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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Luc Gagnon (ranked 245 p4p, 37 weight class) and Denny Sideman (ranked 673 p4p, 93 weight class). Luc Gagnon is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Luc Gagnon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Denny Sideman!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Viktor Lagutenko and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gagnon moves into range and connects with a jab.
Gagnon looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Sideman dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sideman throws a body punch but Gagnon moves out of range.
Sideman instigates a clinch.
Gagnon makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Sideman fails to land.
Gagnon makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sideman lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gagnon backwards.
Sideman manages to break the clinch.
Sideman is trying hard to land a takedown here. Gagnon sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Sideman checks the leg kick.
Sideman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gagnon.
Gagnon ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gagnon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gagnon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sideman drops his hands momentarily and Gagnon takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Luc Gagnon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sideman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gagnon.
Sideman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sideman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gagnon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
An attempted straight right counter from Gagnon misses the target.
Sideman ducks under a wild hook from Gagnon.
Gagnon throws out a loose jab but Sideman uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gagnon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gagnon looks to land a right hand but Sideman moved out of range.
Gagnon throws a leg kick that misses.
Sideman lands with a cross.
Sideman cracks Gagnon with a good jab.
Sideman takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Sideman checks a leg kick.
Gagnon takes a swing at Sideman's ribcage but misses.
Sideman tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sideman throws out a loose jab but Gagnon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sideman misses with a wild body shot.
Sideman feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Gagnons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Sideman misses with a hook.
Gagnon looks to land a left hand but Sideman moved out of range nicely.
Gagnon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sideman tries to clinch but Gagnon moves out of range.
Gagnon slips a jab from Sideman.
Sideman lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gagnon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Gagnon.
Gagnon fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sideman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gagnon.
Sideman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gagnon throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sideman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gagnon takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Gagnon throws a head punch that misses.
Sideman misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Sideman.
A short body shot lands from Sideman as the two fighters clinch.
A short right from Gagnon.
Sideman makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Sideman works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Gagnon throws a head punch that misses.
Gagnon misses with a punch on the inside.
Gagnon lands a left hand.
Gagnon misses with a punch on the inside.
Sideman has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Gagnon seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Sideman can turn it around.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sideman gets through Gagnon's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sideman swings wildly with an uppercut but Gagnon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sideman effectively controlling the action here.
Sideman blocks a body shot from Gagnon.
Sideman tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gagnon's elbow.
Sideman blocks a body shot from Gagnon.
Sideman misses with a punch on the inside.
Gagnon tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Sideman smiles and moves away.
Gagnon takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Gagnon jabs Sideman right on the nose. Sideman blinks but takes it well.
Sideman is looking to clinch.
Gagnon forces Sideman back against the cage and clinches.
Sideman blocking some punches.
Gagnon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gagnon pulls Sideman into guard.
Sideman looking to pass the guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gagnon looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gagnon is trying to keep Sideman in close.
Sideman won't allow Gagnon to sweep him here.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Gagnon keeping moving, preventing Sideman from controlling successfully.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
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 Luc Gagnon will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Sideman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gagnon.
Gagnon on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sideman walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Sideman tries to clinch but Gagnon is having none of it.
Sideman misses with a wild body shot.
Sideman doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Donk. Gagnon catches Sideman right on the button with a cross.
Gagnon has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Gagnon 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.
Sideman is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Gagnon rather than just go for the knockout.
Gagnon tries to close the distance and clinch but Sideman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A swing and a miss from Gagnon.
Gagnon looks to score with a jab to the body but Sideman is just out of range.
Gagnon drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nice defenses there by Sideman.
Gagnon scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sideman doesn't seem bothered though.
Jab from Gagnon.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sideman closes the distance and pushes Gagnon back into the cage.
Gagnon scores with a shoulder strike.
Sideman prevents a body shot from Gagnon.
A frustrated look appears on Sideman's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gagnon lands a hook that snaps the head of Sideman backwards.
Sideman scores with a shot to the side of Gagnon's head.
A nice left hand lands by Gagnon.
A nice left hand lands by Sideman.
Gagnon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sideman lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gagnon blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sideman has a couple of punches blocked by Gagnon.
Sideman blocking some punches.
Sideman tries to work over Gagnon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sideman breaks the clinch.
Sideman misses with a straight right.
A jab from Sideman misses.
Gagnon uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sideman.
Sideman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gagnon misses with a looping right.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sideman.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sideman connects with a body shot.
Gagnon throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sideman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Gagnon catches Sideman right on the button with a cross.
Gagnon misses with a looping left.
Sideman let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Gagnon slips a jab from Sideman.
Gagnon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sideman closes the distance but Gagnon moves to the side
and Gagnon counters with a nice uppercut.
Sideman just misses with a punch to the body.
Sideman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gagnon was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Sideman throws a body punch but Gagnon moves out of range.
Gagnon connects with a body shot.
Sideman tries to clinch up.
Luc Gagnon is winning the standup battle so far.
Sideman throws a poor cross that misses
and Gagnon counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Gagnon lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Gagnon displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sideman throws out the jab.
Gagnon looks to score with a jab to the body but Sideman is just out of range.
Sideman wants to counter the offense by Gagnon and move into the clinch position.
Gagnon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sideman moves away.
Sideman moves out of range as Gagnon strikes.
Sideman throws a shot from downtown. Gagnon moves away and avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sideman tries to clinch up but Gagnon circles away and keeps his distance.
Sideman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gagnon.
Gagnon just misses with a punch to the body.
Gagnon sizes up Sideman with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Gagnon lands a jab to the head.
Sideman on the wrong end of a nice jab.
A jab from Sideman misses.
Sideman gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gagnon. Sideman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sideman misses with an uppercut.
Sideman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gagnon was well out of range. Poor timing from Sideman.
Sideman moves forwards but Gagnon connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Gagnon looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A jab from Gagnon misses.
Some wild striking there from Gagnon.
Gagnon uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sideman.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sideman takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sideman cracks a nice hook into Gagnon's ribs.
Sideman slips under a jab.
Gagnon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sideman ducks under a wild hook from Gagnon.
Sideman throws a looping overhand right but Gagnon ducks down to avoid it.
Sideman misses with a body shot.
Sideman throws a shot to the body.
Gagnon throws an overhand right that lands on Sideman's shoulder, as Sideman tries to avoid the shot.
Gagnon will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Sideman throws a jab when Gagnon was well out of range.
Sideman throws a big shot that misses.
Gagnon was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Gagnon dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sideman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Gagnon manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Gagnon lands a lovely overhand right.
Gagnon shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Nice shot lands for Gagnon.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luc Gagnon dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Sideman scores with a jab to the body.
Nice defenses there by Sideman.
Sideman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gagnon.
Gagnon's corner calls for a 1-2. Gagnon obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Gagnon there.
Sideman tries to clinch but Gagnon is having none of it.
Gagnon closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Gagnon takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Gagnon walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Gagnon slips a jab from Sideman.
Gagnon misses with a body shot.
Gagnon lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Sideman at a distance.
Sideman is looking to clinch.
Sideman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gagnon manages to avoid it.
Gagnon was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Sideman rushes Gagnon and presses him up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gagnon softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gagnon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gagnon lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sideman swings wildly with an uppercut but Gagnon uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gagnon.
A short body shot lands from Gagnon as the two fighters clinch.
Gagnon lands with a short shot to the head.
Gagnon tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gagnon misses with some punches.
Gagnon lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Gagnon creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Gagnon misses with a punch on the inside.
Gagnon working aggressively here.
Gagnon lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sideman takes a shot to the head.
Gagnon throws a punch but it's blocked by Sideman.
Sideman working aggressively here.
Gagnon lands with a left to the head.
Sideman blocking some punches.
Gagnon has a couple of punches blocked by Sideman.
A left hand lands to the body for Gagnon.
Sideman takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gagnon working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sideman misses with the head strike.
Gagnon softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gagnon.
Sideman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gagnon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gagnon has a couple of punches blocked by Sideman.
Gagnon throws a punch but it's blocked by Sideman.
Gagnon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gagnon throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sidemans head.
Sideman scores with a shot to the side of Gagnon's head.
Gagnon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sideman tries to work over Gagnon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sideman has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sideman breaks the clinch.
Gagnon throws a body shot but no joy.
Gagnon rushes Sideman and presses him up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Gagnon fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sideman is trying to maintain a safe position but Gagnon gets an underhook and turns Sideman into the cage.
Sideman lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Gagnon.
A short right from Gagnon.
Sideman's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sideman working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sideman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gagnon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sideman manages to avoid it.
Gagnon scores with a jab to the body.
Gagnon moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Gagnon throws a jab when Sideman was well out of range.
Sideman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gagnon.
Sideman with a hook.
Sideman lands a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sideman punishes Gagnon's body with a nice straight punch.
Sideman just misses with a punch to the body.
Sideman loads up on a big right hand but Gagnon slips the punch.
Luc Gagnon is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gagnon keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Gagnon throws a body shot but no joy.
A nice side step and Sideman releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Gagnon is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sideman can do to turn this around?
Sideman looks to land a combination but Gagnon avoids it well.
A big right from Gagnon misses.
Sideman takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nice defenses there by Gagnon.
Sideman with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Gagnon to score with a decent uppercut.
Sideman throws a hook but Gagnon blocks it.
Gagnon throws a hook to the side of Sideman's head but Sideman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sideman takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Sideman, as that shot connected.
Sideman has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Gagnon takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sideman misses with a wild body shot.
Sideman doesn't manage to clinch there - Gagnon circles away.
It looked like Gagnon wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Sideman throws a hook to the side of Gagnon's head but Gagnon sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Denny Sideman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gagnon uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Sideman looks to land a right hand but Gagnon moved out of range.
It looked like Gagnon wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
And that's the end of the fight!
Luc Gagnon showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gagnon 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 Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luc Gagnon!
An out of breath Luc Gagnon thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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