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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Cuba Gooding (ranked 2342 p4p, 2014 weight class) and Emanuel Le Delma (ranked 241 p4p, 212 weight class). Gooding comes into the arena with Everything is Right (ft. Devilish Trio) - Skeler blaring out of the sound system. Le Delma has chosen Hey Oh as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cuba Gooding!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Emanuel Le Delma!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Le Delma walks into a straight right hand from Gooding.
Gooding fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Gooding shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Le Delma napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Le Delma on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Gooding throws a strike aimed at the side of Le Delma's head but Le Delma avoids it well.
Le Delma is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Gooding landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Gooding throwing shots but Le Delma is blocking nicely.
Well, if Gooding is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Delma is positioning himself well to prevent Gooding advancing to mount.
Le Delma trying to control but Gooding postures up.
Gooding lands strikes from half guard.
Gooding content to control rather than advance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Le Delma controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Le Delma is not content to let Gooding control the position.
Le Delma is trying to get back to full guard.
Gooding sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Le Delma moves to clinch but Gooding breaks away
and Gooding counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gooding instigates a clinch.
Le Delma takes a shot to the head.
Gooding is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Le Delma gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Gooding has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Le Delma avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Gooding drops down looking for an ankle pick but Le Delma pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Cuba Gooding. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Le Delma misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
An attempted straight right counter from Gooding misses the target.
Le Delma fails with a takedown attempt.
Gooding appears to be looking for a big counter.
Le Delma throws a body kick that misses
and Gooding counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gooding lands with a straight right. Le Delma didn't see that one coming.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Le Delma enables Gooding to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Le Delma manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Gooding has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Gooding not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gooding makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Gooding throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Gooding is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gooding accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gooding works over Le Delma with some ground and pound from guard.
Gooding loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Gooding throwing strikes but missing.
Gooding lands a couple of digs.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Cuba Gooding dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Gooding gets a takedown into half guard.
Gooding trying to control the action but Le Delma is working from the bottom.
Le Delma has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Punchin N\' Chockin. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Gooding working the head and body with strikes.
Le Delma wants to get back to his feet.
Gooding thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Le Delma is not content to let Gooding control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Le Delma is trying to get back to full guard.
Gooding is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, if Gooding is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Nice strikes from Gooding there.
Gooding is looking for a kimura but Le Delma is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Gooding to get the leverage.
Gooding sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Gooding is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Le Delma can do to turn this around?
Gooding wants to control but Le Delma is keeping him busy.
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.
Gooding passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Le Delma!
Le Delma is trying desperately to improve position.
Le Delma is squirming around, avoiding Gooding's attempts to control the action.
Le Delma in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Gooding with good strikes from the mount here!
Le Delma bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Le Delma wants to control from the top but Gooding keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le Delma trying to stand up but can't free himself from Gooding's guard.
Gooding is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Gooding has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Le Delma stopping the sweep attempt from Gooding.
Le Delma in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Gooding tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gooding wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Le Delma looking to sit in guard and control but Gooding gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Gooding is stalling in the full guard.
Gooding working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Le Delma is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Gooding working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Cuba Gooding dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Gooding clinches up with Le Delma and pushes him back against the cage.
Gooding prevents the takedown attempt.
Le Delma wants a takedown but no success here.
Gooding stalls.
Gooding drops down looking for an ankle pick but Le Delma pulls his leg out and moves away.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Le Delma enables Gooding to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Le Delma manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Gooding is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gooding postures up in Le Delma's guard and throws a big left but Le Delma blocks it.
Le Delma is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Gooding keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Le Delma's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gooding's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Le Delma looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gooding is one step ahead there.
Le Delma is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Gooding scoring with some ground and pound.
Gooding controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Gooding makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Le Delma tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Le Delma utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Gooding throws a big right hand that misses.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Le Delma has momentary wrist control but Gooding slips an elbow through the middle.
Le Delma trying to control the position.
Le Delma has his hands on Gooding's head, controlling the position.
Gooding chips away with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gooding throwing strikes but missing.
Gooding working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Gooding postures up in Le Delma's guard and throws a big left but Le Delma blocks it.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Gooding lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Emanuel Le Delma has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A slow jab from Le Delma misses its intended target.
Gooding looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Gooding connects with the punch.
Le Delma throws a right hand that Gooding ducks under and follows up with a left that Gooding also avoids with ease.
Le Delma swings widly with a right hand
letting Gooding counter with a right hand.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Gooding checks a leg kick.
Le Delma is trying hard to land a takedown here. Gooding sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Cuba Gooding has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Emanuel Le Delma.
Gooding instigates a clinch.
Le Delma prevents the takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le Delma is pressed up against the cage. Gooding has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Le Delma down to the mat. Le Delma avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Emanuel Le Delma seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gooding gets the takedown into side control.
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!
You can see the frustration on Le Delma's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
An elbow from Gooding crashes against the mat.
Le Delma tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Le Delma takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
You can see the frustration on Le Delma's face as Gooding controls the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Le Delma prevents Gooding from improving position.
Gooding throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cuba Gooding showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gooding has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cuba Gooding!
Cuba Gooding 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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RATING
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