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ToP 27 - The Battle PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mark Melphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Francisco Massaranduba (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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210 lbs
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205 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mark Melphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Francisco Massaranduba!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Trevor Gratis and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Melphy looks to land a combination but Massaranduba avoids it well.
Some wild striking there from Melphy.
Melphy falls off balance throwing a combination
and Massaranduba counters with a shoot takedown. Melphy fights it but they end up in guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Massaranduba stands up over Melphy, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Massaranduba working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Massaranduba lands a couple of elbows.
Massaranduba postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Massaranduba stops Melphy from standing up.
Massaranduba lands a couple of digs.
Melphy being controlled here, momentarily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Massaranduba postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Massaranduba arches his back and unloads with a massive left and a right! Melphy's eyes roll back into his head, he's out cold! The ref dives in to stop the fight - wow, they were hard shots!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Francisco Massaranduba!
An out of breath Francisco Massaranduba thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Milan Michalek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donte Ward (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Donte Ward acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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220 lbs
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264 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Milan Michalek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Donte Ward!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Ian Loll and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ward shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
It looks like Donte Ward has been cut.
Michalek feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Wards jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Ward walks into a left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ward looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Michalek thumps Ward with a low kick.
Ward throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Michalek was covering up waiting for the punch and Ward finishes the takedown easily into guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Ward loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ward throwing strikes but missing.
Ward throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Michalek preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ward loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ward has gone for a leg lock! Michalek slips out almost immediately though and dives into Ward's guard.
Michalek will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Michalek wants to get up but he can't break Ward's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Ward is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Michalek is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
We're going to have a standup here because Milan Michalek wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Nice body kick from Michalek.
Michalek feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Ward sprawling to the canvas! Ward rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Michalek finish him?!
That has opened up Donte Ward's cut even more.
Ward shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Michalek counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Ward is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Ward is rocked!
Ward should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Michalek waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ward.
Ward is still on wobbly legs! Can Michalek finish him?
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Ward has eaten all the pies!
Ward slips a jab from Michalek.
Michalek looks to throw the jab but Ward is out of range.
Michalek swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ward drops his hands momentarily and Michalek needs no second invitation. He sets himself and throws a perfect high kick, that clips Ward just on the top of the head. Ward drops like a sack of potatoes to the canvas, out cold! Oooooooh yeah! Stick a fork in Ward - he's done!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Milan Michalek!
Milan Michalek gave a mention to Vitality in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kieth Jardine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jared Cowen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jared Cowen 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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218 lbs
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215 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Kieth Jardine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jared Cowen!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Gregory Folan and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jardine pushes Cowen up against the cage in a clinch.
Cowen lands a left hand.
Cowen controlling the action here for a moment.
A shot in the inside from Cowen.
Jardine's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Jardine has had enough of the clinch but Cowen keeps him there for the moment.
Cowen stalling.
Jardine tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cowen avoids it.
Cowen stops a takedown attempt from Jardine.
Cowen stalling in the clinch.
Jardine has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Cowen avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cowen lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Kieth Jardine has been cut.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Jardine lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cowen backwards.
Cowen scores with a shoulder strike.
Jardine tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cowen's elbow.
Cowen lands with a right to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Jardine is trying to push Cowen away but Cowen has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A frustrated look appears on Jardine's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cowen is pressed up against the cage. Jardine has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Cowen down to the mat. Cowen avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kieth Jardine. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jardine shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Cowen as he jumps to the side.
Cowen lands with a thumping leg kick.
Jardine misses with a body kick.
Jardine has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Jardine there as he acknowledges the shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cowen lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Cowen slaps away a takedown attempt from Jardine, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Cowen moves into range and connects with a jab.
Jardine is rocked!
Cowen is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A good leg kick by Cowen.
Jardine gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Cowen.
Oh Jardine is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Jardine looks to score with a jab to the body but Cowen is just out of range.
Jardine seems to have got his legs back now.
Cowen throws a good cross that connects.
Nice takedown defense from Cowen. No joy for Jardine on that attempt.
Jardine is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cowen connects with a right that clearly hurt Jardine. He's backed up against the cage with nowhere to go as Cowen proceeds to tee off with vicious combinations till Jardine collapses and taps out under the pressure!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jared Cowen!
Jared Cowen made sure to mention his sponsor, Vitality in his post fight interview.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ninja Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kendrick Hardison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hardison is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Get Low. Kendrick Hardison looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!
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140 lbs
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131 lbs
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ninja Rua!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kendrick Hardison!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Yves DeLean and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rua throws a series of punches but Hardison avoids them all with ease.
Hardison is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hardison tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hardison misses with the combination.
Rua shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Rua lands a nice short elbow.
Rua thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Rua thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hardison is looking to escape.
Rua throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hardison pushes Rua off and gets back to his feet.
Rua shoots in and gets a takedown into Hardison's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hardison looking for a sweep. Not yet Hardison, not yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rua missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Rua working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Hardison's head.
Rua really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Hardison working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rua.
Rua is looking to work some ground and pound but Hardison has wrist control.
Hardison is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Hardison looks gassed!
Hardison preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Rua in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Rua postures up in Hardison's guard and throws a big left but Hardison blocks it.
Rua throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hardison works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hardison looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hardison really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Rua. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Rua lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua distracts Hardison with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Rua throws a big right hand that misses.
Rua throws a big right hand that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rua landing with the ground and pound.
Hardison working a defensive guard but Rua passes into half 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!
Rua throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hardison manages to get to full guard.
Rua throws a big right hand that misses.
Rua is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Rua accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Rua will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Rua working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Hardison's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua lands a couple of digs.
Rua lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hardison trying to keep a closed guard but Rua is proving a slippery customer.
Rua cracks Hardison with a solid left hand.
Rua lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Rua makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Rua with a nice head shot there.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Hardison can do anything to dispel that myth.
Rua with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hardison trying to keep a closed guard but Rua is proving a slippery customer.
Rua scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hardison has his hands on Rua's head, controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Hardison is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rua is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Rua cracks Hardison with a solid left hand.
Rua is in close to Hardison's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Rua landing with the ground and pound.
Hardison wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Rua is now in half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rua throwing shots but Hardison is blocking nicely.
Rua looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ninja Rua dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Rua shoots for a takedown but Hardison saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Hardison tries to sprawl but Rua drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Rua slips a nice elbow through Hardison's hands, connecting with Hardison's forehead.
Rua winds up and cracks Hardison with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Rua throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Hardison to regain full guard.
Rua works over Hardison with some ground and pound from guard.
Rua throws a big elbow that misses.
Hardison preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Rua is looking to work some ground and pound but Hardison has wrist control.
Rua stops Hardison from standing up.
Rua throws a big elbow that misses.
Rua throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rua lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Rua 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.
Hardison is breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hardison is trying to keep Rua in close.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua pushes down on Hardison's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Rua slips a nice elbow through Hardison's hands, connecting with Hardison's forehead.
Hardison keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Rua missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Rua slips a nice elbow through Hardison's hands, connecting with Hardison's forehead.
Rua throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Rua lands with a punch from half guard.
Hardison is trying to get back to full guard.
Hardison keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Rua lands a nice short elbow.
Ninja Rua overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rua drops an elbow to the side of Hardison's head.
Rua thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rua scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Rua thows a huge punch but Hardison dodges it nicely.
Rua landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hardison on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Rua thows a huge punch but Hardison dodges it nicely.
Rua working the head and body with strikes.
Rua lands strikes from half guard.
Hardison regains full guard. Nicely done.
Rua postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardison has momentary wrist control but Rua slips an elbow through the middle.
Rua connects with a couple of short punches.
Hardison looking to control.
Rua won't allow Hardison to get back to his feet.
Rua chips away with some ground and pound.
Rua is looking to work some ground and pound but Hardison has wrist control.
Rua content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Rua's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Rua postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Rua stands up over Hardison, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Rua scoring with some ground and pound.
Rua passes into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Rua is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hardison taking some punishment here, with Rua in his half guard.
Rua is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hardison can do to turn this around?
Rua landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Rua sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Hardison defending well though.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Rua connects with a nice short shot to Hardison's temple.
Rua winds up and cracks Hardison with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Rua throwing shots but Hardison is blocking nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ground and pound from Rua.
Rua scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Rua thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ninja Rua 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!
Rua tries a head kick but it misses.
Rua circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rua shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Rua prevents Hardison from improving his position.
Hardison controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Rua is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Hardison is trying to maintain the position but Rua is very close to passing his half guard.
Hardison takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rua lands with a punch from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua thows a huge punch but Hardison dodges it nicely.
Rua lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Rua takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Rua lands strikes from half guard.
Rua working Hardison over with strikes.
Hardison keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Rua looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Rua looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Rua is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Rua throws a strike but Hardison avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Hardison is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Rua postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rua content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rua content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Rua throws a big right hand that misses.
Rua makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Rua stands up over Hardison, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hardison tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Rua with a nice head shot there.
Rua scoring with some ground and pound.
Rua stopping the sweep attempt from Hardison.
Rua throws a big elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua distracts Hardison with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Rua in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hardison preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Rua scoring with punches to the head and body.
Rua scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Rua postures up in Hardison's guard and throws a big left but Hardison blocks it.
Rua is in close to Hardison's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hardison is looking for a triangle but Rua pushes his legs off easily.
Hardison is trying to control the position but Rua postures up.
Rua working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Hardison's head.
Hardison looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ninja Rua is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rua lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hardison preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Rua lands a couple of digs.
Rua postures up and lands a big shot to Hardison's brow.
Rua postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hardison throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Rua preventing the sweep.
Rua distracts Hardison with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Rua working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hardison wants to stand up but Rua is controlling him.
Rua is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ninja Rua showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rua 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ninja Rua!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Titus Borrello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Stackhouse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stackhouse has chosen And then they run as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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167 lbs
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175 lbs
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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, Titus Borrello!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jason Stackhouse!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Trevor Gratis and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stackhouse throws a hook but Borrello blocks it.
Borrello shoots in but no luck this time.
Borrello has Stackhouse up against the cage in a clinch.
Stackhouse wants a takedown but no success here.
Borrello stops a takedown attempt from Stackhouse.
Borrello tries to break free but Stackhouse pushes him back against the cage.
Stackhouse swings wildly with an uppercut but Borrello uses good head movement to avoid it.
Borrello stops a takedown attempt from Stackhouse.
Titus Borrello has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Stackhouse.
Stackhouse pushes off an throws an elbow but Borrello leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Borrello blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stackhouse taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Stackhouse is trying to pull guard but Borrello has him pressed against the cage.
Borrello blocking some punches.
Borrello changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Stackhouse fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Stackhouse misses with a looping right.
Stackhouse tries to clinch up but Borrello circles away and keeps his distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stackhouse closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Borrello quickly recovers to half guard.
Borrello keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Borrello throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Stackhouse working the head and body with strikes.
Stackhouse working Borrello over with strikes.
Nice strikes from Stackhouse there.
Stackhouse has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Stackhouse is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Borrello defends it well.
Stackhouse prevents Borrello from standing back up.
Stackhouse is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Stackhouse missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Borrello throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Stackhouse is trying to control. Borrello wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Borrello misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Stackhouse is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Stackhouse passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Borrello!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Borrello flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Borrello is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Stackhouse lands a big shot there that rocks Borrello but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Borrello squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Borrello flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Stackhouse landing punches.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Stackhouse wants to control the pace but Borrello is squirming around nicely.
Stackhouse with good strikes from the mount here!
Borrello is in all sorts of trouble here.
Borrello swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Stackhouse postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Borrello looks a forlorn figure.
Stackhouse lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Stackhouse tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stackhouse looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Borrello might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Stackhouse unloading with bombs!
Stackhouse content just to control the position here.
Borrello throwing hammer fists to the chest of Stackhouse. What's that going to do exactly?
Borrello sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Borrello strikes from the bottom but Stackhouse passes into mount!
Borrello swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Stackhouse looking to finish Borrello with some ground and pound. This is bad for Borrello!
Borrello is squirming around, avoiding Stackhouse's attempts to control the action.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Borrello is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Stackhouse lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Stackhouse looking to finish Borrello with some ground and pound. This is bad for Borrello!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stackhouse punishing his opponent with strikes.
Stackhouse lands with some strikes.
Stackhouse landing shots from mount.
Stackhouse connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Stackhouse lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Borrello hang on?
Stackhouse looking to control but Borrello is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Stackhouse pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Stackhouse landing strikes from the mount.
Borrello is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Stackhouse lands a nice shot to the head.
Stackhouse working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Borrello looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Stackhouse! Submission of the night perhaps?
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Jason Stackhouse!
A very excited looking Jason Stackhouse made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cody Ramus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Orndorf (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Orndorf comes into a darkened arena with his song building. "Bodies" by Drowning Pool kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cody Ramus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Paul Orndorf!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Elvis Blanc and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ramus tries to keep at a distance but Orndorf has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ramus lands with a left to the head.
Orndorf wants to get back to striking at distance but Ramus won't allow it.
Ramus is looking to take this one to the mat.
Ramus blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Ramus has Orndorf pressed against the cage, preventing Orndorf from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Orndorf.
Ramus avoiding damage as Orndorf throws knees to the body.
Ramus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Orndorf tries to throw a body punch but Ramus avoids it by throwing Orndorf back against the cage.
Orndorf misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ramus tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Orndorf's elbow.
Ramus managing to block the knees to the body from Orndorf.
Orndorf goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short body shot lands from Orndorf as the two fighters clinch.
Orndorf lands a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ramus stalling.
Ramus prevents Orndorf from breaking the clinch.
Ramus goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramus blocks a body shot from Orndorf.
Orndorf lands a shoulder strike.
Orndorf lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ramus backwards.
Orndorf tries to break the clinch but Ramus is controlling the position.
Orndorf tries to break free but Ramus pushes him back against the cage.
Ramus trying to stall but Orndorf improves his position.
Ramus goes for a takedown attempt but Orndorf pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Orndorf scores with a leg kick.
Ramus doesn't manage to clinch there - Orndorf circles away.
Jab, jab by Orndorf - just one landing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ramus throws a jab when Orndorf was well out of range.
Orndorf drops Ramus with a beautiful combination! Ramus stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Orndorf is looking for the KO!
Ramus is rocked!
Orndorf lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. Ramus is looking to close the distance but Orndorf sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! Ramus crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope Ramus is OK because that was naaaaaasty!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Paul Orndorf!
A victorious Paul Orndorf thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jake Mendes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Napoleon Dynamite (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 lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jake Mendes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Napoleon Dynamite!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Ian Loll and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mendes throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Dynamite tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Mendes is in Dynamite's guard.
Mendes missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mendes looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Dynamite wants to sweep but no luck.
Dynamite working a defensive guard here.
Mendes stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Mendes misses with a double jab
and Dynamite counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Mendes thinking.
Dynamite looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dynamite misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mendes.
Mendes on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Dynamite jabs Mendes to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Dynamite jabs Mendes right on the nose. Mendes blinks but takes it well.
Mendes fails to land the takedown.
Mendes swinging wildly here.
Mendes throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Dynamite's waist but Dynamite gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Mendes off to one side.
Dynamite throws an overhand right that lands on Mendes's shoulder, as Mendes tries to avoid the shot.
Dynamite feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Mendes's calf.
Mendes moves out of range as Dynamite strikes.
Mendes misses with the combination.
Mendes has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jake Mendes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dynamite lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mendes takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Mendes moves out of range of the strikes.
Dynamite lands a nice looking body shot.
Some wild striking there from Dynamite.
Mendes shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Mendes.
Mendes is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Dynamite ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mendes moves away.
Napoleon Dynamite is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dynamite throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dynamite misses with an uppercut. Mendes saw that one coming.
Dynamite looks to score with a jab to the body but Mendes is just out of range.
Dynamite lands a jab to Mendes's midsection.
Dynamite connects with a solid leg kick.
Dynamite misses the shot to the body.
Dynamite misses with a straight right.
Dynamite chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Dynamite falls off balance throwing a combination
and Mendes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dynamite takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Dynamite misses with a wild body shot.
Mendes takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Dynamite misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A punch combination from Dynamite misses.
Dynamite is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Mendes rather than just go for the knockout.
Dynamite is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mendes.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dynamite. That's going to slow Mendes down.
Napoleon Dynamite seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mendes throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dynamite takes a swing at Mendes's ribcage but misses.
Dynamite defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Mendes.
Mendes shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Dynamite sprawls well. Dynamite wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Mendes gets slowly back to his feet.
Mendes throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Dynamite tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Mendes is in Dynamite's guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dynamite is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mendes slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Napoleon Dynamite dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Dynamite throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dynamite throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mendes shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Mendes seems to be looking for submissions.
Mendes keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Mendes seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Dynamite for as long as he can get away with.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mendes is looking for a kimura here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendes is looking for submissions but instead, Dynamite has regained full guard.
Dynamite not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Dynamite working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mendes.
Mendes throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Dynamite works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Mendes in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Mendes in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dynamite wants to sweep here but Mendes controlling him for the moment.
Mendes stands up from Dynamite's guard - Mendes perhaps looking for a knockout.
Mendes fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Dynamite sprawls well initially but Mendes persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Mendes perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Mendes works his foot free and advances to mount.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dynamite takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendes looking to control but Dynamite is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Dynamite bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Mendes keeping moving, preventing Dynamite from controlling successfully.
Mendes not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Mendes looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dynamite pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Mendes is keeping the position for now.
Dynamite got a little sloppy there for a moment and Mendes has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Dynamite has managed to get both his arms back between Mendes's legs - danger averted.
Mendes is looking for a triangle but Dynamite pushes his legs off easily.
Dynamite stands and steps away. Mendes gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dynamite misses with a straight right.
Dynamite throws a shot from downtown. Mendes moves away and avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jake Mendes dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Mendes shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A combination from Mendes does no damage.
Napoleon Dynamite seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dynamite scores with a crisp jab that stopped Mendes in his tracks.
Dynamite throws a hook but Mendes avoids it easily.
Dynamite misses with a left hand
and Mendes counters with a straight right hand.
Dynamite pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Dynamite misses with a leg kick.
Mendes takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Mendes shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Dynamite but Dynamite pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Mendes drops his hands momentarily and Dynamite takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Dynamite misses with an uppercut. Mendes saw that one coming.
An inside leg kick lands from Dynamite.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dynamite throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Dynamite takes a swing at Mendes's ribcage but misses.
Dynamite throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mendes counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Dynamite takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Dynamite misses with a hook
and Mendes counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Mendes.
Mendes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dynamite is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mendes.
Dynamite throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Dynamite throws out a loose jab but Mendes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Mendes shoots for a takedown but Dynamite saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jake Mendes. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mendes shoots in looking for a takedown but Dynamite manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Mendes's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Danga de danga de dang - Mendes scores with a four punch combination!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendes misses with a double jab.
Mendes slips under a jab.
Dynamite leaves Mendes with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Mendes avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Dynamite throws a jab when Mendes was well out of range.
Mendes throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Dynamite's waist but Dynamite gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Mendes off to one side.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jab by Dynamite.
Dynamite misses with an uppercut.
Mendes steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dynamite.
Mendes avoids the body shot from Dynamite.
Dynamite throws an ugly left hook that misses
so Mendes counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendes won't allow Dynamite to sweep him here.
Dynamite being controlled here, momentarily.
Dynamite looking to hit a scissor sweep but Mendes is one step ahead there.
Dynamite is trying to control the position but Mendes postures up.
Mendes controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Jake Mendes just wasn't active enough.
Dynamite lands with a shot to the body.
Mendes takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Dynamite lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Dynamite throws a nice outside leg kick.
Mendes fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Mendes looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mendes takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dynamite swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Napoleon Dynamite comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Dynamite has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Napoleon Dynamite!
Napoleon Dynamite very nearly forgot to thank Untouchable Fight Nutrition amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobby Benoit (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James comes to the cage accompanied by NWO Wolfpack. Benoit is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: TNT - ACDC. Jimmy James had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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275 lbs
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255 lbs
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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
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jimmy James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bobby Benoit!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Yves DeLean and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benoit throws a good cross that connects.
Bobby Benoit seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
James clinches with his opponent.
James just leaning against Benoit, taking a breather.
Benoit has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
James keeps control of Benoit as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
James lands an elbow that stopped Benoit in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Bobby Benoit has been cut.
James misses with a knee strike.
James lands an elbow just above Benoit 's eye.
James working Benoit over with knees to the body.
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!
Benoit wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Benoit tries to break the clinch but James is controlling the position.
James lands a good knee to the midsection. Benoit won't want to take too many of those.
James lands a knee to the head.
That has opened up Bobby Benoit's cut even more.
Benoit looks gassed!
James using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
James landing knees to the head.
James misses with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for James.
James has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head and Benoit goes down! James dives on top of him - Benoit manages to get guard.
Benoit is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
James drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and James jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Benoit is still in real trouble! Can James finish him?
James 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.
James drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and James jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Benoit seems to have recovered his senses.
James drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. James seems to have locked his on tight now - Benoit screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for James, as he picks up the win!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Jimmy James!
An out of breath and clearly excited Jimmy James thanked Vitality for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dustin Heloise (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kent Phillips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Heloise comes to the cage accompanied by Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark . Dustin Heloise could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Kent Phillips's chin.
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282 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Good gas tank |
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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
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dustin Heloise!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kent Phillips!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Elvis Blanc and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heloise just misses with a punch to the body.
Heloise throws a sloppy head kick and Phillips moves out of range easily.
Phillips is looking to slow Heloise down with leg kicks.
Heloise moves in looking to clinch but Phillips pushes him off.
A jab from Phillips misses.
Heloise looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Heloise is looking to score with low kicks.
Phillips blocks a leg kick.
Phillips forces Heloise back against the cage and clinches.
Phillips blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Heloise lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Heloise dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Heloise lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Phillips backwards.
Heloise misses with a short punch on the inside.
Heloise throws a head punch that misses.
Phillips lands a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Phillips blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heloise tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Heloise tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Phillips lands a hook that snaps the head of Heloise backwards.
Heloise lands a left hand that snaps the head of Phillips backwards.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Phillips takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Heloise misses with a knee to the head.
Heloise tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Phillips avoids it.
Phillips lands a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Phillips dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
The crowd are getting on Phillips's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Phillips is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Phillips creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Phillips lands with a right to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phillips lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Heloise backwards.
Heloise misses with a knee strike.
Heloise misses with a knee strike.
Phillips breaks the clinch.
Heloise throws a sloppy head kick and Phillips moves out of range easily.
Heloise fails with an attempt to clinch.
Phillips throws a right and a left that Heloise avoids nicely.
Heloise throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Heloise takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Phillips misses with a body punch
and Heloise counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Phillips lands a big right hand that sends Heloise crashing to the mat! Phillips stays standing though and waves Heloise back to his feet!
It looks like Dustin Heloise has been cut.
Heloise attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Phillips ducks under a wild hook from Heloise.
Phillips just misses with a punch to the body.
Phillips has Heloise up against the cage in a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heloise tries to land a knee to the head but Phillips blocks with his arms.
Phillips throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Phillips leaning his opponent against the cage.
Phillips tries to work over Heloise's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Phillips working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Heloise stalls.
Heloise tries to work over Phillips's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Heloise tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Heloise has a couple of punches blocked by Phillips.
Heloise misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Come on Phillips - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Heloise has a couple of punches blocked by Phillips.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heloise doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Heloise obliges.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Heloise doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Heloise working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Phillips is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Heloise is keeping busy.
Phillips blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Phillips is struggling to control the position.
Heloise tries to land knees in the clinch but Phillips avoids the damage to the body.
Heloise working aggressively here.
Phillips misses with a punch to the body.
Phillips softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Heloise lands an uppercut.
Heloise misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Heloise looking to slow down the pace here.
Heloise misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kent Phillips dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dustin Heloise's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Phillips throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Heloise.
Phillips has managed to clinch.
A short right from Phillips.
Heloise throws a head punch that misses.
Phillips struggles to land a body shot inside as Heloise controls his hands.
Heloise lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Phillips backwards.
Phillips lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Heloise tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Heloise tries a body shot but Phillips blocks it.
Nice body punch from Phillips.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Phillips's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Heloise with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Heloise with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Heloise throws a head punch that misses.
Heloise controlling the action here for a moment.
Nice body punch from Phillips - that landed with a thud.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heloise has a couple of punches blocked by Phillips.
Heloise pressing his opponent against the cage.
Heloise tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Heloise taking a breather.
The referee calls for Phillips to work.
Heloise misses with a punch on the inside.
Phillips lands an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Phillips.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Phillips lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee calls for Phillips to work.
Phillips lands an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phillips manages to break the clinch.
Phillips darts in and clinches Heloise up against the cage.
Phillips lands a shot to the body.
Phillips lands an uppercut.
Phillips working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Phillips escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Heloise takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Phillips sends Heloise crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Phillips is motioning to the referee to let Heloise up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Heloise ducks into an uppercut from Phillips and that's knocked him out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kent Phillips!
After winning the bout, Kent Phillips thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Craven Moorhead (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mickey ONeil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Moorhead might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to I`m Too Sexy . ONeil is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Dälek - Stagnant Waters . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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145 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Craven Moorhead!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mickey ONeil!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Robert Douchet and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
ONeil scores with a shot to the body.
Mickey ONeil seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Moorhead staying out of range there.
ONeil scores with a hook.
Moorhead tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but ONeil swivels and escapes.
Moorhead shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
ONeil turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
ONeil fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Moorhead dives in and grabs ONeil's left leg, looking for a takedown. ONeil pushes down on Moorhead's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Craven Moorhead. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A chopping leg kick lands by ONeil.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
ONeil lands a right hook to the body.
ONeil scores with a jab to the jaw.
ONeil cracks the inside of Moorhead's front leg.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by ONeil.
Moorhead looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by ONeil.
ONeil lands a jab to Moorhead's midsection.
ONeil looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Moorhead takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Moorhead is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moorhead has his takedown stuffed
and ONeil counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
ONeil circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Moorhead to the canvas! Moorhead doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - ONeil keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mickey ONeil! Mickey ONeil retains his bantamweight title!
Mickey ONeil gave a mention to Steel Penn's Laundry 93% in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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