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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Miguel Cotto (ranked 1445 p4p, 205 weight class) and Léonard Lucy (ranked 1398 p4p, 195 weight class). Miguel Cotto has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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186 cm
35
215 lbs
22 - 12 - 0 |
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190 cm
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208 lbs
9 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed |
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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
22 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Miguel Cotto! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Léonard Lucy! The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Cotto misses with a hook. Cotto scores with a body shot.
Cotto misses with a hook. Lucy ducked under it nicely. A solid body kick from Cotto. Cotto jabs at Lucy's body. Cotto throws a head kick that Lucy semi-blocks.
Cotto throws a sloppy head kick and Lucy counters with an inside leg kick. Cotto misses with a hook. Lucy ducked under it nicely. Cotto throws a head kick that half lands.
Lucy has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Cotto finds it's way round the side to connect with Lucy's head. Lucy looks to land a right hand but Cotto moved out of range. A chopping leg kick lands by Cotto. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Cotto throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Lucy's head. Cotto throws an off balance right hand
and Lucy counters with a straight right hand. Lucy blocks a head kick by Cotto.
That's one minute gone in the round. That kick from Lucy tenderised Cotto's leg. Cotto is trying to keep his angry face on. Nice cross by Cotto. Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cotto.
Lucy missing with a left hand there. Cotto was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Cotto scores with a jab to the head.
Lucy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A low kick from Lucy misses and Cotto counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work. Cotto on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Lucy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A good leg kick by Lucy. A good leg kick by Lucy. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Lucy avoids the head kick by Cotto.
Cotto misses with an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Lucy misses with a straight left. Lucy connects with the punch.
It looks like Miguel Cotto has been cut. Lucy on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those. Cotto has been working on his boxing with his coaches at ~T~ Troid - Gym in the buildup to the fight. Lucy throws a hook to the side of Cotto's head but Cotto sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Miguel Cotto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Lucy checks the leg kick. Cotto blocks a leg kick. Cotto gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there. Cotto throws a leg kick but Lucy sees it coming and checks it nicely. Lucy looks like he wants to counter punch here. Lucy on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere. Cotto connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Lucy momentarily.
Cotto throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Lucy counters with a one-two to the body. Cotto throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cotto, right into the meat.
Cotto misses with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Cotto tries to clinch up. Lucy throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean. Cotto misses with the body kick and Lucy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Cotto misses with a head kick.
Cotto tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Cotto lands a lovely overhand right. Cotto misses with a leg kick and Lucy counters with a big right hand! Oh Cotto is in trouble here! Lucy follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Léonard Lucy! Léonard Lucy decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
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