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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Joe Farrah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pierre Ciccazzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Farrah comes to the cage accompanied by Work In Progress. Joe Farrah has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joe Farrah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pierre Ciccazzo!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Gregory Folan and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Farrah scores with a kick to the body.
A head kick misses from Farrah.
Farrah really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Farrah tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ciccazzo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ciccazzo throws a head kick that misses
and Farrah counters with a nice uppercut.
Ciccazzo throws a lazy head kick
and Farrah counters with a low kick, right behind Ciccazzo 's knee.
Ciccazzo looks gassed!
Farrah bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Farrah wants to control but Ciccazzo is keeping him busy.
Ciccazzo wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Farrah decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Ciccazzo throws a sloppy head kick
and Farrah counters with a single leg into guard. Ciccazzo didn't expect that.
Ciccazzo is looking to stand up but Farrah isn't so interested in that idea.
Ciccazzo manages to escape and get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farrah throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ciccazzo throws a head kick that misses
and Farrah counters with an inside leg kick.
Farrah tries to clinch but Ciccazzo moves out of range.
Ciccazzo throws a head kick that misses
and Farrah counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Farrah.
Farrah tries to pull guard but Ciccazzo holds him up against the cage and eventually Farrah drops back down to his feet.
Ciccazzo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Farrah fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Farrah manages to break the clinch.
Ciccazzo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Farrah connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Ciccazzo tries a head kick but it misses.
Farrah gets the takedown into side control.
Ciccazzo pushes Farrah away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Farrah gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Ciccazzo explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Farrah blocks a head kick by Ciccazzo.
Farrah decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ciccazzo wants to get back to his feet.
Ciccazzo has one foot on Farrah's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Farrah blocks a head kick by Ciccazzo.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Farrah - that will leave a mark!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Farrah closes the distance and clinches.
Ciccazzo wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Ciccazzo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ciccazzo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
No luck for Farrah with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Farrah. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Farrah - that will leave a mark!
Farrah misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Ciccazzo throws a sloppy head kick and Farrah moves out of range easily.
Farrah scores with a one two! Ciccazzo had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Ciccazzo throws a sloppy head kick
and Farrah cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ciccazzo throws a lazy head kick
and Ciccazzo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ciccazzo throws a head kick that misses
and Farrah counters with a solid body kick.
Ciccazzo throws a head kick that misses
and Farrah counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Ciccazzo is trying to stand up here but Farrah is controlling him well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Farrah decides to return to a standing position.
Ciccazzo throws a sloppy head kick
and Farrah counters with a single leg into guard. Ciccazzo didn't expect that.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Farrah trying to control the position from guard on top but Ciccazzo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ciccazzo wants to get back to his feet but Farrah is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Farrah sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Farrah is standing up over Ciccazzo. Ciccazzo looks to escape but Farrah dives into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ciccazzo wants to get back to his feet.
Farrah in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Ciccazzo is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Farrah decides to stand back up. Farrah steps back and let's Ciccazzo get back to his feet.
Pierre Ciccazzo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A head kick by Ciccazzo misses
and Farrah counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Farrah dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Ciccazzo throws a head kick that misses
and Farrah counters with a big head kick but Ciccazzo shrugs it off.
Joe Farrah is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Farrah shoots in but no luck this time.
Ciccazzo throws a head kick that misses
and Farrah counters with a takedown into side control.
Ciccazzo bucks up and tries to throw Farrah off but instead Farrah has got his back!
Ciccazzo trying to get back to his feet but Farrah is in full control for now.
Farrah has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Ciccazzo looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ciccazzo is keeping busy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ciccazzo is looking to stand back up. He's having to work hard to escape but eventually he manages it.
Ciccazzo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Farrah throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Ciccazzo's waist but Ciccazzo gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Farrah off to one side.
Ciccazzo throws a sloppy head kick
so Farrah counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Farrah stands and steps away. Ciccazzo gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Ciccazzo throws a lazy head kick
and Farrah counters with a head kick. That will keep Ciccazzo thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Farrah lets loose with a powerful body kick. Ciccazzo will feel that in the morning.
Farrah is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Farrah tries for a takedown but Ciccazzo sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Farrah. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ciccazzo throws a lazy head kick
and Farrah counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Farrah landing with the ground and pound.
Ciccazzo wants to stand and escape but Farrah is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farrah stands up from Ciccazzo's guard - Farrah perhaps looking for a knockout.
Farrah is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ciccazzo can do to turn this around?
A head kick by Ciccazzo misses
and Farrah counters with a stiff right hand.
Ciccazzo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Farrah closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Farrah content to control rather than advance.
Ciccazzo is trying to stand.
Farrah decides to stand up.
A head kick misses from Ciccazzo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ciccazzo throws a lazy head kick
and Farrah counters with a thumping low kick.
Ciccazzo throws a head kick that misses.
Farrah has closed the distance and engaged Ciccazzo in a clinch.
Farrah stalling in the clinch.
Ciccazzo breaks from the clinch.
Farrah shoots in for a double leg but Ciccazzo sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Farrah shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Ciccazzo throws a sloppy head kick
and Farrah counters with a body kick that stops Ciccazzo in his tracks momentarily.
Ciccazzo lands a high kick!
Ciccazzo throws a sloppy head kick
and Farrah counters with a big head kick but Ciccazzo shrugs it off.
A head kick by Ciccazzo misses
and Farrah counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Farrah wants to pass the guard but Ciccazzo is defending well.
Farrah scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Joe Farrah overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ciccazzo is trying to stand up here but Farrah is controlling him well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Farrah not doing much here.
Ciccazzo is refusing to be controlled, as Farrah sits in half guard.
Ciccazzo is trying to stand back up but Farrah is controlling him
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
A head kick by Ciccazzo misses
and Farrah counters with a big head kick but Ciccazzo shrugs it off.
Farrah is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Farrah shoots in for a takedown but Ciccazzo shows good takedown defense.
Ciccazzo throws a lazy head kick
and Farrah counters with a nice double leg into guard.
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!
Farrah trying to control the position from guard on top but Ciccazzo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Farrah gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Farrah dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Ciccazzo throws a sloppy head kick
and Farrah counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Farrah.
Farrah drops down looking for an ankle pick but Ciccazzo pulls his leg out and moves away.
Farrah throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Ciccazzo's waist but Ciccazzo gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Farrah off to one side.
Farrah closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ciccazzo tries to break the clinch but Farrah is controlling the position.
Ciccazzo wants to break free but Farrah has control.
Ciccazzo has had enough of the clinch but Farrah keeps him there for the moment.
Farrah with a knee to the head.
Farrah tries to land knees in the clinch but Ciccazzo avoids the damage to the body.
Farrah jumps into guard, dragging Ciccazzo to the mat.
Ciccazzo stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Ciccazzo throws a head kick that misses
and Farrah counters with a nice double leg into side control. Ciccazzo won't be happy with that.
Ciccazzo is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Farrah stands up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farrah lands with a nice body punch.
Farrah shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Ciccazzo is trying to stand back up but Farrah is controlling him
Ciccazzo kicks off Farrah and gets to his feet.
Ciccazzo throws a sloppy head kick
and Farrah counters with a shoot takedown. Ciccazzo fights it but they end up in guard.
Ciccazzo wants to get back to his feet but Farrah passes into half guard.
Ciccazzo tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Farrah manages to move to mount!
Farrah takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ciccazzo is trying to stand but he's not in a good position to be doing that! Farrah has taken his back!
Farrah is looking for the choke from the back position but Ciccazzo is controlling his hands well.
Farrah will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
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!
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Farrah's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Farrah landing with strikes.
Ciccazzo is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Ciccazzo prevents Farrah from getting a body triangle.
Ciccazzo is trying escape back to his feet. He turns into his opponent's guard and eventually finds his way back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Farrah decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Farrah stops Ciccazzo from getting back to his feet.
Farrah decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Farrah fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Joe Farrah. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Farrah throws a head kick that half lands.
Farrah fails to land the takedown.
Ciccazzo throws a sloppy head kick
and Farrah counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Ciccazzo has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Farrah.
Ciccazzo manages to break the clinch.
Farrah tries to clinch but Ciccazzo moves out of range.
Ciccazzo throws a head kick but Farrah moves out of range.
Ciccazzo takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Farrah rushes Ciccazzo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ciccazzo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Farrah fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Pierre Ciccazzo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ciccazzo throws a head kick that misses
and Farrah counters with a leg kick.
Farrah tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ciccazzo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A head kick by Ciccazzo misses
and Farrah counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Ciccazzo throws a sloppy head kick
and Farrah makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A head kick by Ciccazzo misses
and Farrah counters by moving into the clinch.
Farrah looking to stall.
Ciccazzo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Pierre Ciccazzo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ciccazzo throws a head kick that misses
and Farrah counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Farrah.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ciccazzo wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Farrah blocks the elbow strike.
Ciccazzo wants to break the clinch but can't.
Ciccazzo wants to get back to striking at distance but Farrah won't allow it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ciccazzo wants to get back to striking at distance but Farrah won't allow it.
Ciccazzo is trying to break free.
Farrah escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Farrah cracks Ciccazzo with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Farrah doesn't manage to clinch there - Ciccazzo circles away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Farrah showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Farrah 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Farrah!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pertti Rauta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joey Hamilton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joey Hamilton told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power |
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Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pertti Rauta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joey Hamilton!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Elvis Blanc and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hamilton is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rauta wants to clinch but Hamilton slips to the side
and Hamilton counters by clinching up.
Rauta can't get the takedown.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rauta just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hamilton's brow.
Hamilton throws an elbow but it misses.
Hamilton lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rauta.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hamilton throws an elbow but misses.
Hamilton gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Hamilton lands an elbow just above Rauta 's eye.
Hamilton misses with an elbow strike.
Hamilton throws an elbow that misses.
Rauta looking to slow down the pace here.
Hamilton lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Pertti Rauta has been cut.
A knee to the head by Hamilton.
Rauta is rocked!
Rauta can't get the takedown.
Oh Rauta is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hamilton lands a damaging elbow.
Hamilton has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Rauta - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Hamilton, and another! Rauta is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Joey Hamilton!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dougie Flutie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Tutu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dougie Flutie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mark Tutu!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Robert Douchet and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flutie throws a series of strikes that have Tutu backpedaling.
Flutie lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Tutu sprawling to the canvas. Flutie follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Tutu hang on?
Tutu is rocked!
Flutie moves nicely into side control.
Tutu is still in real trouble! Can Flutie finish him?
Flutie tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Flutie looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Tutu seems to have recovered his senses.
Tutu wants to control but Flutie postures up.
Tutu is looking to regain half guard here but Flutie keeps moving and retains side control.
Flutie wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tutu keeps working.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flutie is really struggling to control Tutu but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Tutu being controlled for a moment.
Flutie goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Tutu rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Flutie's guard! Nice work there by Tutu!
Tutu is pushing down on Flutie's leg trying to pass to half guard. Flutie is fighting to maintain full guard but Tutu has managed to sneak the leg through.
Flutie looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Flutie wants to improve his position but Tutu is controlling well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Tutu lands with a punch from half guard.
Tutu is nestled in close to Flutie, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Flutie is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Tutu's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Tutu's back!
Flutie is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Tutu is defending well though. Flutie let's go of the attempt for now.
Flutie is breathing heavily.
Tutu rolls, trying to escape but Flutie keeps control of the position.
Tutu trying to control the action but Flutie just sinks the hooks in.
Flutie is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Tutu knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Tutu for a finish.
Tutu defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Flutie's arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tutu holding both Flutie 's hands and preventing any damage.
Tutu trying to control the action but Flutie just sinks the hooks in.
Flutie working for the choke.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Tutu trying to control the hands but Flutie breaks the grip.
Tutu is trying to stand back up.
Flutie looking for the RNC.
Flutie tries to keep control of the position but Tutu is staying busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dougie Flutie dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Flutie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Flutie lands a jab to the nose.
Dougie Flutie is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tutu throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Tutu shoots in looking for a takedown. Flutie tries to sprawl out of it but Tutu keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Flutie manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Dougie Flutie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tutu wants to clinch up but Flutie keeps it at a distance.
Tutu takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Flutie lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Flutie misses with a series of wild punches.
Flutie tries to bum rush Tutu with a series of wild strikes but Tutu uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tutu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Flutie misses with a jab, cross combination.
Flutie drops Tutu with a beautiful combination! Tutu stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Flutie is looking for the KO!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Flutie jabs at Tutu's body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tutu showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Flutie.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tutu throws a body kick that misses.
Tutu tries to clinch up.
Tutu avoids a punch combination nicely.
Flutie misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tutu closes the distance and clinches.
Flutie is pressed up against the cage. Tutu has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Flutie down to the mat. Flutie avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Flutie scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Flutie throws a series of strikes that have Tutu backpedaling.
Flutie swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tutu tries for a takedown but Flutie sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Dougie Flutie has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Tutu.
Flutie throws a right and a left that Tutu avoids nicely.
Flutie lands with a shot to the body.
Flutie swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tutu takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tutu closes the distance and clinches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Flutie.
Tutu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A punch combination from Flutie misses.
Flutie misses with the combination.
Tutu closes the distance and clinches up with Flutie, looking for a takedown. Tutu pushes Flutie against the cage but Flutie circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Flutie misses with a wild combination.
Tutu staying out of range there.
Tutu steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Flutie.
Oh, that's a big right hand from Flutie and Tutu goes tumbling to the canvas! Flutie follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Flutie wants to free his trapped foot but Tutu is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Tutu trying to control here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flutie prevents Tutu from standing back up.
Flutie is pressing down on Tutu's thigh, looking to free his foot. Tutu is holding on for now.
Flutie passes to full mount!
Tutu tries to hold on but Flutie postures up.
Tutu wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Flutie doesn't have the hooks in and Tutu manages to turn into his guard.
Flutie wants to stand but Tutu is controlling the position.
Flutie is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tutu is looking to improve his position.
Tutu manages to get to full guard.
Flutie trying to control the position from guard on top but Tutu is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Flutie postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Tutu is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Flutie, into his guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dougie Flutie dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Tutu takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tutu tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Flutie swivels and escapes.
Flutie digs a good body shot into Tutu's ribs.
Tutu doesn't manage to clinch there - Flutie circles away.
Tutu takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Flutie throws a nice looking combination but Tutu bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tutu looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tutu tries for a takedown but Flutie sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Tutu keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Flutie slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Flutie throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Tutu colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Flutie as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Tutu is left battered and dazed whilst Flutie and his camp cheer!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dougie Flutie!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Juji Gatame (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kristof Antheunis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Juji Gatame looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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168 lbs
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170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Juji Gatame!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kristof Antheunis!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Ian Loll and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Antheunis scores with a hook to the body. Gatame takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Gatame looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Antheunis moves in close and cracks Gatame with a massive right hand! Gatame, frozen momentarily in time, tumbles to the cavas, already out cold! A brutal knockout by Antheunis!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kristof Antheunis!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Earl Bird (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Connor Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harris has chosen Tom Sawyer by Rush as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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165 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Earl Bird!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Connor Harris!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Dillan Fox and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bird wants to clinch up but Harris keeps it at a distance.
Bird tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Harris drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Harris stops Bird from standing up.
Bird looking to control.
Bird looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bird doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Harris trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Harris stopping the sweep attempt from Bird.
Bird is working hard here to advance position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bird looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bird doesn't manage to clinch there - Harris circles away.
Bird gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Bird wants to sweep but no luck.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris is pushing down on Bird's leg trying to pass to half guard. Bird is fighting to maintain full guard but Harris has managed to sneak the leg through.
Harris is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Bird doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Harris.
Bird wants to control but Harris is keeping busy.
Harris is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Bird doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Harris.
Harris wants to pass the guard but Bird is defending well.
Nice strikes from Harris there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Harris has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Bird is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Bird flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Harris landing punches.
Bird is looking to get to half guard.
Harris is working for a guillotine from mount but Bird frees his head quite easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harris is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Bird is surviving well by controlling Harris's body position as best he can.
Harris looks gassed!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bird is looking to improve his position but Harris isn't that keen on the idea.
Harris trying to control but Bird is having none of it.
Bird wants to control but Harris is having none of it.
Bird tries to reverse the position but Harris maintains control.
Harris dominating with strikes here.
Harris is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Harris prevents Bird from getting the reversal.
Harris is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Bird can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Harris lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Bird tries to hold on but Harris postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Harris connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Harris has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bird is trying desperately to improve position.
Harris cracks Bird with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Harris dominating with strikes here.
Bird is trying to escape the mount.
Bird tries to hold on but Harris pushes him away.
Harris looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Bird throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Connor Harris dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Harris keeps the fight on the outside.
Bird misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Harris swats away the attempt to clinch by Bird.
Bird misses with a head kick.
Bird wants to clinch.
Harris keeps the fight on the outside.
Harris drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Harris throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bird looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Harris distracts Bird with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Harris trying to control but Bird is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Harris preventing the sweep.
Harris working some strikes from top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bird throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Harris is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Bird keeping full guard, as Harris tries to pass.
Bird trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Harris sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Harris wants to control from the top but Bird keeps moving.
Harris trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Harris passes into half guard.
Bird tries to roll over but Harris keeps him under control.
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.
Bird is defending against the submission attempts here by Harris.
Bird trying to control from the bottom.
Harris looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Harris is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Bird punching from the bottom.
Bird tries to roll over but Harris keeps him under control.
Bird taking some punishment here, with Harris in his half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Bird is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bird lands a high kick!
Harris is rocked!
Bird tries to clinch there but Harris circles away.
Harris is still on wobbly legs! Can Bird finish him?
Bird closes the distance and clinches.
Knees to the body from Bird.
Bird connects with a knee to the head.
Bird lands a right hand.
Bird looking to throw knees to the head but Harris is blocking nicely.
Bird tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bird throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Bird has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Harris - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Bird, and another! Harris is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Earl Bird!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Can Tomatoes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Zerz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zerz comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Anticosmic overload kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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215 lbs
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200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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Counter striker
Solid chin |
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Can Tomatoes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Zerz!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Yves DeLean and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A lazy left from Tomatoes finds it's target.
A jab-cross combination lands for Tomatoes and sends Zerz crashing to the mat! Tomatoes follows him down to the mat - Zerz regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!
Zerz is rocked!
It looks like John Zerz has been cut.
Tomatoes is thwarting Zerz's attempts to control the position.
Zerz is still in real trouble! Can Tomatoes finish him?
Zerz on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Zerz seems to have recovered his senses.
Tomatoes scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Zerz wants to get back to full guard.
Zerz moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tomatoes trying to control the position from guard on top but Zerz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tomatoes throwing strikes from guard but Zerz blocks nicely.
Tomatoes working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Zerz's head.
Zerz avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zerz controls Tomatoes momentarily but Tomatoes frees himself.
Zerz striking from his own guard.
Zerz utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Zerz uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Tomatoes misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tomatoes throws a series of punches but Zerz avoids them all with ease.
Zerz throws a shot from downtown. Tomatoes moves away and avoids it.
Zerz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice sprawl there from Tomatoes as Zerz shoots in.
Zerz misses with a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Tomatoes connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Zerz's hands.
Tomatoes fails with a takedown attempt.
Tomatoes avoids the head kick by Zerz.
Zerz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Zerz misses with a wild combination.
Tomatoes fails to land with a series of punches.
Tomatoes throws a nice looking combination but Zerz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Zerz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tomatoes throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tomatoes is breathing heavily.
Zerz keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zerz is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Tomatoes.
Tomatoes blocks a head kick by Zerz.
Tomatoes misses with a combination
and Zerz counters with a nice uppercut.
A punch lands to the side of Tomatoes 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Tomatoes throws a left and a right that both miss
and Zerz counters with a series of strikes. Tomatoes will be more careful next time no doubt.
Tomatoes is rocked!
Zerz fakes the body blow, causing Tomatoes to drop his hands! Left hook to the temple! Tomatoes goes stiff, and falls face first into the mat. Goodnight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). John Zerz!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antoine Roquentin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sir Topham Hatt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hatt has chosen Sweep the Leg as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The key to victory for Antoine Roquentin has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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22
230 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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22
240 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Prefers ground |
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Basic striking
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Antoine Roquentin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sir Topham Hatt!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Yves DeLean and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hatt drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Hatt looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Roquentin manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Hatt actively working from the bottom here.
Roquentin wants to free his trapped foot but Hatt is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hatt is looking to improve his position.
Roquentin is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Hatt avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Roquentin.
Hatt looking for submissions off his back.
Hatt is pressing down on Roquentin's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Roquentin is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Hatt shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hatt is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Roquentin is just riding it out for now. Hatt eventually gives up the hold.
Hatt sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Roquentin defending well though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hatt prevents Roquentin from improving his position.
Hatt thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Roquentin has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Hatt is working away from the top position though.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Roquentin is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Hatt pulls his head out easily.
Hatt looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Hatt is trying for a kimura here. Roquentin looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Hatt wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Sir Topham Hatt!
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