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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Beanie Sigel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Jacobs (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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163 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Beanie Sigel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ryan Jacobs!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Dillan Fox and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sigel paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Jacobs rushes Sigel and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Jacobs digs a right hand underneath Sigel's ribcage. Sigel let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Jacobs tries to pull guard but Sigel holds him up against the cage and eventually Jacobs drops back down to his feet.
Jacobs breaks the clinch.
Sigel throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sigel with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jacobs to score with a decent uppercut.
Beanie Sigel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jacobs takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sigel walks into a straight right hand from Jacobs.
Sigel takes a swing at Jacobs's ribcage but misses.
Jacobs bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Jacobs is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Sigel is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Jacobs thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jacobs wants to lay and pray for a moment but Sigel keeps working.
Jacobs working away.
Jacobs throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Jacobs with the ground and pound but Sigel regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Jacobs tries to pass to full mount but Sigel defends it.
Sigel gets full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Jacobs drops back, looking for a kneebar! Sigel looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Sigel looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Sigel!
Sigel knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Jacobs on the ground.
Jacobs is trying to get back to half guard.
Jacobs is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Sigel decides to stand up, so the ref orders Jacobs to his feet.
Jacobs missing with a left hand there. Sigel was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Sigel keeping moving, preventing Jacobs from controlling successfully.
Jacobs is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Jacobs throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sigel works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Jacobs working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sigel keeping moving, preventing Jacobs from controlling successfully.
Jacobs looking to sit in guard and control but Sigel gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Jacobs looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Sigel throws a nice looking combination but Jacobs bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jacobs rushes Sigel and presses him up against the cage.
Jacobs ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Jacobs no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Jacobs working a defensive guard here.
Jacobs working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Sigel doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Sigel manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Jacobs is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Jacobs dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Sigel displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Jacobs's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Jacobs duly obliges.
Sigel on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Sigel lands a slapping body shot.
Jacobs throws an overhand right that lands on Sigel's shoulder, as Sigel tries to avoid the shot.
Jacobs takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sigel misses with a wild combination.
Jacobs steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sigel.
Jab by Sigel.
Jacobs scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Jacobs takes one on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sigel just misses with a punch to the body.
Jacobs connects with the punch.
Jacobs throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Jacobs fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Sigel misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sigel misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Jacobs to counter with a crisp jab.
Sigel is looking to wear down Jacobs with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Sigel connects with a jab.
Jacobs misses with a straight left.
Jacobs misses with a looping right.
Jacobs moves in looking to clinch but Sigel pushes him off.
Jacobs cracks Sigel with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Jacobs lands with a shot to the body.
Sigel misses with the combination.
Sigel throws a left and a right that both miss
and Jacobs counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jacobs showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Sigel.
Sigel misses with a double jab.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sigel keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jacobs.
Sigel ducks right into an uppercut from Jacobs.
Sigel falls off balance throwing a combination
and Jacobs counters with a stiff right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs darts in and clinches Sigel up against the cage.
Jacobs jumps into guard, dragging Sigel to the mat.
Sigel stopping the sweep attempt from Jacobs.
Sigel has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Jacobs is trying to control the position from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Jacobs is on top in guard.
Jacobs trying to move into half guard but instead Sigel has managed to sweep!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jacobs is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Jacobs throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Jacobs wants to control but Sigel passes easily into half guard.
Jacobs is looking for a sweep. Sigel is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jacobs moves into full guard.
Sigel being controlled here momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Jacobs looking to control.
Sigel trying to control the position from guard on top but Jacobs is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jacobs will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jacobs looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Sigel puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Jacobs is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Ryan Jacobs will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Jacobs throws a jab but it's blocked by Sigel.
Jacobs lands with a nice body punch.
Beanie Sigel is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice shot lands for Sigel.
Sigel misses with a straight right.
Sigel looks to land a combination but Jacobs avoids it well.
Jacobs with a hook.
Sigel moves out of range as Jacobs strikes.
Sigel misses with a combination
enabling Jacobs to counter with a crisp jab.
Jacobs moves out of range of the body kick.
Sigel throws a combination that misses
enabling Jacobs to counter with a crisp jab.
Sigel has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Jacobs finds it's way round the side to connect with Sigel's head.
Jacobs drives through with a takedown into guard.
Jacobs missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jacobs passes Sigel's left leg - he's now in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sigel is defending against the submission attempts here by Jacobs.
Jacobs is keen to just control but Sigel is a slippery customer.
Jacobs is working for a kimura but Sigel is defending it quite comfortably.
Ryan Jacobs is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Jacobs perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Let's hope that Jacobs has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Jacobs trying to pass the guard but Sigel defending well.
Jacobs performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sigel is in trouble now - Jacobs has advanced to mount!
Jacobs looking to control and managing it successfully.
Beanie Sigel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Despite being in the dominant position, Ryan Jacobs just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Sigel lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Sigel misses with a double jab
enabling Jacobs to counter with a crisp jab.
Sigel lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Sigel throws a nice looking combination but Jacobs bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jacobs moves out of range as Sigel strikes.
Jacobs lands a nice hook to Sigel's body. Sigel takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Jacobs cracks Sigel with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Sigel fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Sigel misses with a looping right.
Jacobs ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sigel misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ryan Jacobs comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Jacobs winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan Jacobs!
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G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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