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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Davonte Durant (ranked 1726 p4p, 1258 weight class) and Crazy Legs (ranked 179 p4p, 134 weight class). Durant's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, No Bullets Fly - Sabaton. Legs has chosen Walk - Pantera as his entrance music. Davonte Durant has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Dangerous knees
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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 6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Davonte Durant!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Crazy Legs!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Eddie Farnsworth and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Durant is looking to land body kicks.
Jab, jab by Legs - just one landing.
Durant connects with a crisp jab.
It looks like Crazy Legs has been cut.
Crazy Legs seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Legs throws a jab when Durant was well out of range.
It looked like Durant wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Durant closes the distance and pushes Legs back into the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Durant fails to land.
Legs on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Durant trying to stall but Legs improves his position.
Legs takes a knee right on the jaw!
Legs throws a punch but it's blocked by Durant.
Durant lands a knee to the body.
Durant misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Legs.
Durant with a knee to the head.
Durant tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Durant lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Durant throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Legs blocks it with crossed arms.
Legs stalling in the clinch.
Legs working aggressively here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Legs swings wildly with an uppercut but Durant uses good head movement to avoid it.
Durant blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Durant has a couple of punches blocked by Legs.
Legs on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Durant lands a left hand that snaps the head of Legs backwards.
Legs pushes Durant back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Legs blocks an uppercut.
Durant misses with a knee strike.
Durant with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Durant misses with some punches.
Durant's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Legs scores with a shot to the side of Durant's head.
Legs pushes Durant back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Legs swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Legs managing to block the knees to the body from Durant.
Legs misses with some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durant working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Durant working aggressively here.
Legs lands a right hand.
Durant swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Durant blocks a body shot from Legs.
A short right from Legs.
Durant throws a knee to the head but misses.
Durant working Legs over with knees to the body.
Durant tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Durant looking to throw knees to the head but Legs is blocking nicely.
Legs blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Legs avoiding damage.
Durant trying to land knees to the body.
Legs works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Legs scores with a shot to the side of Durant's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legs is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Durant trying to stall but Legs improves his position.
Our sources have told us that Durant has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Durant swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Durant misses with a knee to the head.
Durant trying to land knees to the body.
Durant blocking some punches.
Legs lands a hook that snaps the head of Durant backwards.
Durant tries to land knees in the clinch but Legs avoids the damage to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Durant.
Durant pressing his opponent against the cage.
Durant trying to land knees to the body.
Durant tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durant looking to throw knees to the head but Legs is blocking nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Legs.
Durant blocking some punches.
Legs managing to block the knees to the body from Durant.
Legs gets through Durant's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Durant tries to land a knee to the head but Legs blocks with his arms.
Legs's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Legs misses with the head strike.
Nice body punch from Legs.
Durant trying to land knees to the body.
Legs lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Durant tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Legs avoids it.
The referee is keeping an eye on Legs - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Legs holding his opponent close, against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Davonte Durant dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Crazy Legs's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Durant misses with an attempted mid kick.
Durant is looking to clinch.
Legs checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Decent striking displayed by Durant there.
Durant staying out of range there.
Legs misses with a wild combination.
Legs rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Durant counters with a thumping low kick.
Davonte Durant is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Durant ducks under a wild hook from Legs.
Durant misses with a head kick.
Durant fails with an attempt to clinch.
Legs misses with a looping left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durant tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Legs manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A big left from Legs misses.
Durant doesn't manage to clinch there - Legs circles away.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Legs checks a leg kick.
Legs lands a front kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durant tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Legs paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Donk. Legs catches Durant right on the button with a cross.
Durant thows a left - swing and a miss!
Crazy Legs seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Durant attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A big left from Durant misses.
Legs replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Durant blocks it well.
Legs fakes the leg kick and cracks Durant in the body.
Durant fails with an attempt to clinch.
A little jabbing left from Legs on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Legs lands a nice looking kick to the body. Durant takes a step back to recover.
Durant throws a low kick but Legs avoids it.
Durant tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Legs misses with a straight right.
An attempted straight right counter from Durant misses the target.
Legs fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Durant checks it well.
Durant takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Legs tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Durant was well out of range. Poor timing from Legs.
Durant misses with a combination
and Legs counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Durant tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Legs paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legs misses with a jab, cross combination.
Durant uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Legs.
Durant scores with a crisp jab that stopped Legs in his tracks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Durant tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Durant slips under a jab.
Legs is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Durant thows a body kick. Legs tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Legs swats away the attempt to clinch by Durant.
Legs checks a leg kick nicely.
Legs takes a swing at Durant's ribcage but misses.
Good shot there by Legs.
Decent striking displayed by Legs there.
Legs moves out of range as Durant strikes.
Durant throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Durant tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Durant takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durant throws a lazy right hand but Legs sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Legs throws an overhand right that lands on Durant's shoulder, as Durant tries to avoid the shot.
Durant is looking to clinch.
Legs throws a counter combo.
Durant tries to clinch there but Legs circles away.
Durant throws the left hand but Legs avoids the punch easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Legs misses the target.
Durant wants to clinch but Legs slips to the side
and Legs counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Legs lands a nice looking kick to the body. Durant takes a step back to recover.
Legs lands with an uppercut that bounces Durant off the cage and back into range.
Durant dodges the punch combination from Legs.
Nice body punch from Legs.
Durant throws a hook to the side of Legs's head but Legs sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durant throws a head kick that misses.
Durant ducks under a wild hook from Legs.
Legs throws out a loose jab but Durant uses good head movement to avoid it.
Legs avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Durant is looking to clinch but Legs is avoiding it.
Legs throws a front kick that sends Durant stumbling back into the cage.
Durant will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Legs throws a head kick that Durant semi-blocks.
Durant throws a solid leg kick but Legs takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Durant.
Durant will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Durant tries to clinch but Legs moves away
and Legs counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Durant tries to clinch up.
Durant tries to close the distance and clinch but Legs swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Durant fails with an attempt to clinch.
Legs connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Crazy Legs showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Crazy Legs's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Legs throws a head kick that misses.
Durant moves into the clinch.
Legs looking to stall.
Durant is trying to stall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Durant.
Legs fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Legs lands a hook that snaps the head of Durant backwards.
Knees in the clinch landing for Durant.
Durant scores with a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Legs takes a knee right on the jaw!
Legs working aggressively here.
Durant landing knees to the body.
Durant misses with a knee to the head.
Legs misses with a punch on the inside.
Legs takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Durant connects with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Durant.
Legs scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Legs working aggressively here.
Legs is looking to control Durant's arms but Durant gets an underhook and turns him. Now Legs has his back to the cage.
Durant tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Durant with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Legs misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Legs tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Durant tries to land a knee to the head but Legs blocks with his arms.
Durant is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Legs is defending well for now.
Durant using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Durant lands with a light punch inside.
Durant lands a left hand.
Durant scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Durant lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Legs backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Durant throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Legs blocks it with crossed arms.
Durant connects with a nasty looking knee right to Legs's face.
The referee calls for Durant to work.
Durant tries to land a knee to the head but Legs blocks with his arms.
Durant tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Durant tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Legs is struggling to control the position.
Legs blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Legs.
Legs swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Durant tries to land knees in the clinch but Legs avoids the damage to the body.
Legs wants to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Durant trying to land knees to the body.
Legs lands a hook to the side of the head.
Legs on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Legs works on Durant's body with a couple of short punches.
Legs struggles to land a body shot inside as Durant controls his hands.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Legs working aggressively here.
Durant tries to land a knee to the head but Legs blocks with his arms.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Durant misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Legs.
Durant with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Legs displaying some good clinch control by pressing Durant up against the cage.
Durant looking to throw knees to the head but Legs is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Durant blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Durant with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Durant with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Legs.
Legs throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Legs avoiding damage as Durant throws knees to the body.
Legs lands a left hand that snaps the head of Durant backwards.
Durant fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Legs scores with a nice short uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Durant stalling in the clinch but Legs improves position.
Legs lands with a short punch from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Legs creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Legs lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Durant fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
Davonte Durant showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Durant 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 Columbo Gatti scores the fight 29:28
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 29:28
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Davonte Durant!
A relieved looking Davonte Durant thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
The defeated Crazy Legs had this to say: 'I got paid, I win'.
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