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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Korben Dallas (ranked 268 p4p, 445 weight class) and Leo Bosanac (ranked 40 p4p, 64 weight class). Bosanac is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Bobnoxious-Big Cannons. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Great elbows
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Korben Dallas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leo Bosanac!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bosanac misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dallas was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Bosanac scores with a spinning back kick!
Dallas takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Dallas attempts a counter takedown but Bosanac avoids it well and moves away.
Bosanac scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Bosanac looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Bosanac thows a body kick. Dallas tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Bosanac rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dallas counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Dallas.
Dallas won't allow Bosanac to sweep him here.
Dallas trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dallas has gone for a leg lock! Bosanac slips out almost immediately though and dives into Dallas's guard.
Bosanac postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bosanac accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dallas looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Dallas has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bosanac got a little sloppy there for a moment and Dallas has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Bosanac has managed to get both his arms back between Dallas's legs - danger averted.
Dallas looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Dallas bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bosanac's guard.
Bosanac not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Bosanac keeping moving, preventing Dallas from controlling successfully.
Bosanac is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Bosanac keeping moving, preventing Dallas from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dallas trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dallas is working Bosanac over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Bosanac looking for a sweep. Not yet Bosanac, not yet.
Dallas trying to control but Bosanac is working from the bottom.
Dallas thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Dallas postures up.
Dallas advances position into side control!
Dallas tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Bosanac parries the strikes from Dallas easily there. Dallas is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Bosanac to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dallas is trying to get an arm triangle but Bosanac is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dallas is looking to take a break and control but Bosanac is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bosanac is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Dallas's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Bosanac has hold of Dallas's hands but Dallas slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Dallas working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Dallas scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Dallas is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Dallas is looking to stall here but Bosanac recovers full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dallas trying to control the position from guard on top but Bosanac is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bosanac utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dallas not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Dallas is looking to work some ground and pound but Bosanac has wrist control.
Dallas has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Dallas lands a couple of elbows.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dallas wants to control from the top but Bosanac keeps moving.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Korben Dallas 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.
Bosanac rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dallas counters with a nice uppercut.
Dallas moves out of range of the body kick from Bosanac.
Dallas shoots in looking for a takedown but Bosanac manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Dallas's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Bosanac tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Dallas to counter with a crisp jab.
Bosanac ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Dallas throws a jab but it's blocked by Bosanac.
Bosanac throws a front kick that sends Dallas stumbling back into the cage.
Bosanac misses with a right hand
and Dallas counters with a nice uppercut.
Bosanac slips a straight right by Dallas.
Bosanac tries to close the distance and clinch but Dallas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bosanac throws a wild body kick that Dallas sees coming a mile off.
Dallas lands with an overhand left.
Bosanac connects with a nice looking jab.
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!
Bosanac misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bosanac throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Bosanac throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Dallas.
Bosanac tries to clinch
and Dallas counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A jab from Bosanac misses.
Bosanac goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Dallas feinted with a counter takedown.
Jab, jab by Bosanac - just one landing.
Bosanac throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A little feinted left hand from Dallas on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bosanac slips under a jab from Dallas.
Dallas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bosanac.
Bosanac throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dallas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bosanac is looking to land body kicks.
An attempted straight right counter from Dallas misses the target.
Bosanac's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Dallas connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bosanac scrambles back to his feet.
Bosanac slips under a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bosanac misses with a straight right.
Bosanac uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bosanac gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Dallas counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bosanac looks to score with a jab to the body but Dallas is just out of range.
A jab lands there for Bosanac.
Leo Bosanac seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bosanac throws a body punch but Dallas moves out of range.
Bosanac throws a body shot but no joy.
Bosanac stuns Dallas with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jab by Bosanac.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Bosanac. Dallas shrugs it off though.
Dallas shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Bosanac manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Bosanac looking for a sweep. Not yet Bosanac, not yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dallas throwing strikes but missing.
Dallas pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bosanac is keeping the position for now.
Bosanac controls Dallas momentarily but Dallas frees himself.
Dallas throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bosanac works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Dallas preventing the sweep.
Dallas trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Dallas thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Dallas throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dallas is looking to work some ground and pound but Bosanac has wrist control.
Bosanac keeping full guard, as Dallas tries to pass.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Dallas throwing strikes from guard but Bosanac blocks nicely.
Dallas throws a big elbow that misses.
Bosanac avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bosanac controls Dallas momentarily but Dallas frees himself.
Bosanac keeping moving, preventing Dallas from controlling successfully.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Dallas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It looked like Dallas was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Bosanac.
Bosanac misses with a looping right.
Bosanac lands a jab to the head.
Bosanac throws a lazy uppercut
and Dallas counters with a shoot takedown. Bosanac fights it but they end up in guard.
Dallas drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Bosanac manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Dallas has Bosanac in his guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Leo Bosanac showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Bosanac gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Dallas counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Dallas is trying to control the action in half guard but Bosanac is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Dallas seems to be looking for submissions.
Dallas is looking for a kimura here.
Bosanac works his way to full guard. Good work.
Dallas passes easily into side control. Nice work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The strikes coming from Dallas are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Bosanac struggling a bit here.
Bosanac tries to bench press Dallas off him but Dallas keeps the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dallas trying to control the position but Bosanac is working away.
The ground and pound from Dallas seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
The ground and pound from Dallas seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Dallas tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Dallas has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Bosanac struggling a bit here.
Bosanac is trying to get back to half guard.
Dallas wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bosanac keeps working.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Dallas tries for a kimura but Bosanac is defending well.
Dallas tries for a kimura but Bosanac is defending well.
Bosanac is not content to let Dallas control the position.
Dallas lands an elbow.
Bosanac tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dallas tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bosanac avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Dallas.
Bosanac struggling a bit here.
Dallas is trying to get an arm triangle but Bosanac is defending well.
Dallas wants to control but Bosanac is keeping him busy.
Bosanac defending against the ground and pound.
Dallas is looking to take a break and control but Bosanac is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Dallas landing a few strikes.
Dallas is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Bosanac knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Bosanac is trying to control Dallas's posture but Dallas avoids it.
Dallas trying to control the position but Bosanac is working away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bosanac is trying to control Dallas's posture but Dallas avoids it.
Dallas goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Bosanac has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Dallas but great work by Bosanac.
And that's the end of the fight!
Korben Dallas showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Dallas has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:28
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Korben Dallas!
An out of breath Korben Dallas thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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