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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Spinning Fire (ranked 2334 p4p, 5285 weight class) and Nathan Leal (ranked 277 p4p, 504 weight class). Spinning Fire had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 266.1lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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24 - 14 - 0 |
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19 - 20 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful |
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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 24 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Spinning Fire!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nathan Leal!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Elvis Blanc and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fire ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Fire lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Fire shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Fire slows the pace down in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fire 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fire 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.
Fire controlling the pace.
Leal is trying to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leal has hold of Fire's hands but Fire slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Fire controlling the pace.
Leal avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Fire.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Fire in particular looking to stall.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Fire lands a nice short elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fire controlling the pace.
Fire landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fire lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Fire lands strikes from half guard.
Fire sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Fire throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Fire trying to control the pace.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Leal makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Leal.
Fire chips away with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fire controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Fire 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.
Fire with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Leal really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Fire. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Fire scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Fire chips away with some ground and pound.
Fire seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Fire's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Fire is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Fire seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Leal keeping moving, preventing Fire from controlling successfully.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Fire's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Spinning Fire dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Leal takes one to the side of the head.
Fire connects with a single shot there.
Fire lands a two punch combo.
Fire lands with a straight right. Leal didn't see that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fire instigates a clinch.
Fire breaks from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fire punishes Leal's body with a nice straight punch.
Nice body punch from Fire.
Fire is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
No joy there for Fire, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jab by Fire.
Fire doesn't manage to clinch there - Leal circles away.
It seemed like Leal was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Spinning Fire is winning the standup battle so far.
Fire closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Leal tries to pull guard but Fire forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Fire stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fire is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Leal is trying to pull guard but Fire has him pressed against the cage.
Fire's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Leal takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Fire lands a nice shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leal takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jab from Fire.
Leal takes a jab right on the kisser.
It looks like Fire has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
A shot to the liver by Fire. Beautiful body shot.
A jab lands there for Fire.
Fire rushes Leal and starts throwing punches like they are going out of style! Leal is up against the cage and has nowhere to go. Fire piles on the pressure and Leal crumples to the floor! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Spinning Fire!
Spinning Fire seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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