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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lee Sin (ranked 386 p4p, 63 weight class) and Ulrik Meyer (ranked 427 p4p, 72 weight class). Sin's entrance music is Original Nuttah. A fine choice. Lee Sin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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178 lbs
12 - 5 - 0 |
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185 cm
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180 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Lee Sin! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
20 - 5 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ulrik Meyer! The judges for this bout are James Glass, Sam Margolis and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Sin checks a leg kick. Sin misses with a body kick. Meyer is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot. Meyer has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Sin is landing a low percentage of strikes. Meyer misses with a looping left. Meyer checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time. Sin explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work. Sin walks into a jab. Sin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Meyer thows a body kick. Sin tries to catch it but that hurt him. Meyer jabbing away but nothing is landing. Sin takes a shot right to the bread basket. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Meyer scoring well with a low kick there.
Meyer fails to land with a series of punches.
Meyer motions for Sin to come forward. Meyer throws a leg kick but it misses it's target. Sin scores with a slapping inside leg kick. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Meyer takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round. Meyer scores with a punch to the head. Meyer missing with a left hand there. Sin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. An inside leg kick from Meyer misses. Sin takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Meyer connects with an inside leg kick. Sin tries to land a front kick but Meyer steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed. Meyer instigates a clinch. Sin tries a body shot but Meyer blocks it.
Sin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Meyer backwards. Meyer misses with a punch on the inside.
Sin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Sin struggles to land a body shot inside as Meyer controls his hands.
Sin misses with a body punch.
Meyer tries to throw a body punch but Sin avoids it by throwing Meyer back against the cage. Meyer managing to block the knees to the body from Sin.
Sin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sin lands an uppercut. Sin is working Meyer over against the cage. Sin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Sin tries to break free but Meyer pushes him back against the cage. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Meyer. Sin blocking some punches.
Sin blocking some punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Sin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. Sin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Meyer backwards. Sin misses with a body punch.
Sin throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Still in the clinch, Sin scores with a nice short uppercut. Sin blocks an uppercut.
Meyer prevents a body shot from Sin. Sin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Meyer stalling.
Sin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Meyer backwards. Sin wants to stall.
Meyer can't find room to land a body shot as Sin controls the action.
Sin misses with a hook from the clinch. Sin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Meyer throws a head punch that misses. Sin misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Meyer lands a shoulder strike. Sin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sin. Meyer effectively controlling the action here. Sin blocking some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Meyer.
Meyer misses with a punch on the inside.
Meyer misses with some punches.
Sin lands a nice shot to the body. A head punch blocked on the inside by Sin. Sin tries to work over Meyer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Sin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Sin scores with a shot to the side of Meyer's head. Sin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Meyer lands a nice uppercut. Meyer lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sin backwards. Meyer working aggressively here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Sin prevents a body shot from Meyer. Meyer misses with a short punch on the inside. Sin blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Sin slows down the pace here.
Sin lands a right hand that snaps the head of Meyer backwards. Sin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Meyer's efforts to push away. Sin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. Sin lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Meyer or not. Meyer throws a punch but it's blocked by Sin. Sin lands a nice uppercut. Sin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sin misses with a wild body shot. Sin backing away here, and Meyer unleashes a leg kick that just misses. Meyer looks to score with a jab to the body but Sin is just out of range. Sin misses with a body shot.
Meyer lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt. Sin drops his hands momentarily and Meyer takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ulrik Meyer will probably get the nod. 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.
Meyer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Meyer lands with a shot to the body. Sin misses with a body shot.
Meyer misses with a low kick as Sin jumps back. Sin tried to counter with a leg kick but Meyer avoided it. Sin throws a low kick but Meyer avoids it. Sin throws a predictable looking body shot
and Meyer counters with a lovely shot to the body. Meyer fakes a jab and scores with a low kick. Meyer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sin. Sin misses with a low kick. Sin is looking to wear down Meyer with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment. Sin closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Meyer throws a punch but it's blocked by Sin. Sin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sin tries to stall but Meyer uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Sin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Sin. Meyer cracks Sin with a nice body shot. Sin lands a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. Meyer blocks an uppercut.
Meyer lands a hook that snaps the head of Sin backwards. Sin working aggressively here.
Meyer misses with a punch on the inside.
Sin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Sin on the inside. Meyer has a couple of punches blocked by Sin.
Meyer goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Meyer fails to land. Meyer misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sin misses with a punch to the body.
Sin tries to work over Meyer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Meyer creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. A head punch blocked on the inside by Meyer. Sin misses with some punches.
Sin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Meyer misses with the head strike.
A body shot lands from Sin.
Meyer tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sin's elbow. Meyer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lee Sin has scored more points in the clinch so far. An uppercut to the body lands inside from Meyer.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Meyer tries a body shot but Sin blocks it.
Sin tries to throw a body punch but Meyer avoids it by throwing Sin back against the cage. Sin lands with a short head shot on the inside. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Meyer lands with a short shot to the head. Meyer blocks a body shot from Sin. Meyer lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sin backwards. Meyer is working Sin over against the cage. Sin takes a shot to the head. Meyer blocks an uppercut.
Sin lands an uppercut. Sin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sin struggles to land a body shot inside as Meyer controls his hands.
Sin takes a shot to the head. Sin lands an uppercut. Sin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Meyer backwards. A short right hand to the side of the head by Meyer. Sin misses with a punch to the body.
Sin lands a hook that snaps the head of Meyer backwards. Sin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Meyer tries a head kick but it misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round. A looping hook to the body misses from Meyer. Sin does a little dance to reset his feet. Meyer connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Sin's hands. Sin checks a low kick from Meyer. Sin throws a wild body kick that Meyer sees coming a mile off. Meyer looks like he wants to counter punch here. A slow jab from Meyer misses its intended target. Sin takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards. Meyer scores with a jab to the head.
Meyer closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so. Sin moves out of range of the strikes. Sin quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect. Ulrik Meyer seems to be getting the better of the standup. Sin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Meyer throws out the jab. Meyer connects with a body shot. A right-left combo lands from Sin. Meyer misses with an uppercut. Sin punishes Meyer's body with a nice straight punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Sin misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Meyer counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena. Meyer takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor. Sin avoids a low kick by using good footwork. Sin is looking to slow Meyer down with leg kicks. Sin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Meyer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Sin misses the body punch letting Meyer counter with a right hand. Sin throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Meyer scores with a slapping inside leg kick. Meyer wants to clinch up but Sin keeps it at a distance. Meyer swings away with a leg kick that misses. Sin checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time. Sin throws a head kick that misses and Meyer counters with a straight punch to the midsection. Meyer connects with a leg kick. Sin looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it. The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Meyer lands with a right hand. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ulrik Meyer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Meyer scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent. Meyer misses with a straight right. Sin looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit. Meyer on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot. Sin checks a low kick from Meyer. Meyer throws a looping overhand right but Sin ducks down to avoid it. A big right from Sin misses. Sin scores with a shot to the body.
Sin misses with a looping right. Sin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sin lands a jab to Meyer's midsection. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Meyer throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Sin checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time. Sin lands a nice looking body kick. Sin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sin throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's one minute gone in the round. Sin misses with the body kick and Meyer counters with a lovely straight right hand! Sin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Meyer moves away. Meyer looks to land a left hand but Sin moved out of range nicely. Sin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Meyer. Meyer pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Sin jabbing away but nothing is landing. Meyer is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Sin with a body shot. Sin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Meyer can pounce on him.
A right-left combo lands from Sin. Sin takes one to the chin there. Sin throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Meyer attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin. A swing and a miss from Meyer. Meyer buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Meyer misses with a leg kick. Meyer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sin throws out the jab. Meyer gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Sin keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Lee Sin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Sin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Meyer throws a head kick that misses and Sin counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Sin pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Meyer misses with a head kick.
Meyer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sin was well out of range. Poor timing from Meyer. Meyer checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time. Meyer looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. Meyer avoids the body shot from Sin.
Sin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sin fires out a quick counter leg kick but Meyer just manages to avoid it. Meyer throws out a leg kick but Sin moves out of range and Meyer only half commits. Meyer wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Sin misses with a head kick.
Meyer ducks under a wild hook from Sin. Sin slips under a jab from Meyer. Sin throws a leg kick that misses. A big left from Sin misses. A swing and a miss from Sin. Meyer looks like he wants to counter punch here. Sin looks to score with a jab to the body but Meyer is just out of range. Meyer tries a quick counter leg kick but Sin is wise to it. Nice uppercut there from Sin. Sin avoids the head kick by Meyer.
Sin throws a big counter combination but Meyer scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage. Sin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Sin throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Meyer counters with a low kick, right behind Sin 's knee. Meyer avoids the head kick by Sin.
Meyer throws a push kick but Sin slaps the foot to one side. Meyer scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Meyer throws a sloppy head kick and Sin moves out of range easily. Sin misses with a low kick. Sin throws a big shot that misses. Ulrik Meyer is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight. Sin misses with a left hand and Meyer counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Meyer is looking to score with low kicks. Sin blocks a jab. A little feinted left hand from Sin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it. This has been an exciting period of action! Meyer avoids the body shot from Sin.
Meyer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sin. Sin wants to clinch up but Meyer keeps it at a distance. Meyer throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sin. Meyer uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sin. Meyer swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sin. Sin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
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 Lee Sin. I think Meyer 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 James Glass scores the fight 29:29 Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:29 Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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energy
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hype
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