a punch to the body.
De Sucre working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Granit's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Granit misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Granit.
De Sucre goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Granit blocking some punches.
De Sucre lands a body shot in the clinch.
Granit looks winded!
De Sucre throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Granit lands a hook that snaps the head of De Sucre backwards.
De Sucre lands with a short shot to the head.
Good body shot from De Sucre.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from De Sucre.
De Sucre tries to work over Granit's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
De Sucre lands a shot to the body.
De Sucre lands with a right to the head.
De Sucre lands with a short punch from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antonio Jose De Sucre 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.
De Sucre connects with a jab.
Granit misses with a shot to the body
and De Sucre counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Granit takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
De Sucre takes a swing at Granit's ribcage but misses.
Antonio Jose De Sucre is winning the standup battle so far.
De Sucre uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Granit.
De Sucre tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
De Sucre keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
De Sucre scores with a jab to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A telegraphed right hand from Granit misses the target.
Decent striking displayed by De Sucre there.
De Sucre keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Granit.
Granit misses with a right hand
and De Sucre counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick by Granit misses
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
letting De Sucre counter with a right hand.
De Sucre blocks a head kick by Granit.
De Sucre misses the shot to the body.
Granit swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
De Sucre lands with a shot to the body.
Granit lands a nice leg kick that just misses De Sucre's sensitive parts.
Granit takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Granit takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
De Sucre scores with a jab to the head.
De Sucre fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Granit.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from De Sucre.
Granit raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
De Sucre looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Granit now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
De Sucre is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Granit can do to turn this around?
A shot to the liver by De Sucre. Beautiful body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Sucre lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Sucre uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Granit.
De Sucre feinted there with a counter leg kick.
De Sucre displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Granit throws out the jab.
De Sucre scores with a shot to the body.
Granit misses with a body punch
and Granit takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
De Sucre swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Granit counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
De Sucre staying out of range there.
De Sucre getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
De Sucre lands with a shot to the body.
Granit is looking to clinch.
De Sucre ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Granit moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Sucre checks a low kick from Granit.
De Sucre misses the shot to the body.
Granit scores with a hook.
De Sucre throws a half hearted mid kick.
De Sucre is looking to wear down Granit with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Granit on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
De Sucre lands a slapping body shot.
De Sucre misses with a low kick.
De Sucre staying out of range there.
De Sucre is looking to counter with a body kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from De Sucre. Granit does a little dance to reset his feet.
Granit walks into a left hand.
A nice inside leg kick there by De Sucre. That's going to slow Granit down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Sucre scores with the left hand. Granit knows he should have avoided that one.
Granit misses with a low kick.
Granit moves out of range of the body kick.
De Sucre scores with a kick to the midsection.
De Sucre scores with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De Sucre throws a combination. Granit tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
De Sucre blocks a jab.
De Sucre is looking to counter punch.
Granit misses with an uppercut.
De Sucre misses with a hook. Granit ducked under it nicely.
De Sucre scores with a shot to the body.
Granit takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Granit misses with a telegraphed body shot
and De Sucre counters with a thumping low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antonio Jose De Sucre 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!
De Sucre misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Granit.
De Sucre scores with a jab.
Granit chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Granit throws a right hand that misses
and De Sucre counters with a nice body shot.
De Sucre paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
De Sucre lands a jab to the nose.
Granit misses with a jab to the body
and De Sucre counters with an inside leg kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Granit crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from De Sucre - the referee stops the clock and Granit gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says De Sucre. Granit manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Sucre takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
De Sucre lands a right hook to the body.
De Sucre tries to land a front kick but Granit steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sloppy strikes from De Sucre. Those never looked like landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Granit, right into the meat.
De Sucre uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Granit.
De Sucre swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A low kick from De Sucre is predictable there
and Granit counters with a lovely straight right hand!
De Sucre throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
De Sucre fails to land with a series of punches.
De Sucre lands a jab.
Granit misses with a hook
and De Sucre counters with a thumping low kick.
De Sucre throws a body shot but no joy.
De Sucre looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Granit gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Papa Granit has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Granit throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Granit with a nice cross.
Granit feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits De Sucres jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
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!
Granit throws a looping overhand right but De Sucre ducks down to avoid it.
De Sucre swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Granit connects with a high kick.
De Sucre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Granit throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De Sucre throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Granit takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
De Sucre pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
De Sucre blocks a head kick by Granit.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Sucre keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
De Sucre fakes the leg kick and cracks Granit in the body.
Granit takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Granit tries to score with a low kick but De Sucre moves his leg out of the way.
De Sucre tries a head kick but it misses.
De Sucre sizes up Granit with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
De Sucre catches Granit with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Granit looking to land some kicks to the body here.
De Sucre thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Granit if he has to take too many more of those.
A solid leg kick lands there for De Sucre.
Granit tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and De Sucre counters with a straight right hand.
Antonio Jose De Sucre is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A left and a right from De Sucre both land. Nice combination.
Nice defenses there by De Sucre.
Granit has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from De Sucre.
Granit misses with a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De Sucre slips a jab from Granit.
De Sucre rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Granit moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
De Sucre throws a jab when Granit was well out of range.
Granit's hands are dropping dangerously low here and De Sucre connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Granit scrambles back to his feet.
De Sucre thumps Granit with a low kick.
Granit throws a head kick that misses.
De Sucre is looking to counter with head kicks.
And that's the end of the fight!
Antonio Jose De Sucre showed his dominance in that final round.
Well De Sucre has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Antonio Jose De Sucre!
Antonio Jose De Sucre opened up his post fight interview with a scream to camera that he wants a title shot! Whether he deserves the shot will be up to the management of the organization, so I guess he'll have to wait and see.
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