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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nobero Shimasaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Reginald Leslie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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211 lbs
10 - 6 - 0 |
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220 lbs
11 - 7 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nobero Shimasaki!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Reginald Leslie!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Chris Downing and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leslie darts in and clinches Shimasaki up against the cage.
Leslie throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shimasaki blocks it with crossed arms.
Shimasaki content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Leslie lands a knee to the body.
Still in the clinch, Leslie scores with a nice short uppercut.
Leslie misses with an elbow strike.
Shimasaki is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Leslie creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Leslie is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Shimasaki is defending well for now.
Shimasaki misses with a knee strike.
Leslie lands with a left to the head.
Leslie presses Shimasaki against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Leslie with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Shimasaki pulls Leslie into guard.
Shimasaki might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Leslie gets to his feet - Shimasaki follows without any prompting.
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!
Leslie closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Shimasaki misses with a knee strike.
Shimasaki tries to land a knee to the head but Leslie blocks with his arms.
Leslie throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shimasaki working hard to break the clinch.
Shimasaki stalling in the clinch.
Shimasaki trying to control the position but instead, Leslie has worked for underhooks and has pushed Shimasaki into the cage.
Shimasaki takes a knee right on the jaw!
Shimasaki taking a breather.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Leslie creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Leslie missing with knees to the body.
Leslie tries a knee to the head but Shimasaki blocks it.
Leslie tries to land a knee to the head but Shimasaki blocks with his arms.
Leslie tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Leslie lands an elbow inside that Shimasaki shrugs off.
Leslie throws a knee to the head but misses.
Shimasaki pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Leslie clinches up against the cage.
Leslie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shimasaki.
Leslie throws a head punch that misses.
Leslie told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shimasaki tries to break the clinch but Leslie is controlling the position.
Leslie lands an elbow inside.
Shimasaki prevents a body shot from Leslie.
Leslie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shimasaki missing with knees to the body.
Leslie using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Shimasaki has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Leslie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Leslie tries a body shot but Shimasaki blocks it.
Leslie tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Nice elbow from Leslie.
Shimasaki is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Leslie looking to throw knees to the head but Shimasaki is blocking nicely.
Leslie wants to stall.
Leslie tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leslie digs a right hand underneath Shimasaki's ribcage. Shimasaki let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The referee calls for Shimasaki to work.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Leslie looking to throw knees to the head but Shimasaki is blocking nicely.
Leslie can't find room to land a body shot as Shimasaki controls the action.
Leslie throws a knee to the head but misses.
Leslie avoiding damage.
Shimasaki avoids a wild elbow strike from Leslie.
Leslie blocks a body shot from Shimasaki.
Shimasaki tries to break the clinch but Leslie is controlling the position.
Shimasaki with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Leslie tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shimasaki takes an elbow to the temple.
Leslie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shimasaki.
Leslie tries a body shot but Shimasaki blocks it.
Leslie makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Leslie is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Leslie stalling.
Leslie throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Shimasaki tries to break free but Leslie pushes him back against the cage.
Leslie tries to land knees in the clinch but Shimasaki avoids the damage to the body.
Leslie throws a punch but it's blocked by Shimasaki.
Shimasaki tries a knee to the head but Leslie blocks it.
Shimasaki tries to land knees in the clinch but Leslie avoids the damage to the body.
Leslie managing to block the knees to the body from Shimasaki.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Shimasaki avoiding damage as Leslie throws knees to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Shimasaki misses with an elbow strike.
Shimasaki looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Knees to the body from Leslie.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Reginald Leslie dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Leslie just misses with a punch to the body.
Shimasaki connects with a high kick.
Leslie moves into the clinch successfully.
Leslie controlling the action here for a moment.
Reginald Leslie seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Shimasaki throws a knee to the head but misses.
Leslie has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Leslie stalling in the clinch but Shimasaki improves position.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Shimasaki escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shimasaki slips under a jab.
Leslie drives through and clinches with Shimasaki against the cage.
Shimasaki pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Leslie clobbers Shimasaki with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Leslie throws a big shot that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Leslie. Shimasaki does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shimasaki clinches.
Shimasaki tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Leslie avoids it.
Shimasaki wants to take the fight to the mat but Leslie manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Leslie lands a shot to the body.
Leslie with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Leslie tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shimasaki avoids it.
Leslie pushes Shimasaki back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Leslie lands a body shot in the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Shimasaki on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Leslie prevents Shimasaki from breaking the clinch.
Shimasaki wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Shimasaki trying to stall but Leslie improves his position.
Leslie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shimasaki.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Leslie.
Leslie lands a body punch.
Shimasaki dodges an elbow strike from Leslie.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leslie landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Shimasaki tries a knee to the head but Leslie blocks it.
Shimasaki blocks a body shot from Leslie.
Leslie using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Shimasaki has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Leslie scores a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Leslie lands a good knee to the midsection. Shimasaki won't want to take too many of those.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leslie tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Leslie lands a hook that snaps the head of Shimasaki backwards.
Leslie misses with a knee to the head.
Leslie utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Leslie misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Leslie throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shimasaki blocks it with crossed arms.
Leslie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shimasaki.
Leslie misses with a knee strike.
Leslie prevents Shimasaki from breaking the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leslie tries to land a knee to the head but Shimasaki blocks with his arms.
Shimasaki throws a knee to the head but misses.
Shimasaki wants to take the fight to the mat but Leslie manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Leslie tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Leslie stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Shimasaki is looking to break free of the clinch but Leslie has double underhooks.
Shimasaki takes an elbow to the forehead.
Leslie lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Leslie tries a knee to the head but Shimasaki blocks it.
Leslie tries to throw a body punch but Shimasaki avoids it by throwing Leslie back against the cage.
Shimasaki takes a knee to the side of the body.
Shimasaki looking to throw knees to the head but Leslie is blocking nicely.
Shimasaki takes a knee to the side of the body.
Leslie takes a knee right on the jaw!
Shimasaki wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shimasaki holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Leslie lands a nice knee to the body.
Leslie pushes Shimasaki back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Knees to the body from Leslie.
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!
Leslie lands with a short shot to the head.
A short right from Leslie on the inside.
Shimasaki takes an elbow to the temple.
Leslie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Leslie keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Shimasaki's efforts to push away.
Shimasaki takes a knee right on the jaw!
Shimasaki is rocked!
Shimasaki takes an elbow to the temple.
Oh Shimasaki is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Leslie has Shimasaki pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Shimasaki is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Leslie - that's hurt Shimasaki badly! Oh, another knee lands and Shimasaki is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Shimasaki doesn't seem to be complaining.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Reginald Leslie! Reginald Leslie retains his light heavyweight title!
The defeated Nobero Shimasaki had this to say: 'Team Goroshi - Kore Fight Nutrition - Dudes Gym'.
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
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