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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Leon Elasor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nial Hardie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Leon Elasor has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Leon Elasor seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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164 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
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175 cm
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162 lbs
1 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Leon Elasor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nial Hardie!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Darius Henderson and Ben Watson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hardie's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Elasor connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Hardie scrambles back to his feet.
Hardie moves into the clinch successfully.
Hardie has Elasor pressed against the cage.
Our sources have told us that Elasor has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Elasor has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Hardie blocks a body shot from Elasor.
Hardie stalling in the clinch but Elasor improves position.
Hardie stalling against the cage.
Hardie managing to block the knees to the body from Elasor.
Elasor working hard to break the clinch.
Hardie taking a breather.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Elasor as Hardie tries to tie him up.
Elasor being controlled against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Nial Hardie.
A good leg kick by Elasor.
Elasor misses the shot to the body.
Elasor throws a one two combo.
Elasor clinches.
Hardie displaying some good clinch control by pressing Elasor up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardie trying to control the position but instead, Elasor has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hardie into the cage.
Hardie stalling in the clinch.
Elasor missing with knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hardie avoids the elbow strike from Elasor, against the cage.
Elasor throws an elbow that misses.
Elasor doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hardie taking a breather.
Hardie has Elasor pressed against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Nial Hardie.
Hardie tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Elasor manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hardie closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Hardie will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Elasor up against the cage.
Hardie is looking to control Elasor's arms but Elasor gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hardie has his back to the cage.
Hardie displaying some good clinch control by pressing Elasor up against the cage.
Hardie leaning against his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Elasor struggles to land a body shot inside as Hardie controls his hands.
Elasor goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Elasor pushes off an throws an elbow but Hardie leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hardie avoids the elbow strike from Elasor, against the cage.
Hardie taking a breather.
Hardie avoiding damage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Nial Hardie.
Hardie clinches up with Elasor and pushes him back against the cage.
Hardie managing to block the knees to the body from Elasor.
Elasor lands a nice knee to the body.
Elasor doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Knees in the clinch landing for Elasor.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hardie taking a breather.
Elasor misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hardie.
Hardie stalling in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hardie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hardie is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Elasor is keeping busy.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Nial Hardie.
Elasor throws a right and a left that Hardie avoids nicely.
Elasor connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Hardie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hardie tries to stall but Elasor uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hardie avoids a wild elbow strike from Elasor.
Hardie trying to stall but Elasor improves his position.
Elasor throws an elbow but it misses.
Elasor is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hardie is defending well for now.
Hardie blocks the elbow strike.
Hardie stalling in the clinch but Elasor improves position.
Hardie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Hardie trying to stall but Elasor improves his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Elasor looking to stall.
Hardie is trying to stall.
Elasor crunches a lovely knee into Hardie's ribcage.
Elasor lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Elasor is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hardie is defending well for now.
Come on Hardie - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Elasor misses with a knee to the head.
Elasor misses with a punch to the body.
Hardie taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Nial Hardie.
Hardie fails with an attempt to clinch.
Elasor tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Hardie manages to circle out of the way.
Hardie rushes Elasor and presses him up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hardie leaning against his opponent.
Hardie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hardie blocks a body shot from Elasor.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Elasor.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leon Elasor dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Hardie moves into the clinch.
Elasor trying to land knees to the body.
Hardie avoiding damage as Elasor throws knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Hardie blocks a body shot from Elasor.
Elasor throws a knee to the head but misses.
Elasor lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Hardie leaning against his opponent.
Hardie avoiding damage as Elasor throws knees to the body.
Hardie has Elasor pushed against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Hardie is trying to maintain a safe position but Elasor gets an underhook and turns Hardie into the cage.
Hardie managing to block the knees to the body from Elasor.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hardie stalls.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Nial Hardie.
Hardie takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Hardie rushes Elasor and presses him up against the cage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Elasor misses with an elbow over the top.
Hardie stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Elasor digs a right hand underneath Hardie's ribcage. Hardie let out a lung full of air as it connected.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Hardie.
Hardie is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Elasor breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Elasor moves into the clinch successfully.
Hardie is trying to stall.
The referee is keeping an eye on Hardie - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Elasor tries a knee to the head but Hardie blocks it.
Elasor cracks Hardie with a nice body shot.
Elasor breaks the clinch.
Elasor throws a body kick that misses.
Hardie pushes Elasor up against the cage in a clinch.
Elasor throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hardies head.
A short body shot lands from Elasor as the two fighters clinch.
Hardie displaying some good clinch control by pressing Elasor up against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Elasor is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Elasor's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Elasor throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Leon Elasor is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Elasor gets tackled into the cage by Hardie. Hardie maintains the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hardie avoiding damage as Elasor throws knees to the body.
Elasor misses with a body punch.
Elasor misses with a knee strike.
Elasor breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hardie moves out of range as Elasor throws a body kick.
Hardie blocks a head kick by Elasor.
Hardie has Elasor up against the cage in a clinch.
Hardie stalling in the clinch but Elasor improves position.
Elasor is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hardie can do to turn this around?
Hardie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Elasor lands a nice knee to the body.
Elasor tries a body shot but Hardie blocks it.
Elasor looking to throw knees to the head but Hardie is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Elasor lands a nice knee to the body.
Hardie avoids the elbow strike from Elasor, against the cage.
Hardie avoiding damage as Elasor throws knees to the body.
Elasor tries to throw a body punch but Hardie avoids it by throwing Elasor back against the cage.
Elasor misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hardie.
Leon Elasor has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Hardie is stalling here.
Elasor is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hardie is defending well for now.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Hardie trying to control the position but instead, Elasor has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hardie into the cage.
Elasor tries to work over Hardie's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hardie tries to stall but Elasor uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Elasor is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hardie is defending well for now.
Hardie stalling the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Elasor tries to land knees in the clinch but Hardie avoids the damage to the body.
Elasor is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hardie is keeping busy.
Hardie wants to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Nial Hardie.
Elasor tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hardie manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Elasor using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hardie has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Elasor breaks the clinch.
Elasor lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hardie stalling in the clinch.
Hardie stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Elasor pushes off an throws an elbow but Hardie leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Elasor tries to throw a body punch but Hardie avoids it by throwing Elasor back against the cage.
Hardie looking to stall.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leon Elasor dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Hardie darts in and clinches Elasor up against the cage.
Hardie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hardie blocks an elbow strike.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Elasor misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hardie pressing his opponent against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Elasor as Hardie tries to tie him up.
Elasor misses with an elbow over the top.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hardie blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hardie is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Come on Hardie - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Nial Hardie.
Hardie closes the distance and pushes Elasor back into the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Hardie - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Elasor misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hardie.
Elasor pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hardie is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hardie closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Elasor tries to land knees in the clinch but Hardie avoids the damage to the body.
Elasor creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Elasor tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Hardie avoiding damage.
Hardie blocks a body shot from Elasor.
Hardie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Elasor creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hardie's defenses.
Hardie blocks an elbow strike.
Elasor is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hardie is defending well for now.
Hardie looking to slow down the pace here.
Elasor pushes off an throws an elbow but Hardie leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Nial Hardie has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Elasor being controlled against the cage.
Hardie managing to block the knees to the body from Elasor.
Hardie avoiding damage.
Hardie tries to throw a body punch but Elasor avoids it by throwing Hardie back against the cage.
Elasor landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
With the fighters up against the cage, Elasor throws an elbow but misses.
Elasor tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hardie avoids it.
Elasor tries to land knees in the clinch but Hardie avoids the damage to the body.
Elasor can't find room to land a body shot as Hardie controls the action.
Elasor misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hardie.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hardie just leaning against Elasor, taking a breather.
Hardie has Elasor pressed against the cage.
Elasor's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Elasor connects with the punch.
Hardie darts in and clinches Elasor up against the cage.
Elasor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Elasor throws the kick towards the body but Hardie avoids it.
Elasor has Hardie up against the cage in a clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Hardie.
Elasor's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Elasor throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A shot to the liver by Elasor. Beautiful body shot.
Hardie fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Elasor, pushing him back against the cage.
Elasor pushes off an throws an elbow but Hardie leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hardie taking a breather.
Hardie manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Elasor obliges.
Hardie blocks an elbow strike from Elasor.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Elasor is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hardie is defending well for now.
Hardie avoids a wild elbow strike from Elasor.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Elasor landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Hardie takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hardie trying to stall but Elasor improves his position.
Hardie looking to stall.
Elasor manages to break the clinch.
Hardie fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Elasor, pushing him back against the cage.
Hardie taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Hardie on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Elasor pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Elasor misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hardie.
Elasor trying to land knees to the body.
Leon Elasor is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Elasor breaks from the clinch.
Elasor pushes Hardie away with a front kick.
Elasor swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hardie swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Elasor appears to be looking for a big counter.
Elasor takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
And that's the end of the fight!
Leon Elasor showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Elasor 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leon Elasor!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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