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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between William Burr (ranked 5171 p4p, 4926 weight class) and John Sohal (ranked 561 p4p, 550 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Good wrestler
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, William Burr!
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 Sohal!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Stewart Dunkirk and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sohal moves away from the strike by Burr.
Sohal drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Burr defends it well.
Burr misses the jab.
Burr misses with a hook to the body
and Sohal decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Burr's guard.
Burr escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Sohal gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Burr controls Sohal momentarily but Sohal frees himself.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sohal is working Burr over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Sohal looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Sohal connects with a couple of short punches.
Sohal stopping the sweep attempt from Burr.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sohal trying to control but Burr is working from the bottom.
Sohal controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Sohal trying to control but Burr is working from the bottom.
Burr is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Burr seems keen to control Sohal's posture.
Sohal trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Burr throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Sohal is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Burr wants to sweep but no luck.
Sohal's corner is telling him to maintain position.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Burr misses with a body shot
and Sohal counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Sohal.
Burr working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Sohal doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Burr is tightening it up a little... Sohal has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Sohal reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Sohal taps out! Nice BJJ there by Burr!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). William Burr!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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