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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between King Laz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Kingston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, King Laz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sam Kingston!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kingston swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kingston throws a series of punches but Laz avoids them all with ease.
Kingston swinging wilding here.
Laz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kingston.
Laz tries to clinch up but Kingston circles away and keeps his distance.
Kingston misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Laz dodges the punch combination from Kingston.
Laz tries to clinch but Kingston moves out of range.
A slow jab from Kingston misses its intended target.
Kingston misses with a double jab.
Kingston throws a right and a left that Laz avoids nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kingston paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kingston is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Laz.
Kingston throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Laz.
Kingston looks gassed!
Laz ducks under a wild hook from Kingston.
Kingston avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kingston throws a series of punches but Laz avoids them all with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laz has managed to clinch.
Laz pulls Kingston into guard.
Kingston throws a strike but Laz rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Kingston utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Laz throwing strikes from guard but Kingston blocks nicely.
Laz thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Kingston wants to sweep but no luck.
Kingston utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kingston looking for a sweep. Not yet Kingston, not yet.
Laz wants to control from the top but Kingston keeps moving.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Kingston throws an overhand right that lands on Laz's shoulder, as Laz tries to avoid the shot.
Kingston throws a looping overhand right but Laz ducks down to avoid it.
Laz clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Laz manages to pull guard.
Laz controlling Kingston's posture.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kingston is looking to work some ground and pound but Laz has wrist control.
Laz pulls Kingston in close to prevent any damage.
Laz is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Kingston is trying to maintain the position but Laz is very close to passing his half guard.
Laz looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Laz in particular looking to stall.
Kingston wants to get back to full guard but Laz has mounted him!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laz can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Kingston is looking to escape.
Laz throws some wild stikes that Kingston manages to avoid easily.
Laz thowing shots but they're missing.
Kingston is in all sorts of trouble here.
Kingston is squirming around, avoiding Laz's attempts to control the action.
Laz throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Laz misses with a head shot.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Laz cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Laz trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Laz is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Kingston can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Laz sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
That's four 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.
Kingston is squirming around, avoiding Laz's attempts to control the action.
Kingston tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Laz looking to finish with strikes here!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Laz misses with a head shot.
Laz throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Kingston because Laz loaded up on that one.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Kingston is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Kingston is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Kingston really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Laz. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Laz content just to control the position here.
Kingston can't escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
King Laz dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Kingston lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Laz circles away quickly and effectively.
Kingston misses with a wild combination.
No joy there for Kingston, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Laz connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kingston's face.
Laz fails to pull guard.
Kingston takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kingston tries to circle away but Laz has him pinned against the cage.
Laz jumps guard but Kingston stands there with Laz around his waist. Laz gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Kingston wants to get back to striking at distance but Laz won't allow it.
Laz jumps guard and drags Kingston to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Laz pulls Kingston in close to his closed guard and prevents Kingston from doing any damage or advancing position.
Laz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Laz lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Kingston!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingston tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Laz thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Laz avoids the attempt from Kingston to control.
Laz punching from mount but Kingston doing a good job of avoiding damage.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Kingston can do anything to dispel that myth.
Laz looking to finish with strikes here!
Laz misses with a head shot.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kingston avoids a series of strikes thrown by Laz.
Kingston is trying desperately to improve position.
Kingston avoids a series of strikes thrown by Laz.
Laz throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Kingston wants to control but Laz is having none of it.
Laz breaks from Kingston's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Kingston is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Laz has control of Kingston's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Kingston regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Laz sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Kingston is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Laz misses with a head shot.
Kingston is working to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laz is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Kingston can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Laz tries to control but Kingston wriggling away.
Laz throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Kingston tries to reverse the position but Laz maintains control.
Kingston tries to hold on but Laz pushes him away.
Laz controlling from mount.
Kingston is looking to improve his position but Laz isn't that keen on the idea.
Kingston is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's four 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.
Laz punching from mount but Kingston doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Laz throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Laz throwing strikes here but Kingston is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Kingston is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Kingston is squirming around, avoiding Laz's attempts to control the action.
Kingston is wriggling around trying to escape.
Laz can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Kingston is looking to escape.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Kingston tries to lock up and control but Laz gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
King Laz dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Laz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kingston swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kingston tries to keep at a distance but Laz has taken the fight into the clinch.
Laz manages to pull guard.
Kingston stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Laz swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Laz is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Laz controlling Kingston's posture.
Kingston wants to stand but Laz is controlling his posture from full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laz manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Kingston manages to get himself to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingston preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Laz throwing strikes from guard but Kingston blocks nicely.
Laz thows a big elbow that misses.
Laz 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.
Laz throwing strikes from guard but Kingston blocks nicely.
Laz postures up.
Laz landing some decent shots from guard.
Laz trying to control the position from guard on top but Kingston is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Laz advances position into side control!
Kingston wants to get back to his feet but Laz drags him back down.
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.
Kingston misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Laz throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Who's going to make the next move?
Laz misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
An elbow from Laz crashes against the mat.
Laz looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Kingston tries to improve position but can't.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
A telegraphed right hand from Kingston misses the target.
Laz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kingston.
Kingston swats away the attempt to clinch by Laz.
King Laz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Laz slips under a jab from Kingston.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kingston loads up on a big right hand but Laz slips the punch.
Laz tries to clinch but Kingston is having none of it.
Kingston tries to keep at a distance but Laz has taken the fight into the clinch.
Laz jumps guard but Kingston stands there with Laz around his waist. Laz gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Laz crunches a lovely knee into Kingston's ribcage.
Laz with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kingston wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Laz has him pressed against the cage.
Kingston can't break the clinch.
Laz tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Kingston just stands there and leans against the cage.
Laz jumps guard but Kingston stands there with Laz around his waist. Laz gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for King Laz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kingston is trying to break free.
Laz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Laz fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Kingston tries to circle away but Laz has him pinned against the cage.
Laz manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Kingston wants to control from the top but Laz keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kingston postures up.
Kingston 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.
Kingston wants to stand but Laz has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Kingston trying to control but Laz is working from the bottom.
Kingston wants to stand and escape but instead Laz has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Laz postures up in Kingston's guard and throws a big left but Kingston blocks it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Laz won't allow Kingston to sweep him here.
Sam Kingston has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
King Laz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Kingston swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
King Laz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Laz 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... King Laz!
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