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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lane Pedersen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Elliot Saunders (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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210 lbs
6 - 5 - 0 |
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182 cm
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205 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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Good wrestler
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lane Pedersen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Elliot Saunders!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, William Peck and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pedersen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pedersen throws a series of punches but Saunders avoids them all with ease.
An inside leg kick lands from Pedersen.
Pedersen shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Saunders but Saunders pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Saunders has taken the fight to the clinch.
Pedersen creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Saunders's defenses.
It looks like Elliot Saunders has been cut.
Pedersen pushes Saunders back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Saunders pulls Pedersen into guard.
Pedersen throwing strikes from guard but Saunders blocks nicely.
Pedersen thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Saunders is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Pedersen thows a big elbow that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Saunders doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Saunders tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Saunders lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Pedersen!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pedersen is trying desperately to improve position.
Pedersen tries to hold on but Saunders pushes him away.
Pedersen is trying desperately to improve position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Saunders dominating with strikes here.
Pedersen slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Saunders works his way into full mount!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Saunders cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Pedersen is trying to escape the mount.
Saunders landing punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Saunders punishing his opponent with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pedersen is wriggling around trying to escape.
Saunders looking to finish Pedersen with some ground and pound. This is bad for Pedersen!
Pedersen is trying desperately to improve position.
Saunders pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Saunders loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Pedersen scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Saunders land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Saunders stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Elliot Saunders! Elliot Saunders retains his light heavyweight title!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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