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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Heavy Rain (ranked 1079 p4p, 126 weight class) and Guy Laliberte (ranked 1137 p4p, 132 weight class). Rain comes to the cage accompanied by For Heavy Metal we will die!. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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251 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Heavy Rain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Guy Laliberte!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Dmitry Maklakov and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rain takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Jab, jab by Rain - just one landing.
Laliberte tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Rain takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Rain.
Rain slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Rain rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Laliberte moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Laliberte appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Rain throws a leg kick but Laliberte sees it coming and moves out of range.
Laliberte swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Laliberte is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rain.
Rain cracks a nice hook into Laliberte's ribs.
Rain seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Rain misses with a low kick.
Rain slips a jab from Laliberte.
Rain lands a nice leg kick that just misses Laliberte's sensitive parts.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rain scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Heavy Rain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab, jab by Rain - just one landing.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Rain.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A lazy left from Rain finds it's target.
Rain scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Laliberte lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Rain has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Rain and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A counter left hand to the body from Rain misses its target.
Rain tries a head kick but it misses.
Laliberte looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Laliberte throws a hook but Rain blocks it.
Rain really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Rain swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
As Rain backs off Laliberte throws a huge counter combo but Rain manages to avoid it all.
Laliberte has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Rain finds it's way round the side to connect with Laliberte's head.
Laliberte has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Rain connects with a right hand. Laliberte shakes it off.
Laliberte moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Rain looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Rain fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Laliberte manages to avoid it.
Laliberte unleashes a big counter combination but Rain bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Laliberte. Rain does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rain fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rain cracks Laliberte with an open hand slap.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laliberte throws a half hearted mid kick.
Rain looks to land a right hand but Laliberte moved out of range.
Rain is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Rain checks the leg kick.
It looked like Rain was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Laliberte takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Laliberte is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Laliberte keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Laliberte! But no joy.
Rain throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Laliberte on the side of the head.
Laliberte is looking to score with low kicks.
Laliberte throws a hook but Rain blocks it.
Rain throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Laliberte cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Laliberte ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rain lands a leg kick that knocks Laliberte off balance momentarily.
Laliberte throws a low kick but it's checked well by Rain.
Rain throws a body kick that misses
and Laliberte counters with a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rain misses with a leg kick
and Laliberte makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Rain really felt that one!
Laliberte tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rain was well out of range. Poor timing from Laliberte.
Laliberte finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Laliberte throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A bone on bone clash there as Rain blocks the leg kick.
Rain scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Laliberte misses with a body shot.
Laliberte scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Rain doesn't seem bothered though.
Laliberte takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Crunch! Rain slams his shin into Laliberte's torso.
Rain misses with a leg kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Rain.
Rain connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rain fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Laliberte manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rain misses with a leg kick
and Laliberte connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A nice inside leg kick there by Laliberte. That's going to slow Rain down.
Laliberte moves out of range of the leg kick from Rain.
Good standup being displayed there by Rain as he connects with a hook.
Rain throws a head kick that misses.
Rain bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rain blocks the body kick.
A swing and a miss from Laliberte.
Rain scores with a jab to the jaw.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Laliberte throws a shot to the body.
Laliberte moves forwards but Rain connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Rain misses with a body kick.
Laliberte staying out of range there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Heavy Rain dominated that round.
That's time! Rain's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Rain thows a body kick. Laliberte tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Laliberte uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rain.
Heavy Rain is winning the standup battle so far.
Laliberte pivots, looking for a leg kick but Rain is out of range and Laliberte settles back down.
The fighters circling - Rain throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Laliberte swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Laliberte slips under a jab.
Rain tries a low kick but Laliberte avoids it.
Laliberte flicks out a counter leg kick but Rain steps away.
Rain punishes Laliberte's body with a nice straight punch.
Rain lands a nice leg kick that just misses Laliberte's sensitive parts.
Laliberte misses the jab.
Laliberte takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rain lands with a nice combination. Laliberte backs away looking to recover.
An inside leg kick lands from Rain.
Laliberte drops his hands momentarily and Rain takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Laliberte crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Rain - the referee stops the clock and Laliberte gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Rain. Laliberte manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laliberte throws out a loose jab but Rain uses good head movement to avoid it.
Laliberte is breathing heavily.
Laliberte uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rain.
Rain moves out of range of the body kick from Laliberte.
Rain throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Rain scores with a nice head shot.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Laliberte might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Rain has got the better of the exchanges.
A chopping leg kick lands by Laliberte.
Rain's jab looks to have found its range, popping Laliberte under the eye.
An inside leg kick lands from Rain.
Rain thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Laliberte if he has to take too many more of those.
Rain throws a leg kick but Laliberte sees it coming and moves out of range.
Laliberte misses with a kick to the body.
Rain throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Rain connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Laliberte has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Rain.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rain avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Rain misses the target.
Rain jabs Laliberte to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Rain is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
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!
Laliberte chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Rain can pounce on him.
Crunch! Rain slams his shin into Laliberte's torso.
Rain connects with a looping right hand.
Rain lands a nice shot that snaps Laliberte's head back.
Rain connects with a jab.
Rain chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rain tries a head kick but it misses.
Rain misses with a body kick.
A little jabbing left from Laliberte on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Laliberte jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Rain misses with a body kick.
Laliberte has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Rain tries to score with a low kick but Laliberte moves his leg out of the way.
Rain jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laliberte ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rain moves away.
Rain moves out of range of the body kick.
Rain with a jab.
Laliberte keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Laliberte blocks the body kick.
Rain lands a nice looking body kick.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Laliberte crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Rain - the referee stops the clock and Laliberte gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Rain. Laliberte manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Laliberte on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Rain throws out a loose jab but Laliberte uses good head movement to avoid it.
Laliberte counters with a body kick.
Rain uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Laliberte has time to react.
Rain cracks Laliberte with a right hand to the side of the head.
Rain scores with a sloppy right hand. Laliberte should have avoided that one.
Laliberte is rocked!
Rain misses with an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rain throws a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Laliberte looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Rain - that will leave a mark!
Laliberte gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rain.
An inside leg kick lands from Rain.
A big right from Laliberte misses.
Rain scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rain throws a leg kick but Laliberte sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Rain bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Rain scores with a jab.
Laliberte is still on wobbly legs! Can Rain finish him?
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Laliberte misses with a hook
and Rain counters with a nice right hand that sends Laliberte toppling to the canvas! Laliberte scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Rain finish him?!
Rain blocks the body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Heavy Rain dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Rain scores with a shot to the body.
Laliberte seems to have recovered his senses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rain. Laliberte does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rain looks to land a body kick but Laliberte moved away.
Laliberte takes one to the side of the head.
Laliberte throws a hook to the side of Rain's head but Rain sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Laliberte throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rain.
Rain gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Laliberte counters with an inside leg kick.
Rain cracks the inside of Laliberte's front leg.
Rain lands with a kick to the temple. Laliberte shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rain scores with a jab. Laliberte acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Rain cracks Laliberte with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Rain ducks under a wild hook from Laliberte.
Laliberte uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rain.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laliberte misses with a hook. Rain ducked under it nicely.
Laliberte is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Rain misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Crunch! Rain slams his shin into Laliberte's torso.
Rain avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rain throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Laliberte counters with a right hand to the body.
Laliberte takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Laliberte swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rain.
Rain throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Laliberte sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rain thumps Laliberte with a low kick.
Rain misses with a body shot.
Laliberte lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Rain is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Laliberte can do to turn this around?
Rain displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Laliberte throws out the jab.
Rain is looking to counter punch.
Rain misses with a body kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Rain!
Guy Laliberte has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Rain catches Laliberte right on the button with a cross.
Laliberte throws a push kick but Rain slaps the foot to one side.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Laliberte blocks the body kick.
Laliberte throws the kick towards the body but Rain avoids it.
Rain delivers a nice body kick.
Rain moves into range and connects with a jab.
Rain tries to bum rush Laliberte with a series of wild strikes but Laliberte uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nice body punch from Rain.
Laliberte throws a lazy right hand but Rain sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rain throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Rain moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Rain's corner calls for a 1-2. Rain obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
A jab from Laliberte misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rain feints a jab promting Laliberte to slip. Rain then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Laliberte slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Laliberte is rocked!
Laliberte fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rain manages to avoid it.
Rain lands a big head kick that sends Laliberte tumbling to the mat! Rain takes a step backwards and waves Laliberte back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Laliberte is still on wobbly legs! Can Rain finish him?
Rain blocks the body kick.
Laliberte takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Rain lands a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rain changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Rain chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Rain throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Laliberte seems to have recovered his senses.
Rain lands a head shot.
A jab from Rain finds it's way through Laliberte's defenses.
Rain lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rain connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Laliberte momentarily.
A slapping body kick lands there for Rain.
Laliberte takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Rain is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Rain thows a body kick. Laliberte tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Rain thumps Laliberte with a low kick.
Laliberte throws the kick towards the body but Rain avoids it.
Laliberte's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Rain lands a high kick!
Laliberte on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Laliberte takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Rain dips to his left and cracks Laliberte with an uppercut!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rain feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Laliberte's calf.
Rain lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Good leg kick by Rain there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
And that's the end of the fight!
Heavy Rain showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rain 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 Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Heavy Rain!
Heavy Rain tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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hype
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