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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Luke Gardner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Walker Patton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Walker Patton was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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177 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
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183 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
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Good low kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luke Gardner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Walker Patton!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gardner fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Patton gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Gardner's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Patton will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Donk. Gardner catches Patton right on the button with a cross.
Patton wants to clinch up but Gardner keeps it at a distance.
Patton takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
It looks like Walker Patton has been cut.
Gardner lands a body shot.
A low kick from Patton is predictable there
and Gardner counters with a stiff right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gardner listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gardner throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Patton's head.
Patton throws a low kick but Gardner moves out of range easily.
A good leg kick by Gardner.
Patton throws a body punch but Gardner moves out of range.
Gardner jabs at Patton's body.
Gardner scores with the left hand. Patton knows he should have avoided that one.
Patton on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Gardner bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Patton's head backwards.
Gardner throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Patton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gardner.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gardner throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gardner throws a head kick that half lands.
Gardner swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Patton.
Patton throws a chopping leg kick but Gardner manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A solid leg kick lands there for Gardner.
Gardner connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gardner explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Patton moves out of range as Gardner throws a body kick.
A solid body kick from Gardner.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gardner lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nice cross by Gardner.
Patton drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A jab from Gardner does it's job there.
Gardner comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Gardner lands a really nice looking cross but Patton seems unphased.
Gardner connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Gardner throws a nice head kick!
That has opened up Walker Patton's cut even more.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gardner tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Patton avoids the body shot from Gardner.
Patton tries to clinch but Gardner moves out of range.
Gardner lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Patton takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Gardner fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Gardner throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Gardner feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Patton's calf.
Gardner throws a hook to the side of Patton's head but Patton sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Patton tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gardner paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Patton looks to score with a jab to the body but Gardner is just out of range.
Gardner pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gardner tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Gardner fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Gardner is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Gardner lands a jab to Patton's midsection.
Gardner lands a head kick!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patton misses with a right hand
and Gardner connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gardner lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Gardner thuds his right hand into Patton's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Gardner lands a nice looking body shot.
Patton takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Gardner tries to land a leg kick but Patton saw it coming and moves away.
Patton lands a nice shot to the body.
Patton has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gardner wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Patton has him pressed against the cage.
Patton pressing his opponent against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Patton looking to stall.
Gardner wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gardner is trying to break the clinch but Patton is controlling him.
Patton prevents Gardner from breaking the clinch.
Gardner wants to get back to striking at distance but Patton won't allow it.
Patton blocks a body shot from Gardner.
Patton is trying to force a seperation but Gardner has the dominant position.
Patton prevents Gardner from breaking the clinch.
Gardner wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Patton has him pressed against the cage.
Patton throws an elbow but it misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Patton tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gardner's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luke Gardner dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Walker Patton's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Nice uppercut there from Gardner.
Luke Gardner is winning the standup battle so far.
Patton misses with a low kick.
Gardner blocks a leg kick.
Gardner dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Patton tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gardner swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Gardner swings for the body but Patton moves out of range.
Gardner misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A slapping body kick lands there for Gardner.
Patton avoids the head kick by Gardner.
Gardner throws a head kick that misses.
Patton misses with a low kick.
Patton throws a low kick but Gardner avoids it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Patton.
Patton attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Gardner is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Patton can do to turn this around?
Gardner cracks the inside of Patton's front leg.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gardner lands with a thumping leg kick.
Gardner avoids the body shot from Patton.
Gardner looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Patton on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Gardner. Gardner obviously looking to wear him down.
A good leg kick by Patton.
Gardner throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gardner throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Patton on the side of the head.
Patton uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gardner.
Patton throws a right hand that misses
and Gardner counters with a head kick.
Gardner scores with a jab.
The cut above Walker Patton's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Gardner throws a wild body kick that Patton sees coming a mile off.
Patton blocks a head kick by Gardner.
Patton misses the shot to the body.
Patton lands with a slapping head kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gardner's jab looks to have found its range, popping Patton under the eye.
Gardner's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Gardner duly obliges.
Gardner tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Patton was well out of range. Poor timing from Gardner.
Gardner cracks Patton with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Patton is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Gardner rather than just go for the knockout.
Patton misses with a double jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gardner throws a nice head kick!
Patton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gardner scores with a spinning back kick!
Gardner connects with a leg kick. Patton looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Gardner connects with a crisp jab.
Patton looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Gardner throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Patton has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gardner throws a push kick but Patton slaps the foot to one side.
Patton motions for Gardner to come forward. Patton throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gardner swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Patton's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Patton takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Patton scores with a leg kick.
Walker Patton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gardner moves out of range as Patton throws a body kick.
Gardner throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Gardner connects with a crisp jab.
Walker Patton's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Patton fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gardner, pushing him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patton can't find room to land a body shot as Gardner controls the action.
Gardner's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Gardner escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Patton avoids a kick to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Patton misses the target.
Gardner lands the left hand.
Gardner just misses with a punch to the body.
Gardner lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Patton takes a kick to the side of the head.
Gardner bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Gardner lunges at Patton with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Patton's hand.
Patton throws a leg kick
and Gardner counters with a nice body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Patton moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Patton takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Patton throws a leg kick but Gardner sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Patton tries to clinch but Gardner moves out of range.
Gardner scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Walker Patton's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Luke Gardner!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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