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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charles Tupper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kurt Haye (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Charles Tupper has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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280 lbs
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196 cm
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280 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Charles Tupper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kurt Haye!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, William Peck and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tupper tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Haye paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Haye missing with a left hand there. Tupper was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tupper keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Haye.
Haye connects with a single shot there.
Haye swats away the attempt to clinch by Tupper.
Tupper takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Tupper fails in his attempt to clinch.
Haye throws an overhand right that lands on Tupper's shoulder, as Tupper tries to avoid the shot.
Tupper tries to clinch there but Haye circles away.
Tupper tries to close the distance and clinch but Haye swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Charles Tupper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tupper is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tupper tries to clinch but Haye is having none of it.
Tupper is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Haye avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Tupper tries to clinch up but Haye circles away and keeps his distance.
Tupper doesn't manage to clinch there - Haye circles away.
A telegraphed right hand from Haye misses the target.
Tupper tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tupper instigates a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haye wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tupper has him pressed against the cage.
Tupper landing knees to the body.
Haye looks gassed!
Tupper with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tupper landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
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!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Tupper obliges.
Tupper scores a nice knee to the body.
Tupper landing knees to the head.
Tupper connects with a knee to the head.
Tupper trying to land knees to the body.
Haye on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Tupper utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Tupper lands an elbow just above Haye 's eye.
Haye tries to break free but Tupper pushes him back against the cage.
Tupper scores with a knee to the head.
Haye is trying to stall.
Tupper landing knees to the head.
Tupper lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Knees to the body from Tupper.
Tupper creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Haye's defenses.
Tupper lands a good knee to the midsection. Haye won't want to take too many of those.
Tupper unloads a knee to the mid-section. Haye lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Haye blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Haye can't break the clinch.
Tupper tries to land knees in the clinch but Haye avoids the damage to the body.
Haye wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tupper working Haye over with knees to the body.
Haye wants to break free but Tupper has control.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Tupper connects with a knee to the head.
Haye wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tupper connects with a knee to the head.
Haye tries to circle away but Tupper has him pinned against the cage.
Haye is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tupper tries to land knees in the clinch but Haye avoids the damage to the body.
Tupper looking to throw knees to the head but Haye is blocking nicely.
Haye working hard to break the clinch.
Haye manages to break the clinch.
Tupper is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Haye thows a left - swing and a miss!
Tupper tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Haye paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice shot lands for Haye.
Tupper moves out of range of the strikes.
Tupper tries to clinch but Haye moves out of range.
Haye avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab lands there for Haye.
Tupper closes the distance and clinches.
Haye is trying to break the clinch but Tupper has him pressed against the cage.
Tupper trying to land knees to the body.
Tupper crunches a lovely knee into Haye's ribcage.
Tupper lands a nice knee to the body.
Tupper unloads a knee to the mid-section. Haye lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tupper with a knee to the head.
Haye wants to break free but Tupper has control.
Tupper lands a nice knee to the body.
Tupper working Haye over with knees to the body.
Tupper scores with a knee to the head.
Haye is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Haye managing to block the knees to the body from Tupper.
Haye wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Haye's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tupper misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Haye.
Haye wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Tupper lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Haye stalling against the cage.
Tupper misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Haye.
Haye is trying to break the clinch but Tupper is controlling him.
Haye on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Haye has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Haye has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haye managing to block the knees to the body from Tupper.
Tupper tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tupper has Haye pressed against the cage, preventing Haye from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Haye tries to break free but Tupper pushes him back against the cage.
Tupper trying to land knees to the body.
Haye wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Tupper has him pressed against the cage.
Haye wants to break free but Tupper has control.
Haye blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Haye breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Haye lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Tupper is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Tupper doesn't manage to clinch there - Haye circles away.
Tupper tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tupper tries to close the distance and clinch but Haye swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Haye scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tupper in his tracks.
A telegraphed right hand from Haye misses the target.
Tupper tries to clinch up.
Tupper takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Tupper dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Haye throws a hook but Tupper blocks it.
Tupper 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.
Tupper tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Haye connects with a right hand. Tupper shakes it off.
Tupper moves in looking to clinch but Haye pushes him off.
Tupper moves in looking to clinch but Haye pushes him off.
Tupper fails with an attempt to clinch.
Haye jabs Tupper right on the nose. Tupper blinks but takes it well.
Tupper fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tupper tries to clinch up.
Haye digs a good hook to Tupper's body.
Tupper steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Haye.
Haye keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice cross by Haye.
Tupper keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Haye.
Tupper wants to clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A big left from Haye misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tupper looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Tupper takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Tupper moves out of range of the strikes.
Haye connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Charles Tupper is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Haye catches Tupper with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Haye keeps the fight on the outside.
Tupper uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Haye.
Tupper is looking to clinch.
Haye throws a big shot that misses.
Tupper tries to clinch but Haye moves out of range.
Tupper wants to clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Haye swats away the attempt to clinch by Tupper.
Haye scores with a crisp jab that stopped Tupper in his tracks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Tupper needs to keep his hands up - Haye had a free shot at his head there.
Tupper bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tupper tries to clinch up.
Haye swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Haye misses the jab.
Haye scores with a jab to the body.
Haye circles away from the clinch attempt.
Haye cracks Tupper with a right hand to the side of the head.
Tupper tries to clinch up.
Haye connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Haye might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Haye throws an overhand right that lands on Tupper's shoulder, as Tupper tries to avoid the shot.
Tupper is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Good standup being displayed there by Haye as he connects with a hook.
Haye scores with a nice strike.
Nice uppercut there from Haye.
Tupper is rocked!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tupper wants to clinch.
Tupper closes the distance and clinches.
Tupper with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Tupper lands an elbow just above Haye 's eye.
Tupper tries to land knees in the clinch but Haye avoids the damage to the body.
Tupper tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Haye avoids it.
Tupper with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Haye wants to stall.
Haye avoiding damage.
Tupper throws an elbow but it misses.
Haye wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tupper landing knees to the head.
Tupper looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Haye is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Haye has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Charles Tupper has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Haye leaning against his opponent.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kurt Haye.
Tupper moves in looking to clinch but Haye pushes him off.
Haye with a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tupper walks into a stiff left hand from Haye.
Haye throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Tupper gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Tupper wants to clinch.
Tupper fails in his attempt to clinch.
Haye bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tupper's head.
Haye cracks a nice hook into Tupper's ribs.
Haye moves into range and connects with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Haye scores with a nice right hand.
The crowd cheers as Haye lands an impressive looking overhand right. Tupper doesn't seem phased though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Haye lands with a right hand.
Tupper takes one to the side of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tupper looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Haye connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Tupper's hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kurt Haye showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Tupper wants to clinch up but Haye keeps it at a distance.
Haye is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Oh Tupper is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fighters circling - Haye throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Tupper seems to have got his legs back now.
Tupper is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Haye's corner calls for a 1-2. Haye obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Tupper defending well as Haye loads up on a big left hand.
Haye swats away the attempt to clinch by Tupper.
Haye scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Tupper moves in looking to clinch but Haye pushes him off.
Haye keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Haye sends Tupper crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Haye is motioning to the referee to let Tupper up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tupper drops his hands momentarily. Haye doesn't need a second invitation, landing a shot to the temple. Tupper staggers and falls to the mat and the ref dives in to save him from any more punishment. Tupper doesn't seem happy with the stoppage but he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kurt Haye!
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energy
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