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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samir Lemaitre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alex Young could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Samir Lemaitre's chin.
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265 lbs
7 - 5 - 0 |
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240 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
Good gas tank |
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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
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alex Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Samir Lemaitre!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice jab there from Young.
Young lands a front kick.
Young throws a push kick but Lemaitre slaps the foot to one side.
Lemaitre drives through and clinches with Young against the cage.
Lemaitre tries a body shot but Young blocks it.
Young misses with a punch to the body.
Young is working for takedown but Lemaitre is calmly controlling the position for now.
Lemaitre has Young pressed against the cage, preventing Young from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Young breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Young misses with a hook. Lemaitre ducked under it nicely.
Young throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Lemaitre throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Young sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Young feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Lemaitre pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Samir Lemaitre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lemaitre keeps the fight on the outside.
Lemaitre takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Young slips under a jab.
Young listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
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!
Lemaitre misses with a few strikes there.
Lemaitre throws an off balance right hand
and Young counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young misses with a head kick.
Lemaitre moves into range and clinches up with Young.
Lemaitre lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lemaitre swings wildly with an uppercut but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Lemaitre.
A frustrated look appears on Young's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lemaitre lands a right hand.
Lemaitre misses with a punch on the inside.
Lemaitre has Young pressed against the cage, preventing Young from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Young blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Young is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Lemaitre to keep the fight standing.
Young jumps guard but Lemaitre stands there with Young around his waist. Young gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alex Young. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lemaitre swings wildly with an uppercut but Young uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lemaitre tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Lemaitre.
Young scores with a hook to the body.
Lemaitre misses with a hook from the clinch.
Young working hard to break the clinch.
Lemaitre is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Young is defending well for now.
Young is trying to pull guard but Lemaitre turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Lemaitre lands a right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lemaitre lands a good knee to the midsection. Young won't want to take too many of those.
Young tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lemaitre's elbow.
Young works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Young fails to pull guard.
Young definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Lemaitre misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lemaitre misses with a punch on the inside.
Lemaitre misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young is looking to break free of the clinch but Lemaitre has double underhooks.
Nice body punch from Lemaitre.
Young stops a takedown attempt from Lemaitre.
Lemaitre lands an uppercut.
Lemaitre working aggressively here.
Lemaitre misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lemaitre tries to work over Young's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Lemaitre tries to land knees in the clinch but Young avoids the damage to the body.
Lemaitre working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Lemaitre tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lemaitre tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Young blocks a body shot from Lemaitre.
Lemaitre drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Young gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Young misses with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young is trying to push Lemaitre away but Lemaitre has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Young blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Young is trying to break free.
Young is looking to break free of the clinch but Lemaitre has double underhooks.
Lemaitre gets through Young's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Lemaitre misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lemaitre goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Lemaitre tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Lemaitre scores with a hook to the body.
Young is breathing heavily.
Lemaitre misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Lemaitre fails to land.
A frustrated look appears on Young's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Lemaitre struggles to land a body shot inside as Young controls his hands.
Lemaitre swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lemaitre misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Samir Lemaitre dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Young moves out of range as Lemaitre strikes.
Young ducks under a wild hook from Lemaitre.
Young throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lemaitre has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Young wants to clinch but Lemaitre slips to the side
and Lemaitre counters with a takedown into side control.
Lemaitre lands a few punches from side control.
Young dodges the ground and pound from Lemaitre.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Lemaitre working the head and body with strikes.
Lemaitre grinds an elbow into Young's temple.
Lemaitre trying to control the position but Young is working away.
Lemaitre working the head with strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lemaitre lands a strong strike to the head of Young. That's dazed him! Lemaitre looking to finish here. Young is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Lemaitre lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Samir Lemaitre!
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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
RATING
45% |
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