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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Godefroy Courtial (ranked 373 p4p, 451 weight class) and Brady Jean Baptiste (ranked 27 p4p, 33 weight class). Jean Baptiste has chosen Born on the Bayou as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 16 - 2, fighting out of London, Godefroy Courtial!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 16 - 2, fighting out of London, Brady Jean Baptiste!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Courtial misses with a jab, cross combination.
A nice side step and Jean Baptiste releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Courtial will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Courtial misses with a straight right.
Courtial has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Courtial throws a body shot but no joy.
Jean Baptiste tries to move into range but Courtial moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Godefroy Courtial seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jean Baptiste takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Jean Baptiste uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Courtial.
Jean Baptiste flicks out a counter leg kick but Courtial steps away.
Courtial throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Jean Baptiste's head.
Jean Baptiste throws a hook to the side of Courtial's head but Courtial sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Jean Baptiste missing with a left hand there. Courtial was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jean Baptiste has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Courtial throws a leg kick but Jean Baptiste sees it coming and moves out of range.
Courtial avoids a kick to the body.
Jean Baptiste slips a jab from Courtial.
Courtial stuns Jean Baptiste with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Danga de danga de dang - Courtial scores with a four punch combination!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jean Baptiste is looking to slow Courtial down with leg kicks.
Courtial swings for the body but Jean Baptiste moves out of range.
Jean Baptiste throws a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jean Baptiste lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Jean Baptiste uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Courtial has time to react.
Courtial tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jean Baptiste lands a nice leg kick that just misses Courtial's sensitive parts.
Courtial throws a body punch but Jean Baptiste moves out of range.
A shot to the body from Courtial misses
enabling Jean Baptiste to counter with a crisp jab.
Jean Baptiste slips a jab from Courtial.
Jean Baptiste lands with a thumping leg kick.
Courtial swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice cross by Jean Baptiste.
Courtial bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jean Baptiste misses with a low kick.
Jean Baptiste throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Courtial swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jean Baptiste looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Courtial jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Courtial throws a nice looking combination but Jean Baptiste bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jean Baptiste.
Courtial displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Jean Baptiste throws out the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Courtial fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jean Baptiste manages to avoid it.
Jean Baptiste goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Courtial appears to be looking for a big counter.
Courtial with the inside leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Jean Baptiste. That's going to slow Courtial down.
Courtial throws a front kick aimed at Jean Baptiste's knee but Jean Baptiste avoids it well.
A slapping body kick lands there for Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste swings for the body but Courtial moves out of range.
Jean Baptiste lands with a right hand.
Donk. Courtial catches Jean Baptiste right on the button with a cross.
Courtial lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Courtial chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Jean Baptiste can pounce on him.
Jean Baptiste stuns Courtial with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Jean Baptiste scores with a punch to the head.
Courtial throws a right hand that misses
and Jean Baptiste counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Courtial looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jean Baptiste darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Courtial thuds a left hand into Jean Baptiste's body.
Courtial misses the shot to the body.
It seemed like Jean Baptiste was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Courtial throws a looping overhand right but Jean Baptiste ducks down to avoid it.
Courtial staying out of range there.
Courtial rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Jean Baptiste moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jean Baptiste slips under a jab.
Courtial throws a body shot but no joy.
Courtial keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Jean Baptiste keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Courtial uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Jean Baptiste misses with a looping right.
Jean Baptiste blocks a jab.
Jean Baptiste is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Courtial.
Jean Baptiste throws an overhand right that lands on Courtial's shoulder, as Courtial tries to avoid the shot.
Jean Baptiste tries to land a front kick but Courtial steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Jean Baptiste throws a push kick but Courtial slaps the foot to one side.
Courtial thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jean Baptiste throws a big counter head kick but Courtial avoids it with no problem.
Courtial throws a jab when Jean Baptiste was well out of range.
Jean Baptiste is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Courtial had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Jean Baptiste throws the kick towards the body but Courtial avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Courtial bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A swing and a miss from Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste throws a body punch but Courtial moves out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Courtial lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jean Baptiste thows a left - swing and a miss!
Courtial tests Jean Baptiste's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Courtial blocks a leg kick.
Courtial misses with a body punch
and Jean Baptiste cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Courtial pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Courtial ducks under a wild hook from Jean Baptiste.
Courtial is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Courtial tries a head kick but it misses.
Jean Baptiste misses with a body kick.
Jean Baptiste throws a jab when Courtial was well out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Courtial looks to land a combination but Jean Baptiste avoids it well.
Jean Baptiste misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Courtial to counter with a crisp jab.
Jean Baptiste throws a head kick that misses.
Jean Baptiste takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Godefroy Courtial will probably get the nod.
That's time! Courtial's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Jean Baptiste looks to land a left hand but Courtial moved out of range nicely.
Courtial throws a right and a left that both miss.
Godefroy Courtial is winning the standup battle so far.
Courtial lands a jab to the nose.
Jean Baptiste scores with a leg kick.
Courtial misses with a shot to the body
and Jean Baptiste counters with a stiff right hand.
Jean Baptiste on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Courtial wants to land a leg kick but Jean Baptiste is out of range.
Jean Baptiste ducks under a wild hook from Courtial.
Jean Baptiste checks a low kick from Courtial.
Jean Baptiste does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Courtial has managed to clinch.
Courtial makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Courtial.
Courtial fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Jean Baptiste.
A shot in the inside from Jean Baptiste.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jean Baptiste pushes Courtial back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Courtial has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Courtial blocks a body shot from Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jean Baptiste breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jean Baptiste misses the shot to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Courtial.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jean Baptiste.
Courtial throws a jab when Jean Baptiste was well out of range.
Jean Baptiste ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Courtial moves away.
Jean Baptiste checks a low kick from Courtial.
The fighters circle momentarily. Jean Baptiste darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Jean Baptiste chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jean Baptiste swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Courtial with a jab.
A leg kick checked by Courtial.
Courtial is looking to score with low kicks.
Courtial misses with a series of wild punches.
Nice defenses there by Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste connects with a solid leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Courtial has closed the distance and engaged Jean Baptiste in a clinch.
Courtial misses with a punch on the inside.
Courtial breaks from the clinch.
Courtial uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Jean Baptiste.
Courtial lands a two punch combo.
Jean Baptiste misses with a low kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Courtial misses the target.
Jean Baptiste looks for the body kick but Courtial saw that one coming.
It looked like Courtial wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Jean Baptiste thows a leg kick but Courtial checks it
and Courtial connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Jean Baptiste looks to land a body kick but Courtial moved away.
Courtial throws a nice head kick!
Jean Baptiste explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Courtial uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jean Baptiste.
Courtial moves out of range of the body kick from Jean Baptiste.
Courtial throws a head kick but Jean Baptiste moves out of range.
Jean Baptiste throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Courtial.
Jean Baptiste jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jean Baptiste works Courtial's body with a nice hook.
Courtial connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Courtial tries to score with a low kick but Jean Baptiste moves his leg out of the way.
Jean Baptiste tries to land a leg kick but Courtial saw it coming and moves away.
Jean Baptiste throws a low kick but it's checked well by Courtial.
Courtial misses with a wild combination.
Jean Baptiste staying out of range there.
Courtial misses with a straight right.
Jean Baptiste tries a low kick but Courtial avoids it.
Jean Baptiste misses with a hook. Courtial ducked under it nicely.
Courtial lands a slapping body shot.
Courtial sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Jean Baptiste slips under a jab.
Jean Baptiste looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Jean Baptiste throws an overhand right that lands on Courtial's shoulder, as Courtial tries to avoid the shot.
Courtial swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Courtial slips under a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jean Baptiste tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jean Baptiste misses with a straight right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Courtial. Jean Baptiste does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jean Baptiste throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jean Baptiste keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Courtial drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
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!
Courtial missing with a left hand there. Jean Baptiste was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jean Baptiste tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Courtial was well out of range. Poor timing from Jean Baptiste.
Courtial swings away with a body shot that misses
and Jean Baptiste counters with a nice uppercut.
Courtial throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Courtial throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Jean Baptiste doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Courtial fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Courtial gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Courtial slips under a jab from Jean Baptiste.
Courtial lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Good exchange - Jean Baptiste coming out on top.
Jean Baptiste thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Courtial if he has to take too many more of those.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Brady Jean Baptiste will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Courtial avoids a kick to the body.
Courtial on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Nice shot lands for Courtial.
Courtial throws a sloppy head kick and Jean Baptiste moves out of range easily.
Courtial throws a body shot but no joy.
Jean Baptiste tries to land a leg kick but Courtial saw it coming and moves away.
Courtial looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A shot to the liver by Courtial. Beautiful body shot.
Courtial keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Jean Baptiste works Courtial's body with a nice hook.
Jean Baptiste throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Courtial sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Jean Baptiste slips a straight right by Courtial.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jean Baptiste lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Good standup being displayed there by Jean Baptiste as he connects with a hook.
Courtial on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Courtial moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Courtial throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Jean Baptiste stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Courtial throws a leg kick which misses Jean Baptiste's front leg but catches the back leg as Jean Baptiste tries to avoid it.
Courtial missing with a left hand there. Jean Baptiste was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Jean Baptiste misses the shot to the body.
Jean Baptiste fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Courtial is out of range.
Courtial lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Courtial tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jean Baptiste throws a low kick but Courtial avoids it.
A little feinted left hand from Courtial on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Jean Baptiste misses with a straight left.
Jean Baptiste misses with a low kick.
Courtial tries to move into range but Jean Baptiste moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Jean Baptiste scores with a kick to the midsection.
Courtial will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Courtial takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Courtial seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Jean Baptiste.
Courtial misses with a looping right.
Courtial will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Courtial is looking to slow Jean Baptiste down with leg kicks.
Jean Baptiste fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Courtial.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Courtial throws a head kick that misses.
Courtial swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Jean Baptiste counters with a nice leg kick.
Courtial blocks a jab.
Jean Baptiste thumps Courtial with a low kick.
Jean Baptiste throws a lazy right hand but Courtial sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Courtial lands a nice shot to the body.
Courtial throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Jean Baptiste counter with a right hand.
Jean Baptiste throws a head kick but Courtial moves out of range.
Courtial swings widly with a right hand
and Jean Baptiste counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice body kick there by Jean Baptiste.
Courtial throws a predictable looking body shot
and Jean Baptiste cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Courtial looks to score with a jab to the body but Jean Baptiste is just out of range.
Courtial is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Jean Baptiste swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It looked like Courtial wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Jean Baptiste blocks a head kick by Courtial.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Courtial misses with a looping right.
Jean Baptiste connects with a single shot there.
Courtial misses with a wild body shot.
A good leg kick by Jean Baptiste.
Courtial swings widly with a right hand
and Jean Baptiste counters with an outside leg kick.
Courtial throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Courtial on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Jean Baptiste. Jean Baptiste obviously looking to wear him down.
Courtial throws a body punch but Jean Baptiste moves out of range.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Courtial crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Jean Baptiste - the referee stops the clock and Courtial gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Jean Baptiste. Courtial manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Good standup being displayed there by Jean Baptiste as he connects with a hook.
Jean Baptiste bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Courtial's head backwards.
Jean Baptiste misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Courtial takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Courtial misses with a double jab
and Jean Baptiste counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jean Baptiste throws a leg kick but Courtial checks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jean Baptiste defending well as Courtial loads up on a big left hand.
Courtial stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Jean Baptiste.
A slapping body kick lands there for Jean Baptiste.
Donk. Jean Baptiste catches Courtial right on the button with a cross.
Jean Baptiste swings for the body but Courtial moves out of range.
Jean Baptiste throws a hook but Courtial blocks it.
Jean Baptiste lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice jab there from Jean Baptiste.
Jean Baptiste has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Courtial throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jean Baptiste is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Courtial.
Courtial avoids the body shot from Jean Baptiste.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jean Baptiste tries to move into range but Courtial moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Jean Baptiste misses with a looping left.
A good leg kick by Courtial.
Jean Baptiste scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
And that's the end of the fight!
Brady Jean Baptiste comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Jean Baptiste 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 29:29
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Brady Jean Baptiste!
A victorious Brady Jean Baptiste thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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