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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jake Moossaka (ranked 4421 p4p, 2892 weight class) and Pierre St Georges (ranked 522 p4p, 381 weight class). Jake Moossaka has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
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Decent boxing
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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 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jake Moossaka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Pierre St Georges!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Santiago Holmes and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Georges clinches up against the cage.
Moossaka tries a body shot but St Georges blocks it.
St Georges working hard to break the clinch.
Moossaka throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
St Georges is looking to break free of the clinch but Moossaka has double underhooks.
Moossaka is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Moossaka throws an elbow but it misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Moossaka just misses with a elbow thrown towards St Georges's brow.
Moossaka lands a damaging elbow.
St Georges prevents a body shot from Moossaka.
Moossaka pushes off an throws an elbow but St Georges leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St Georges wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Moossaka has him pressed against the cage.
St Georges is trying to force a seperation but Moossaka has the dominant position.
St Georges blocking some punches.
St Georges avoids the elbow strike from Moossaka, against the cage.
Nice body punch from St Georges - that landed with a thud.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moossaka tries to work over St Georges's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Moossaka throws an elbow that misses.
St Georges is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
St Georges can't break the clinch.
Moossaka tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Moossaka comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
St Georges breaks the clinch.
St Georges tries to bum rush Moossaka with a series of wild strikes but Moossaka uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Moossaka tries to counter by moving into the clinch but St Georges manages to circle out of the way.
Moossaka tries to clinch but St Georges moves out of range.
St Georges throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Moossaka clinches.
St Georges tries to break the clinch but Moossaka is controlling the position.
St Georges is struggling to control the position.
St Georges blocks an elbow strike.
Moossaka misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Georges wants to get back to striking at distance but Moossaka won't allow it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Moossaka throws an elbow but misses.
St Georges makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
St Georges is trying to break the clinch but Moossaka has him pressed against the cage.
St Georges takes an elbow to the forehead.
St Georges blocks an elbow strike from Moossaka.
Moossaka lands an elbow inside that St Georges shrugs off.
It looks like Pierre St Georges has been cut.
St Georges is looking to break free of the clinch but Moossaka has double underhooks.
St Georges wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Moossaka lands with a short punch from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Moossaka throws an elbow that misses.
Moossaka misses with an elbow strike.
St Georges prevents a body shot from Moossaka.
Moossaka lands an uppercut.
Moossaka throws a blind hook that connects with the side of St Georgess head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moossaka swings wildly with an uppercut but St Georges uses good head movement to avoid it.
St Georges avoids the elbow strike from Moossaka, against the cage.
Moossaka gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Moossaka tries to work over St Georges's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
St Georges working hard to break the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Moossaka throws an elbow but misses.
St Georges working hard to break the clinch.
Moossaka pushes off an throws an elbow but St Georges leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Moossaka lands a damaging elbow.
St Georges dodges an elbow strike from Moossaka.
A right hook to the body lands for Moossaka.
With the fighters up against the cage, Moossaka throws an elbow but misses.
Moossaka pushes off an throws an elbow but St Georges leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moossaka throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Moossaka tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Moossaka pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by St Georges.
Moossaka misses with a hook to the ribs.
St Georges cracks Moossaka with a nice body shot.
St Georges wants to break the clinch but can't.
St Georges is trying to break the clinch but Moossaka is controlling him.
St Georges is trying to break the clinch but Moossaka is controlling him.
St Georges blocks the elbow strike.
Moossaka comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Moossaka tries to work over St Georges's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
St Georges avoids a wild elbow strike from Moossaka.
Moossaka misses with an elbow over the top.
St Georges can't break the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jake Moossaka dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pierre St Georges's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Moossaka tries to bum rush St Georges with a series of wild strikes but St Georges uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
St Georges avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Moossaka tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but St Georges paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jake Moossaka is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
St Georges swats away the attempt to clinch by Moossaka.
Some wild striking there from St Georges.
Moossaka is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
St Georges tries to bum rush Moossaka with a series of wild strikes but Moossaka uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
St Georges misses with a wild body shot.
Moossaka tries to clinch there but St Georges circles away.
St Georges gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St Georges working hard to break the clinch.
Jake Moossaka has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Moossaka throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Moossaka creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Moossaka is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that St Georges can do to turn this around?
Moossaka swings wildly with an uppercut but St Georges uses good head movement to avoid it.
St Georges wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moossaka creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Moossaka prevents a body shot from St Georges.
St Georges blocks an elbow strike from Moossaka.
Moossaka misses with an elbow over the top.
Moossaka keeps the fight in the clinch, despite St Georges's efforts to push away.
Moossaka swings away with an uppercut that misses.
St Georges avoids the elbow strike from Moossaka, against the cage.
Moossaka tries to throw a body punch but St Georges avoids it by throwing Moossaka back against the cage.
Moossaka lands with a left to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Moossaka misses with an elbow over the top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moossaka lands a nice elbow.
Moossaka throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Moossaka lands an elbow just above St Georges 's eye.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Moossaka just misses with a elbow thrown towards St Georges's brow.
St Georges blocks a body shot from Moossaka.
Moossaka misses with a punch on the inside.
Moossaka pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
St Georges blocks a body shot from Moossaka.
St Georges takes an elbow to the forehead.
Moossaka softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
St Georges avoids the elbow strike from Moossaka, against the cage.
Moossaka misses with an elbow over the top.
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!
Moossaka lands an elbow that stopped St Georges in his tracks for a moment.
St Georges avoids the elbow strike from Moossaka, against the cage.
Moossaka creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Moossaka just misses with a elbow thrown towards St Georges's brow.
St Georges is trying to break free.
Moossaka throws an elbow but it's blocked.
St Georges misses with a body punch.
Moossaka tries to throw a body punch but St Georges avoids it by throwing Moossaka back against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from St Georges.
St Georges avoids a wild elbow strike from Moossaka.
Moossaka gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Moossaka pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Moossaka tries to throw a body punch but St Georges avoids it by throwing Moossaka back against the cage.
Moossaka pushes off an throws an elbow but St Georges leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
St Georges working hard to break the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from St Georges.
Moossaka scores with a shot to the side of St Georges's head.
Moossaka pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moossaka keeps control of St Georges as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Moossaka lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Moossaka creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through St Georges's defenses.
St Georges blocking some punches.
Moossaka lands a nice elbow.
That has opened up Pierre St Georges's cut even more.
St Georges tries to circle away but Moossaka has him pinned against the cage.
St Georges is working Moossaka over against the cage.
Moossaka throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Moossaka tries a body shot but St Georges blocks it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
St Georges avoids a wild elbow strike from Moossaka.
Moossaka tried to land a shot to the body but connects with St Georges's elbow.
A frustrated look appears on St Georges's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Moossaka looks to throw an elbow but misses.
We've been informed that St Georges has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
St Georges blocking some punches.
St Georges working hard to break the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jake Moossaka dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Pierre St Georges's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
St Georges throws a one two combo.
St Georges swings for the body but Moossaka moves out of range.
A swing and a miss from Moossaka.
St Georges wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Moossaka is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A nice side step and St Georges releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
St Georges lands a lovely overhand right.
Moossaka lands with a good body shot.
St Georges throws a body punch but Moossaka moves out of range.
Moossaka wants to clinch up but St Georges keeps it at a distance.
St Georges bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
St Georges is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St Georges misses with a series of wild punches.
Moossaka fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
St Georges throws a counter combo.
St Georges circles away from the clinch attempt
and St Georges counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moossaka tries to clinch but St Georges moves out of range.
Jake Moossaka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St Georges jabs Moossaka right on the nose. Moossaka blinks but takes it well.
Moossaka tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but St Georges paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Moossaka wants to clinch.
St Georges looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
St Georges misses with a series of wild punches.
Moossaka wants to clinch up but St Georges keeps it at a distance.
St Georges swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A combination from St Georges does no damage.
Moossaka is looking to clinch but St Georges is avoiding it.
Moossaka is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
St Georges swinging wildly here.
A lazy left from St Georges finds it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moossaka tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. St Georges manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Moossaka tries to clinch up but St Georges circles away and keeps his distance.
St Georges is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
St Georges swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Moossaka tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. St Georges manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
As Moossaka backs off St Georges throws a huge counter combo but Moossaka manages to avoid it all.
Moossaka slips a jab from St Georges.
Moossaka tries to clinch but St Georges moves out of range.
St Georges fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
St Georges is looking to break free of the clinch but Moossaka has double underhooks.
St Georges blocks the elbow strike.
St Georges avoids a wild elbow strike from Moossaka.
St Georges working hard to break the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Moossaka throws an elbow but misses.
Moossaka misses with a body punch.
Jake Moossaka is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moossaka lands an elbow that stopped St Georges in his tracks for a moment.
Moossaka creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through St Georges's defenses.
Nice body punch from Moossaka.
St Georges wants to break the clinch but can't.
St Georges wants to break the clinch but can't.
Moossaka pushes off an throws an elbow but St Georges leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Moossaka misses with a punch on the inside.
Moossaka lands an elbow that stopped St Georges in his tracks for a moment.
St Georges has had enough of the clinch but Moossaka keeps him there for the moment.
Moossaka keeps the fight in the clinch, despite St Georges's efforts to push away.
Moossaka misses with an elbow strike.
Moossaka misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Moossaka lands an elbow just above St Georges 's eye.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moossaka misses with an elbow strike.
Moossaka pushes off an throws an elbow but St Georges leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Moossaka doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
St Georges prevents a body shot from Moossaka.
Moossaka lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Moossaka tries a body shot but St Georges blocks it.
St Georges lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Moossaka.
Moossaka misses with an elbow over the top.
Moossaka pushes off an throws an elbow but St Georges leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Pierre St Georges has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
With the fighters up against the cage, Moossaka throws an elbow but misses.
Moossaka has a couple of punches blocked by St Georges.
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!
St Georges can't break the clinch.
St Georges avoids a wild elbow strike from Moossaka.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pierre St Georges comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Moossaka has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 29:28
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jake Moossaka!
After winning the bout, Jake Moossaka thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
In defeat, Pierre St Georges stepped up to the mic, saying 'I was too slow this time'.
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