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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Corbin Leopold (ranked 1153 p4p, 1278 weight class) and Jose Ronaldo (ranked 124 p4p, 144 weight class). Jose Ronaldo has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Corbin Leopold's chin.
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146
15 - 8 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Corbin Leopold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Jose Ronaldo!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Roosa Järviläinen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ronaldo tries to clinch there but Leopold circles away.
Ronaldo moves into range and clinches up with Leopold.
Ronaldo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Leopolds head.
Ronaldo can't find room to land a body shot as Leopold controls the action.
A hook to the body from Leopold.
We've been informed that Ronaldo has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Leopold blocks an uppercut.
Leopold presses Ronaldo against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Leopold misses with a punch on the inside.
Ronaldo swings wildly with an uppercut but Leopold uses good head movement to avoid it.
Leopold goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ronaldo lands with a left to the head.
Leopold leaning his opponent against the cage.
Leopold looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ronaldo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ronaldo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Leopold blocking some punches.
Ronaldo is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leopold tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ronaldo lands with a short shot to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Leopold.
A left hand lands to the body for Ronaldo.
Ronaldo is looking to control Leopold's arms but Leopold gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ronaldo has his back to the cage.
Leopold throws a head punch that misses.
Leopold scores with a shoulder strike.
Ronaldo throws a punch but it's blocked by Leopold.
Ronaldo throws a punch but it's blocked by Leopold.
Leopold's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Leopold misses with a right hand
and Ronaldo counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Leopold rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Ronaldo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Leopold jabbing away but nothing is landing.
It seemed like Ronaldo was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Ronaldo clinches with his opponent.
Leopold misses with a body punch.
A frustrated look appears on Leopold's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Ronaldo cracks Leopold with a nice body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ronaldo lands a body shot.
Leopold manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo moves away from the strike by Leopold.
Leopold getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Ronaldo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Leopold.
Ronaldo works Leopold's body with a nice hook.
Ronaldo stalks Leopold and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Leopold's face. Leopold staggers backwards, shaken.
Ronaldo misses with a body shot.
Ronaldo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Corbin Leopold seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ronaldo fails in his attempt to clinch.
A big right from Leopold misses.
Leopold connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Ronaldo momentarily.
Ronaldo throws a body shot but no joy.
Leopold fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Leopold gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ronaldo blocks a body shot from Leopold.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Leopold as Ronaldo tries to tie him up.
Ronaldo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Leopold or not.
Ronaldo misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Leopold lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Ronaldo or not.
Ronaldo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Leopold breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Leopold looks to land a combination but Ronaldo avoids it well.
Leopold looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Leopold lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ronaldo circles away quickly and effectively.
Leopold doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ronaldo tries to clinch but Leopold moves out of range.
Leopold swats away the attempt to clinch by Ronaldo.
Leopold moves into range and connects with a jab.
Leopold takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Ronaldo throws a body punch but Leopold moves out of range.
Leopold with a hook.
Leopold throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Ronaldo on the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ronaldo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Leopold manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Leopold showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Ronaldo.
It looked like Leopold wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo clinches up against the cage.
Ronaldo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ronaldo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Leopold blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Ronaldo.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ronaldo.
A short uppercut from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Leopold breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ronaldo rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Leopold moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Leopold misses with a jab, cross combination.
Ronaldo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ronaldo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Some wild striking there from Leopold.
Leopold throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jose Ronaldo will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Ronaldo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ronaldo lands a right hook to the body.
Leopold takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Leopold misses with a right hand
letting Ronaldo counter with a right hand.
Leopold is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Leopold throws a right and a left that Ronaldo avoids nicely.
Ronaldo doesn't manage to clinch there - Leopold circles away.
Ronaldo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ronaldo can't find room to land a body shot as Leopold controls the action.
Leopold lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A short uppercut from Ronaldo.
Leopold working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ronaldo just leaning against Leopold, taking a breather.
Ronaldo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nice body punch from Ronaldo - that landed with a thud.
Leopold has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ronaldo lands a shot to the body.
Ronaldo misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ronaldo letting Leopold take a breather here.
Leopold wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ronaldo keeps control of Leopold as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Leopold blocks a body shot from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo works on Leopold's body with a couple of short punches.
Ronaldo lands a hook that snaps the head of Leopold backwards.
Leopold takes a shot to the head.
Leopold breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A punch combination from Leopold misses.
Ronaldo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Leopold.
Leopold swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Leopold looks to throw the jab but Ronaldo is out of range.
Leopold throws a right hand that misses
and Ronaldo counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Leopold avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ronaldo has Leopold up against the cage in a clinch.
Leopold has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Leopold lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leopold doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Leopold scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Leopold is trying to break the clinch but Ronaldo is controlling him.
A left hand lands to the body for Ronaldo.
Ronaldo lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Leopold misses with a body punch.
Ronaldo tries to throw a body punch but Leopold avoids it by throwing Ronaldo back against the cage.
Leopold lands with a light punch inside.
Ronaldo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ronaldo is looking to control Leopold's arms but Leopold gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ronaldo has his back to the cage.
Ronaldo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Leopold is looking to break free of the clinch but Ronaldo has double underhooks.
A short right from Ronaldo.
Leopold blocks a body shot from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo lands a shoulder strike.
Leopold pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ronaldo keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ronaldo moves into range and clinches up with Leopold.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leopold wants to break free but Ronaldo has control.
Ronaldo has Leopold pressed against the cage, preventing Leopold from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Leopold wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Leopold blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ronaldo can't find room to land a body shot as Leopold controls the action.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Leopold fails to land.
Ronaldo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ronaldo lands with a left to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Ronaldo.
A short uppercut from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo misses with a body punch.
Ronaldo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ronaldo lands a left hand that snaps the head of Leopold backwards.
Ronaldo is working Leopold over against the cage.
Ronaldo has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Leopold lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ronaldo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ronaldo lands with a right to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Leopold trying to stall but Ronaldo improves his position.
Leopold lands a shot to the body.
Ronaldo prevents Leopold from breaking the clinch.
Leopold can't find room to land a body shot as Ronaldo controls the action.
Ronaldo misses with a punch to the body.
Ronaldo is trying to maintain a safe position but Leopold gets an underhook and turns Ronaldo into the cage.
Ronaldo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Leopold breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ronaldo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ronaldo rushes Leopold and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Leopold.
Ronaldo tries to work over Leopold's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Leopold swings wildly with an uppercut but Ronaldo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ronaldo tries to work over Leopold's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ronaldo misses with a punch to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Ronaldo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Jab by Ronaldo.
Ronaldo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Leopold.
Leopold throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ronaldo lands a body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Ronaldo as he connects with a hook.
Leopold is rocked!
Ronaldo steps in with a hook that catches Leopold right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Ronaldo follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Leopold looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jose Ronaldo!
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energy
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hype
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mgr
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FIGHT
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