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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Leonardo Esposito (ranked 1572 p4p, 1742 weight class) and Holden Easterly (ranked 186 p4p, 203 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Very quick |
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BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Heavy handed |
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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 23 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Leonardo Esposito!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, Holden Easterly !
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Stewart Dunkirk and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Esposito throws a leg kick
and Easterly counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Esposito misses with an uppercut. Easterly saw that one coming.
Easterly only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Easterly throws a leg kick which misses Esposito's front leg but catches the back leg as Esposito tries to avoid it.
Easterly has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Esposito throws a right hand that Easterly ducks under and follows up with a left that Easterly also avoids with ease.
Easterly lands a head kick!
Easterly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Esposito.
Esposito throws a right and a left that both miss.
Easterly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Esposito tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Esposito moves out of range of the strikes.
Easterly avoids the body shot from Esposito.
Esposito lands a leg kick that knocks Easterly off balance momentarily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Easterly lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Esposito throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Esposito pushes Easterly up against the cage in a clinch.
Esposito blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Easterly .
Easterly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Easterly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Easterly scores with a shoulder strike.
Easterly lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Esposito backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Esposito misses with a punch to the body.
Esposito lands a left hand that snaps the head of Easterly backwards.
Esposito lands a shoulder strike.
Esposito digs a right hand into Easterly 's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Easterly 's gas tank.
Easterly swings wildly with an uppercut but Esposito uses good head movement to avoid it.
Easterly misses with some punches.
Esposito lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Easterly or not.
Easterly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A shot in the inside from Easterly .
Easterly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Esposito can't find room to land a body shot as Easterly controls the action.
Esposito is leaning against Easterly and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Esposito.
Easterly throws a punch but it's blocked by Esposito.
Easterly throws a punch but it's blocked by Esposito.
A head punch on the inside from Easterly fails to land.
Easterly swings wildly with an uppercut but Esposito uses good head movement to avoid it.
Still in the clinch, Esposito scores with a nice short uppercut.
Easterly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Easterly tries to land a knee to the head but Esposito blocks with his arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A shot in the inside from Esposito.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Esposito.
Easterly tries a knee to the head but Esposito blocks it.
Esposito lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Esposito misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Easterly .
A head punch on the inside from Esposito fails to land.
Easterly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Easterly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Esposito misses with a hook to the ribs.
Easterly has a couple of punches blocked by Esposito.
Esposito lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Easterly throws a head punch that misses.
Esposito displaying some good clinch control by pressing Easterly up against the cage.
Easterly with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A head punch on the inside from Easterly fails to land.
Easterly blocking some punches.
Esposito trying to land knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Easterly fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Easterly .
Easterly tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Esposito lands a body punch.
Esposito blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Esposito lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Easterly backwards.
Easterly throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Esposito blocks it with crossed arms.
Esposito is pushing Easterly up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A nice left hand lands by Esposito.
Esposito tries a body shot but Easterly blocks it.
A right handed body shot lands from Esposito.
Easterly looks winded!
Esposito scores with a shoulder strike.
Esposito is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Nice body punch from Esposito - that landed with a thud.
Esposito blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Easterly misses with the head strike.
Easterly 's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Easterly being controlled against the cage.
Esposito taking a breather.
Esposito stalling.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Easterly working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Esposito.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A short uppercut from Esposito.
Esposito stalling.
A short uppercut from Easterly .
Esposito blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Esposito blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Easterly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Easterly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Esposito lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Easterly backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Esposito.
Esposito lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Easterly backwards.
Esposito avoiding damage.
Esposito lands a right hand.
A right handed body shot lands from Esposito.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Good body shot from Esposito.
Esposito lands an uppercut.
Esposito will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Easterly up against the cage.
Esposito lands with a short punch from the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Leonardo Esposito dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Easterly thows a left - swing and a miss!
Esposito is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Easterly .
Esposito misses with a wild combination.
Easterly swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Easterly throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Esposito closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Easterly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Esposito blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Esposito slowing the pace effectively.
Esposito gets through Easterly 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Esposito has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Easterly .
A shot in the inside from Easterly .
A head punch on the inside from Easterly fails to land.
Easterly working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Easterly misses with a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Easterly swings wildly with an uppercut but Esposito uses good head movement to avoid it.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Easterly as Esposito tries to tie him up.
Esposito has a couple of punches blocked by Easterly .
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Easterly .
Still in the clinch, Esposito scores with a nice short uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Esposito.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Easterly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Esposito taking a breather.
Easterly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Esposito tries to land knees in the clinch but Easterly avoids the damage to the body.
Easterly has a couple of punches blocked by Esposito.
Esposito blocking some punches.
Easterly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short body shot lands from Esposito as the two fighters clinch.
Easterly throws a head punch that misses.
Esposito pushes Easterly back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Easterly is breathing heavily.
Esposito blocks an uppercut.
Easterly with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Esposito lands a nice uppercut.
Esposito lands a shoulder strike.
Leonardo Esposito has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A head punch on the inside from Easterly fails to land.
A short left from Esposito.
Easterly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Easterly pushes Esposito back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Easterly avoiding damage as Esposito throws knees to the body.
Esposito softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Easterly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Easterly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Esposito makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Come on Esposito - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Esposito lands an uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Esposito.
Esposito blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Easterly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Esposito tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Easterly 's elbow.
Esposito is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Easterly takes a shot to the head.
A short left from Esposito.
Esposito gets through Easterly 's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Esposito lands a right hand that snaps the head of Easterly backwards.
Esposito lands a nice shot to the body.
Esposito lands with a right to the head.
Easterly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Esposito lands a right hand that snaps the head of Easterly backwards.
Esposito lands a body shot in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Easterly has a couple of punches blocked by Esposito.
Esposito blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Easterly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Esposito takes a shot to the head.
Easterly swings wildly with an uppercut but Esposito uses good head movement to avoid it.
Easterly with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Esposito lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A short right from Esposito.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Esposito creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Esposito taking a breather.
Esposito lands a right hand that snaps the head of Easterly backwards.
Easterly misses with the head strike.
Esposito lands a shot to the body.
Esposito lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Esposito scores with a nice hook to the head.
Esposito scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Esposito lands a right hand that snaps the head of Easterly backwards.
Esposito tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Esposito stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Easterly tries to land a knee to the head but Esposito blocks with his arms.
Esposito pushes Easterly back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Esposito.
Esposito lands a shot to the body.
Esposito lands a shoulder strike.
Esposito lands a right hand that snaps the head of Easterly backwards.
Easterly is rocked!
Esposito works on Easterly 's body with a couple of short punches.
Easterly is still on wobbly legs! Can Esposito finish him?
Esposito with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Easterly seems to have recovered his senses.
Esposito stalling in the clinch.
Esposito lands with a right to the head.
Still in the clinch, Esposito scores with a nice short uppercut.
Easterly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Esposito softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Esposito.
A right handed body shot lands from Esposito.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Esposito digs a right hand into Easterly 's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Easterly 's gas tank.
Esposito lands with a left to the head.
Esposito leaning against his opponent.
Esposito lands a nice uppercut.
Esposito lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Leonardo Esposito dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Esposito wobbles Easterly with a right hand and the left hook that follows puts him on his rear! Esposito dives in with a huge flying punch that connects right on the button and puts Easterly to sleep! - What a violent and spectacular finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Leonardo Esposito!
In his post fight interview, Leonardo Esposito started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
In defeat, Holden Easterly stepped up to the mic, saying 'I had COVID'.
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energy
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