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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between AJ Brown (ranked 513 p4p, 566 weight class) and Adam Orel (ranked 69 p4p, 74 weight class). Brown comes to the cage accompanied by Ace Hood - Undefeated. AJ Brown has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
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Dangerous knees
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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 20 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, AJ Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Adam Orel!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Chris Saunders and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Orel lands with an uppercut that bounces Brown off the cage and back into range.
Brown on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Orel throws an off balance right hand
and Brown connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A left lands for Orel.
Orel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brown was well out of range. Poor timing from Orel.
Orel lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Brown at a distance.
Brown looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Orel is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Orel has a couple of punches blocked by Brown.
Orel softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Brown blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Orel connects with a knee to the head.
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!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Orel working aggressively here.
Brown blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Brown on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Orel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brown misses with a hook from the clinch.
Orel blocking some punches.
Brown tries to work over Orel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Brown can't find room to land a body shot as Orel controls the action.
Brown swings wildly with an uppercut but Orel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brown can't find room to land a body shot as Orel controls the action.
Orel misses with a short punch on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Brown.
Orel blocking some punches.
Orel misses with some punches.
Brown tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Orel's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Brown tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right handed body shot lands from Brown.
Orel prevents a body shot from Brown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orel misses with a knee to the head.
Orel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brown lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Brown misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Orel fails to land.
Brown doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Orel lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice left hand lands by Brown.
Brown blocks an uppercut.
Brown misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brown.
Orel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brown lands a nice uppercut.
Orel misses with some punches.
Brown fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brown scores with a shoulder strike.
Brown lands a right hand that snaps the head of Orel backwards.
Brown lands a right hand.
Brown blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Orel fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Brown.
Orel wants to stall.
A short body shot lands from Brown as the two fighters clinch.
Orel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Orel is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Brown is keeping busy.
Brown working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Brown misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brown fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Orel misses with the head strike.
Brown pushes Orel back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Orel tries to stall but Brown uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Orel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brown breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Brown darts in and clinches Orel up against the cage.
Brown misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brown digs a right hand underneath Orel's ribcage. Orel let out a lung full of air as it connected.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Orel stalling in the clinch but Brown improves position.
Orel prevents a body shot from Brown.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Brown lands an uppercut.
Brown lands a hook that snaps the head of Orel backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brown breaks from the clinch.
Orel lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Orel gets tackled into the cage by Brown. Brown maintains the clinch.
Brown misses with a body punch.
Brown tries to work over Orel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Brown misses with a punch on the inside.
Brown tries a body shot but Orel blocks it.
A right hand to the body from Brown.
Brown misses with a punch to the body.
Orel throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Brown blocks it with crossed arms.
Brown tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Orel is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Brown misses with a body punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
AJ Brown dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Orel swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Brown counters with a low kick, right behind Orel 's knee.
Orel 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.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brown. Orel does a little dance to reset his feet.
Orel swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Orel throws out a loose jab but Brown uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brown is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Orel.
Orel misses with a straight left.
Brown half committed to a counter leg kick.
Orel has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Orel looks to land a left hand but Brown moved out of range nicely.
And Brown counters with a quick kick to the body but Orel blocks it.
Orel misses with a lunging right hand
and Brown counters with a low kick, right behind Orel 's knee.
Orel scores with a jab to the body.
Orel throws a left and a right that both miss
and Brown counters with a low kick, right behind Orel 's knee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Orel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Adam Orel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brown connects with a right hand. Orel shakes it off.
Orel throws a jab but it's blocked by Brown.
As Orel backs away, Brown returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Good shot there by Orel.
Brown connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Orel.
A big right from Brown misses.
Orel tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Brown manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Brown tried to counter with a leg kick but Orel avoided it.
Brown throws a head kick but Orel moves out of range.
Brown throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brown is looking to clinch but Orel is avoiding it.
Brown tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Orel throws a series of punches but Brown avoids them all with ease.
Brown avoids the body shot from Orel.
Brown looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Brown tries to clinch up but Orel circles away and keeps his distance.
Orel ducks under a wild hook from Brown.
Orel swinging wildly here.
Orel moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Orel throws a jab but it's blocked by Brown.
Orel works the jab nicely.
Brown misses with an uppercut. Orel saw that one coming.
Orel scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brown has managed to clinch.
Brown goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brown doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
AJ Brown has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Brown tries to throw a body punch but Orel avoids it by throwing Brown back against the cage.
Orel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Orel blocking some punches.
Brown swings wildly with an uppercut but Orel uses good head movement to avoid it.
Orel prevents a body shot from Brown.
Brown blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brown's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown misses with a looping left.
Orel throws a right hand that misses
and Brown counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Orel misses with a hook
and Brown counters with a stiff right hand.
Brown wants to clinch up but Orel keeps it at a distance.
Orel throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Brown counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Brown with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Orel misses with a lunging right hand
and Brown counters with a straight right hand.
A jab from Brown finds it's way through Orel's defenses.
Orel throws out a loose jab but Brown uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brown looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Brown keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Orel moves out of range of the strikes.
Orel throws a big shot that misses.
Brown swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Orel ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Orel misses the shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown gets a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Orel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brown blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brown lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Brown as the two fighters clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Orel.
Brown throws a punch but it's blocked by Orel.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brown.
Orel scores with a shot to the side of Brown's head.
Brown swings wildly with an uppercut but Orel uses good head movement to avoid it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Brown.
Orel taking a breather.
Brown is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Orel can do to turn this around?
Brown has a couple of punches blocked by Orel.
Brown scores with a shoulder strike.
Orel swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brown misses with a short punch on the inside.
Orel blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
AJ Brown dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Orel scores with a jab. Brown acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Brown scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Orel doesn't seem bothered though.
Orel keeps the fight on the outside.
Orel unleashes a big counter combination but Brown bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Orel swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Brown counters with a three punch combo that has Orel backing up. Orel nods at Brown to acknowledge the strikes.
Brown throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brown fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Orel throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A big right from Brown misses.
Orel misses with a jab, cross combination.
Brown lands with a good body shot.
Brown lands with a thumping leg kick.
Brown is looking to slow Orel down with leg kicks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Orel fails in his attempt to clinch.
Orel throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Brown gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Orel throws a hook to the side of Brown's head but Brown sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Orel swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Orel throws a series of punches but Brown moves out of range.
Orel gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Brown connects with a looping right hand.
Orel throws a right hand that misses
and Brown counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Orel thinking.
Orel takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Orel throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Good standup being displayed there by Brown as he connects with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Orel misses with an uppercut. Brown saw that one coming.
Brown lands with an overhand left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Orel has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Brown fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Brown dodges the punch combination from Orel.
Orel scores with a hook.
Brown wants to clinch.
Brown will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Brown drives through and clinches with Orel against the cage.
Brown lands a right hand that snaps the head of Orel backwards.
Brown blocking some punches.
Orel struggles to land a body shot inside as Brown controls his hands.
Brown lands with a left to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown tries to work over Orel's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Orel tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Orel blocks a body shot from Brown.
Brown blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Orel blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Orel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brown misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brown pushes Orel back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brown.
Orel's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Orel working aggressively here.
Orel misses with some punches.
Brown lands a right hand that snaps the head of Orel backwards.
Orel misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brown lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Orel backwards.
Orel lands with a light punch inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Orel.
Orel stalls.
Brown misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Orel creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Brown.
Brown's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Orel throws a body punch but Brown moves out of range.
Orel takes a swing at Brown's ribcage but misses.
Brown misses with a kick to the body.
Adam Orel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Orel throws out a loose jab but Brown uses good head movement to avoid it.
Orel misses with a jab to the body
and Brown counters with an inside leg kick.
A left and a right from Brown both land. Nice combination.
Brown jabs at Orel's body.
Orel looks to score with a jab to the body but Brown is just out of range.
Brown displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Orel throws out the jab.
Brown throws a quick inside leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
AJ Brown showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Brown 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 Josh West scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... AJ Brown!
After winning the bout, AJ Brown 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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energy
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hype
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