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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Maxence Laurentian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Saint Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pierre has chosen Where is My Mind as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Saint Pierre is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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181 lbs
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179 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Good chin |
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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
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Maxence Laurentian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Saint Pierre!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Trevor Gratis and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Laurentian takes a swing at Pierre's ribcage but misses.
Laurentian misses with a body shot.
Laurentian is looking to score with low kicks.
Maxence Laurentian seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Laurentian with a jab.
Laurentian throws a hook to the side of Pierre's head but Pierre sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pierre takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Pierre dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Laurentian. That did some damage!
Laurentian uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pierre.
Laurentian misses the shot to the body.
Laurentian throws out a leg kick but Pierre moves out of range and Laurentian only half commits.
Laurentian misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Pierre holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Pierre is trying to force a seperation but Laurentian has the dominant position.
Pierre is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Nice body punch from Laurentian.
Laurentian cracks Pierre with a nice body shot.
Laurentian effectively controlling the action here.
Pierre can't find room to land a body shot as Laurentian controls the action.
Pierre tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Laurentian's elbow.
Pierre has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pierre struggles to land a body shot inside as Laurentian controls his hands.
Laurentian breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Laurentian swings away with a body shot that misses
and Pierre counters with a nice low kick that buckles Laurentian's knee momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laurentian throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Laurentian stuns Pierre with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Pierre looks gassed!
Pierre doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Laurentian throws a series of punches but Pierre avoids them all with ease.
Laurentian throws a series of strikes that have Pierre backpedaling.
It looks like Saint Pierre has been cut.
Pierre bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Laurentian scores with a shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Laurentian misses with a hook.
Laurentian throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Laurentian lands a body shot.
Laurentian throws the left hand but Pierre avoids the punch easily.
Laurentian throws a body kick the misses
and Pierre counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Laurentian falls off balance throwing a combination
and Pierre counters with a left to the body.
Laurentian throws a nice looking combination but Pierre bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lazy left from Laurentian finds it's target.
Pierre blocks a head kick by Laurentian.
Nice uppercut there from Laurentian.
Laurentian misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Pierre moves out of range of the strikes.
Laurentian wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Pierre walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Pierre takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Laurentian wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A jab from Laurentian misses.
Pierre avoids a punch combination nicely.
Laurentian dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A combination from Laurentian does no damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laurentian thows a body shot but no joy.
Laurentian lands with a shot to the body.
Pierre shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Some wild striking there from Laurentian.
A jab from Laurentian does it's job there.
Pierre bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Laurentian ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pierre moves away.
Laurentian lands a glancing blow to the side of Pierre's head.
Laurentian scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Pierre scores with a leg kick.
Laurentian fails to land with a series of punches.
Laurentian lands a slapping body shot.
Laurentian swinging wilding here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierre uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Laurentian.
A cross from Laurentian lands.
Laurentian fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Maxence Laurentian is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A shot to de liver by Laurentian. Beautiful body shot.
Laurentian digs a good hook to Pierre's body.
Laurentian throws a shot from downtown. Pierre moves away and avoids it.
Pierre throws a one two combo.
Laurentian throws a shot to the body.
Laurentian is looking to wear down Pierre with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Laurentian with a hook.
Laurentian lands a with a good body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Laurentian thuds a left hand into Pierre's body.
A telegraphed right hand from Laurentian misses the target.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Pierre.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Maxence Laurentian dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Saint Pierre's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Laurentian throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pierre counters with a right hand to the body.
Laurentian throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pierre uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Laurentian.
Laurentian pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pierre has managed to clinch.
Laurentian has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Laurentian breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pierre uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Laurentian.
Laurentian throws a body punch but Pierre moves out of range.
Laurentian misses with a body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Laurentian misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laurentian misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pierre.
Laurentian misses with a hook to the body
and Pierre counters with a straight right hand.
Nice body punch from Pierre.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pierre steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Laurentian.
Laurentian lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pierre circles away quickly and effectively.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laurentian misses with a body punch
and Pierre counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Laurentian!
Pierre looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Pierre breaks from Laurentian's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Laurentian holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Pierre tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Pierre with shots to the head and body - Laurentian looks very uncomfortable down there.
Laurentian avoids a series of strikes thrown by Pierre.
Laurentian wants to control but Pierre is having none of it.
Laurentian tries to reverse the position but Pierre maintains control.
Pierre throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pierre throws some wild stikes that Laurentian manages to avoid easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Laurentian blocking the ground and pound.
Pierre has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Pierre has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Laurentian's face.
Laurentian is trying to stand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pierre scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Pierre working Laurentian over with strikes here.
Laurentian wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Pierre.
Laurentian wants to hold on but Pierre pushes him away.
Laurentian avoids a series of strikes thrown by Pierre.
Pierre looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laurentian regains half guard.
Laurentian is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Pierre's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Pierre's back!
Pierre prevents Laurentian from getting a body triangle.
Laurentian biding his time, controlling Pierre.
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.
Pierre is really stuck here.
Laurentian controlling from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Saint Pierre showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Saint Pierre's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Pierre misses with a jab, cross combination.
Laurentian misses with a body shot.
Pierre closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The is referee keeping an eye on Laurentian - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Pierre stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Nice body punch from Laurentian.
Pierre is trying to force a seperation but Laurentian has the dominant position.
Laurentian works on Pierre's body with a couple of short punches.
Laurentian pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Maxence Laurentian is winning the standup battle so far.
Pierre bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Laurentian defending against the ground and pound.
Pierre with the ground and pound but Laurentian regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Pierre is stalling here. Laurentian is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Pierre seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Laurentian has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Pierre is pushing Laurentian's head away, looking to escape. Laurentian manages to hold on to the position though.
Pierre takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierre tries to improve position but can't.
Pierre is letting Laurentian control him for a moment.
Pierre is trying to improve his position.
That's two 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.
Laurentian slows the pace down.
Laurentian's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laurentian is looking to take a break and control but Pierre is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Laurentian is staying tight to Pierre's torso, preventing him from escaping.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Saint Pierre.
I think Pierre 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 William Peck scores the fight 28:29
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Saint Pierre!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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