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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Leroy Michel (ranked 919 p4p, 1691 weight class) and Palo Meta (ranked 109 p4p, 189 weight class). Michel comes to the cage accompanied by GILBERT BECAUD ET MAINTENANT 1964 LIVE IN AMSTERDAM. Meta comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Welcome To Jamrock - Damian Marley kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Excellent boxer
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Leroy Michel!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Palo Meta!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Ryoma Takatsuka and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Michel ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Meta just misses with a punch to the body.
Michel misses with an uppercut
and Meta counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Michel misses with a hook.
Meta lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Michel has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Savate Club in the buildup to the fight.
Michel with a nice cross.
It looks like Palo Meta has been cut.
Michel swings for the body but Meta moves out of range.
Meta connects with a body shot that sends Michel's belly button to the back.
Michel throws an off balance right hand
and Meta counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Meta lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Meta throws a shot from downtown. Michel moves away and avoids it.
Michel fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Meta looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Michel walks into a left hand.
Meta uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Michel.
Meta steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Michel.
Michel cracks Meta with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Michel works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Michel connects with a body shot.
Michel cracks Meta with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Michel has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Meta to stand back up!
Meta is rocked!
Meta ducks under a wild hook from Michel.
Michel connects with a body shot that sends Meta's belly button to the back.
Leroy Michel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Meta lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A jab lands there for Michel.
Meta tries to keep at a distance but Michel has taken the fight into the clinch.
Meta goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Michel cracks Meta with a nice body shot.
Michel tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Meta's elbow.
Michel pushes Meta back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Michel misses with a hook from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Michel.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meta working aggressively here.
Michel misses with the head strike.
Michel lands with a short shot to the head.
Meta blocking some punches.
Meta throws a punch but it's blocked by Michel.
Meta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Meta swings wildly with an uppercut but Michel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Michel lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Meta misses with a punch on the inside.
Meta blocks an uppercut.
Meta lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Meta struggles to land a body shot inside as Michel controls his hands.
Meta lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Michel.
Meta swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Meta scores with a shot to the side of Michel's head.
Meta misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Michel lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Michel lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Meta prevents a body shot from Michel.
Meta misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Meta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Michel tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Meta misses with a hook from the clinch.
Michel tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Meta's elbow.
Meta throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Michel.
Meta misses with a short punch on the inside.
Michel lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Michel lands an uppercut.
Michel has a couple of punches blocked by Meta.
Meta blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Michel blocks a body shot from Meta.
Michel lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Meta misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Meta.
Michel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Meta tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michel misses with a hook to the ribs.
Michel tries to throw a body punch but Meta avoids it by throwing Michel back against the cage.
Michel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Meta.
Meta misses with the head strike.
Meta blocks a body shot from Michel.
Meta takes a shot to the head.
Michel swings wildly with an uppercut but Meta uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Michel.
Michel blocks a body shot from Meta.
Meta blocks a body shot from Michel.
Michel scores with a hook to the body.
Meta lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Meta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Michel tries to throw a body punch but Meta avoids it by throwing Michel back against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Meta tries to throw a body punch but Michel avoids it by throwing Meta back against the cage.
Michel lands with a light punch inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Michel.
Michel misses with some punches.
Michel is stalling here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Leroy Michel dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Palo Meta's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Michel throws a lazy uppercut
and Meta counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Meta scores with a shot to the body.
Michel uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Meta.
Michel looks to throw the jab but Meta is out of range.
Michel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Meta throws a hook to the side of Michel's head but Michel sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nice uppercut lands for Meta. That snapped Michel's head back.
Michel scores with a nice head shot.
Michel thows a left - swing and a miss!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meta avoids the body shot from Michel.
A slow jab from Michel misses its intended target.
Meta scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Michel avoids the body shot from Meta.
Michel ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Meta moves away.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Michel throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Meta to counter with a crisp jab.
Decent striking displayed by Michel there.
Meta misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The fighters circling - Michel throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Meta moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
It looks like Leroy Michel has been cut.
Meta steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Michel.
Meta lands a head shot.
Michel lands a head shot.
Michel misses with a looping left.
Meta is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Michel with a body shot.
Meta defending well as Michel loads up on a big left hand.
Michel is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Meta can do to turn this around?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A jab from Michel finds it's way through Meta's defenses.
Meta comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Meta stuns Michel with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meta works Michel's body with a nice hook.
Michel moves into the clinch successfully.
Michel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Michel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Michel misses with some punches.
Michel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Michel lands with a light punch inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Meta.
Michel tries to work over Meta's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Michel misses with a body punch.
Michel misses with some punches.
Michel tries to throw a body punch but Meta avoids it by throwing Michel back against the cage.
Michel blocks an uppercut.
Meta lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Meta misses with a short punch on the inside.
Meta goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Michel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Michel digs a right hand underneath Meta's ribcage. Meta let out a lung full of air as it connected.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meta can't find room to land a body shot as Michel controls the action.
Michel throws a head punch that misses.
Michel tries to work over Meta's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Michel creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Michel.
Michel misses with a punch to the body.
Michel makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Michel lands a body shot in the clinch.
Michel working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A right hook to the body lands for Michel.
Michel works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short right from Michel on the inside.
Meta tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Meta softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Meta lands a nice uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Michel.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Meta throws a head punch that misses.
Michel stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Meta is breathing heavily.
Meta blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meta lands a body shot in the clinch.
Meta throws a head punch that misses.
Michel lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Michel gets through Meta's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Meta fails to land.
Meta tries to throw a body punch but Michel avoids it by throwing Meta back against the cage.
Michel lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Meta or not.
Meta throws a head punch that misses.
Meta scores with a hook to the body.
Michel working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Michel pushes Meta back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Meta throws a punch but it's blocked by Michel.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Meta.
Meta misses with the head strike.
Meta takes a shot to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Michel misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Michel makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Meta blocks a body shot from Michel.
Michel works on Meta's body with a couple of short punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Leroy Michel will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Michel throws a looping overhand right but Meta ducks down to avoid it.
Michel clinches with his opponent.
Michel scores with a nice hook to the head.
Meta goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Meta misses with the head strike.
Michel lands a hook to the side of the head.
Michel blocks an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Michel.
Michel lands with a right to the head.
Meta is still on wobbly legs! Can Michel finish him?
Meta prevents a body shot from Michel.
Michel manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Meta lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Michel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Meta seems to have recovered his senses.
A head punch on the inside from Meta fails to land.
Michel tries to work over Meta's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Michel has a couple of punches blocked by Meta.
Meta blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meta lands a shoulder strike.
Michel misses with a punch to the body.
Michel swings wildly with an uppercut but Meta uses good head movement to avoid it.
Michel digs a right hand underneath Meta's ribcage. Meta let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Meta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Meta fails to land.
A hook to the body from Michel.
Meta tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Michel's elbow.
Meta struggles to land a body shot inside as Michel controls his hands.
Michel doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Michel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Michel misses with a punch on the inside.
Meta tries to throw a body punch but Michel avoids it by throwing Meta back against the cage.
Meta misses with a punch to the body.
Meta presses Michel against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Michel lands a left hand that snaps the head of Meta backwards.
Meta tries to work over Michel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Michel working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meta fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Michel has Meta pushed against the cage.
Michel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Meta throws a punch but it's blocked by Michel.
Michel working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Michel blocking some punches.
Meta lands a shoulder strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Meta.
Michel misses with a punch on the inside.
Michel lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Michel blocks a body shot from Meta.
Meta lands a right hand that snaps the head of Michel backwards.
Michel lands a body shot.
A short right from Meta on the inside.
Michel lands a shot to the body.
Meta takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Michel lands an uppercut.
Michel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Michel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meta takes a shot to the head.
Michel lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Meta working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Meta.
Meta misses with a hook from the clinch.
Michel softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Michel blocks an uppercut.
Michel lands with a right to the head.
Meta throws a punch but it's blocked by Michel.
Michel tries to work over Meta's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Michel lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Michel lands with a right to the head.
Michel working aggressively here.
Michel lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Michel scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Michel.
Meta blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Michel makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Michel goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meta pushes Michel back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Meta on the inside.
Meta misses with a short punch on the inside.
Michel lands a body punch in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Michel.
Meta has a couple of punches blocked by Michel.
Michel lands an uppercut.
Leroy Michel has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Michel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Michel tries to throw a body punch but Meta avoids it by throwing Michel back against the cage.
Meta misses with a body punch.
Meta scores with a nice hook to the head.
Michel misses with some punches.
Michel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Meta swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Michel.
Meta swings wildly with an uppercut but Michel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Michel misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Michel blocking some punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Leroy Michel clearly takes that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Michel's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Meta!
Michel misses with a hook to the body
and Meta counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Jab from Michel.
Donk. Meta catches Michel right on the button with a cross.
Meta misses with a body shot.
Meta cracks Michel with an open hand slap.
Palo Meta seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Meta misses with a hook
and Michel counters with a big right hand! Oh Meta is in trouble here! Michel follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leroy Michel!
Leroy Michel is the new middleweight champion!
A very excited looking Leroy Michel made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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