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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leo Clarke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Herbie Fleck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Fleck has chosen Trivium - Down From The Sky as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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220 lbs
13 - 12 - 0 |
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186 cm
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216 lbs
14 - 6 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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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
13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Leo Clarke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 6 - 1, fighting out of New York, Herbie Fleck!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Jonathan Paton and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fleck misses with a left hand
and Clarke makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Fleck throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Clarke sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fleck throws a hook but Clarke blocks it.
Clarke throws a hook to the side of Fleck's head but Fleck sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Clarke stalks Fleck and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Fleck's face. Fleck staggers backwards, shaken.
It looks like Herbie Fleck has been cut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fleck. Clarke does a little dance to reset his feet.
Leo Clarke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fleck misses with a body shot
and Clarke cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Clarke uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fleck.
Fleck misses with a hook. Clarke ducked under it nicely.
Clarke tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fleck swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fleck scores with a jab.
Fleck lands a lovely overhand right.
Fleck takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clarke misses with a right hand
and Fleck connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Clarke uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fleck.
Fleck slips a jab and a cross from Clarke.
Clarke checks the leg kick nicely there.
Clarke fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Fleck misses with a looping right.
Clarke fails to land the takedown.
Fleck lands with a right hand.
Clarke tries to clinch there but Fleck circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fleck throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fleck throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fleck loads up on a big right hand but Clarke slips the punch.
Fleck looks to land a right hand but Clarke moved out of range.
Fleck with a jab.
Fleck swings for the body but Clarke moves out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fleck throws a hook to the side of Clarke's head but Clarke sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Clarke throws a leg kick
and Fleck counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Clarke throws a shot from downtown. Fleck moves away and avoids it.
Fleck slips under a jab from Clarke.
Clarke uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fleck.
Fleck misses with a hook. Clarke ducked under it nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fleck misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Clarke.
Clarke shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Clarke throws a big elbow that misses.
Clarke missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Clarke trying to control the position from guard on top but Fleck is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Clarke postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Fleck not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Fleck has his hands on Clarke's head, controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Herbie Fleck hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Clarke keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fleck.
Fleck throws a body punch but Clarke moves out of range.
Clarke doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fleck misses the jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fleck looks to land a left hand but Clarke moved out of range nicely.
Fleck throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fleck throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And thats the end of the round the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Herbie Fleck will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Herbie Fleck's cut.
That's time! Clarke's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Clarke shoots in looking for a takedown. Fleck tries to sprawl out of it but Clarke keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Fleck manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Clarke throws a big shot that misses.
Clarke on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Fleck dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Clarke throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fleck swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Herbie Fleck seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Clarke wants to clinch.
Fleck loads up on a big right hand but Clarke slips the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fleck ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Clarke moves away.
A telegraphed right hand from Clarke misses the target.
Fleck thows a body shot but no joy.
Fleck throws a right hand that Clarke ducks under and follows up with a left that Clarke also avoids with ease.
Herbie Fleck is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Clarke misses with a right hand
and Fleck counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fleck misses with a jab to the body
letting Clarke counter with a right hand.
Fleck misses with a low kick as Clarke jumps back.
Clarke displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Fleck throws out the jab.
Fleck scores with a shot to the body.
Fleck displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Clarke.
Fleck uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Clarke.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fleck throws a hook to the side of Clarke's head but Clarke sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fleck just misses with a punch to the body.
Fleck thows a left - swing and a miss!
Clarke misses with a hook
and Fleck counters with a nice uppercut.
Clarke is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Clarke closes this distance looking for a takedown but Fleck circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Leo Clarke. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A telegraphed right hand from Fleck misses the target.
Clarke on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fleck lands with a good body shot.
Clarke gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Fleck throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Fleck as he connects with a hook.
Clarke takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Fleck just misses with a punch to the body.
Fleck misses with a body shot.
Clarke wants to land a leg kick but Fleck is out of range.
Clarke has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Fleck finds it's way round the side to connect with Clarke's head.
Clarke moves in looking to clinch but Fleck pushes him off.
Fleck lands with a hook. Clarke tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nice defenses there by Clarke.
Fleck throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Clarke stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clarke thows a body shot but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clarke is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Fleck scores with a jab.
Clarke feints and as Fleck raises his hands in defense, Clarke changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Fleck seems keen to control Clarke's posture.
Clarke trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Fleck holds on and takes a little breather.
Fleck wants to sweep but no luck.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Clarke accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Clarke trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And thats the end of the round the fighters go back to their corners.
Herbie Fleck showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Herbie Fleck's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Fleck works over Clarke's head and body with a nice combination.
It looks like Leo Clarke has been cut.
Fleck cracks Clarke with a good jab.
Clarke is rocked!
Clarke walks straight into a right hand from Fleck - that's dropped him! Fleck jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Clarke from any more punishment! Clarke complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:16 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Herbie Fleck!
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energy
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hype
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