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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Duke Lupus (ranked 5432 p4p, 0 weight class) and Connor Lourens (ranked 3718 p4p, 0 weight class). Duke Lupus looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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208 lbs
3 - 13 - 0 |
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193 cm
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210 lbs
8 - 11 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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
3 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Duke Lupus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Connor Lourens !
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Lou da Vinci and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lourens misses with a hook.
Lourens throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lourens lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Duke Lupus's cut is getting worse.
Lupus tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lourens manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lupus slips a straight right by Lourens .
Lourens fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Lupus manages to avoid it.
Lourens fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Lupus on the side of the head.
Lupus gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Lourens manages to break the clinch.
Lourens is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lupus.
Lupus wants to clinch.
Lourens just misses with a punch to the body.
Lourens misses with a wild combination.
Lourens throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lupus appears to be looking for a big counter.
Lourens scores with a sloppy right hand. Lupus should have avoided that one.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lupus has closed the distance and engaged Lourens in a clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Lourens .
A head punch on the inside from Lourens fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lupus is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lourens is defending well for now.
Lupus is looking to take this one to the mat.
Lourens 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lupus avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lourens loads up on a big right hand but Lupus slips the punch.
Lourens looks to score with a jab to the body but Lupus is just out of range.
Lupus closes the distance but Lourens moves to the side
and Lourens counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Duke Lupus's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lourens . Lupus does a little dance to reset his feet.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Lupus is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Lupus missing with knees to the body.
Lourens taking a breather.
Lupus tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lourens stalls.
Lupus lands an elbow inside.
Lourens wants to break free but Lupus has control.
Lupus lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Lourens has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Lupus seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Lourens can turn it around.
Lupus effectively controlling the action here.
Lourens tries to stall but Lupus uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Lourens wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lourens tries to break free but Lupus pushes him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Lourens fails to land.
Lourens is trying to push Lupus away but Lupus has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Lourens working hard to break the clinch.
Lupus lands a damaging elbow.
Lourens is trying to force a seperation but Lupus has the dominant position.
Lupus throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Lourens 's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lupus lands a damaging elbow.
Lupus blocks a body shot from Lourens .
Lourens is trying to break the clinch but Lupus has him pressed against the cage.
Lourens working hard to break the clinch.
Lourens is trying to break the clinch but Lupus is controlling him.
Lupus trying to land knees to the body.
Lourens looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lupus lands an elbow inside that Lourens shrugs off.
Lupus lands an elbow inside.
Lourens working hard to break the clinch.
Lourens is trying to break free.
Lupus breaks from the clinch.
Lupus moves into the clinch.
Lupus throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Lupus taking a breather.
Lourens wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lupus has him pressed against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lupus has Lourens pressed against the cage.
Lupus content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Lupus lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Lupus prevents Lourens from breaking the clinch.
Lupus pushes off an throws an elbow but Lourens leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Lourens stalling in the clinch but Lupus improves position.
Lourens blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short right from Lupus on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Lupus lands a damaging elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lourens looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Lourens wants to break free but Lupus has control.
Lourens wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lupus keeps control of Lourens as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Duke Lupus will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Duke Lupus's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Lourens misses with the combination.
Lupus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lourens swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lupus moves out of range of the body kick from Lourens .
Lourens misses with a body shot.
Duke Lupus is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lourens swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lupus moves into range and clinches up with Lourens .
A nice glancing elbow lands by Lupus.
The referee is keeping an eye on Lourens - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Stalling in the clinch from Lupus.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lupus throws an elbow but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lupus stalling the fight.
Lupus throws an elbow but it misses.
Lourens is trying to break free.
Lupus manages to break the clinch.
Lupus moves in looking to clinch but Lourens pushes him off.
Duke Lupus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lupus tries to clinch up but Lourens circles away and keeps his distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lupus avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Lupus takes the fight into the clinch.
Lupus lands an elbow just above Lourens 's eye.
Lourens avoids the elbow strike from Lupus, against the cage.
Lupus throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Duke Lupus has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Lupus keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lourens 's efforts to push away.
Lupus has Lourens pressed against the cage.
Lourens is trying to break the clinch but Lupus has him pressed against the cage.
Lupus throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Lourens blocks it with crossed arms.
The referee is keeping an eye on Lupus - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Lupus is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Lupus just misses with a elbow thrown towards Lourens 's brow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lourens wants to break free but Lupus has control.
Lupus creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Lupus pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Lupus drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Lourens gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Lupus jumps guard but Lourens turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Lupus is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lourens can do to turn this around?
Lourens breaks the clinch.
Lourens swings for the body but Lupus moves out of range.
Lupus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lourens appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Lourens . That snapped Lupus's head back.
Lourens lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Lupus moves into the clinch successfully.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lupus misses with the head strike.
Lupus trying to control the position but instead, Lourens has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lupus into the cage.
Lourens is trying to push Lupus away but Lupus has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lupus keeps control of Lourens as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Lourens has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lourens .
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Lupus creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lourens 's defenses.
Lupus keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Lourens 's efforts to push away.
Lupus prevents Lourens from breaking the clinch.
Lupus lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Lupus tries to land a knee to the head but Lourens blocks with his arms.
Lourens is trying to push Lupus away but Lupus has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Lupus comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Lupus content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Lourens tries to break the clinch but Lupus is controlling the position.
Lourens is looking to break free of the clinch but Lupus has double underhooks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lupus just leaning against Lourens , taking a breather.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Lourens in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Lupus lands an elbow that stopped Lourens in his tracks for a moment.
Lupus lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Lourens blocks an elbow strike.
Lupus gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Lourens blocks an elbow strike from Lupus.
Lupus lands a left hand.
Lourens takes an elbow to the forehead.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lupus stalling against the cage.
Lupus lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Lourens blocks the elbow strike.
Lupus using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lourens has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Lourens misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Lourens can't break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Duke Lupus dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Duke Lupus's cut.
That's time! Lupus's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Lupus avoids the body shot from Lourens .
Lupus seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Lupus pushes Lourens up against the cage in a clinch.
Lourens has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Lupus throws an elbow but it misses.
Lupus lands an uppercut.
Lupus has Lourens pushed against the cage.
Lourens pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lourens throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lourens keeps the fight on the outside.
Lupus wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lourens lands a jab-cross combination.
Lourens swings for the body but Lupus moves out of range.
Lupus clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lourens wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Lourens breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lourens misses with a hook. Lupus ducked under it nicely.
Lourens circles away from the clinch attempt
and Lourens counters with a nice body shot.
Lourens swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lupus takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Lourens throws a body punch but Lupus moves out of range.
Lourens wants to land a leg kick but Lupus is out of range.
Lupus feinted with a counter takedown.
Lourens swats away the attempt to clinch by Lupus.
Lourens looks to land a combination. Lupus sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Lupus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lourens paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lourens throws an overhand right that lands on Lupus's shoulder, as Lupus tries to avoid the shot.
Lupus moves out of range of the strikes.
Lourens tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lupus was well out of range. Poor timing from Lourens .
Connor Lourens seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lupus is looking to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lupus is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lourens takes a swing at Lupus's ribcage but misses.
It looked like Lupus was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Lourens throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lourens swings and misses with a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lourens avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lupus tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lourens manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lourens . Lupus does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lupus is looking for a counter combo.
Lupus takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Lupus tries to clinch up but Lourens circles away and keeps his distance.
Lourens throws out a counter right but Lupus avoids it with no problem.
Lourens misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lourens lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Lourens swats away the attempt to clinch by Lupus.
Lupus staying out of range there.
Lourens swings for the body but Lupus moves out of range.
Lupus went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Lourens throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
As Lourens looks to move away, Lupus throws a big counter combo but Lourens just gets out of the way.
Lupus is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lupus takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Lourens just misses with a punch to the body.
Lupus tries to clinch up but Lourens circles away and keeps his distance.
Lourens swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Decent striking displayed by Lourens there.
Lourens loads up on a big right hand but Lupus slips the punch.
Lupus takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Lupus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lourens paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lupus tries to close the distance and clinch but Lourens swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A swing and a miss from Lourens .
Lupus darts in trying to clinch
and Lourens makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Lourens paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Lupus closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lourens is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Lourens takes an elbow to the temple.
Lourens manages to break the clinch.
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!
Lupus avoids the body shot from Lourens .
Lupus moves into the clinch successfully.
Lupus lands a nice elbow.
Lupus misses with a knee to the head.
Lourens 's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Lourens on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lourens working hard to break the clinch.
Lourens leaning against his opponent.
Lupus comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Connor Lourens has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Duke Lupus is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lupus lands an elbow inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Connor Lourens comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Lupus has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 29:28
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Duke Lupus!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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