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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edgar Allen Poe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Philippe Capet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Poe comes into the arena with Dance Hall Days blaring out of the sound system. Capet comes into a darkened arena with his song building. La Marseillaise kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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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216 lbs
4 - 1 - 1 |
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220 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Good low kicks
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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
4 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Edgar Allen Poe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Philippe Capet!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Gwen Towbar and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Poe drives through and clinches with Capet against the cage.
Capet breaks the clinch.
Capet pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Capet misses with a body kick.
Poe clobbers Capet with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Capet avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Capet misses with a head kick.
Poe pushes Capet up against the cage in a clinch.
Capet avoids a wild elbow strike from Poe.
Capet can't break the clinch.
Poe prevents Capet from breaking the clinch.
Poe lands a knee to the body.
Capet wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Poe really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Capet working hard to break the clinch.
Poe is pushing Capet up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Capet wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Capet's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Capet wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Poe has Capet pressed against the cage, preventing Capet from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Poe lands a shot to the body.
Capet looks gassed!
Poe tries to land a knee to the head but Capet blocks with his arms.
Capet working hard to break the clinch.
Poe utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Poe lands a damaging elbow.
Poe stalling.
Poe using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Poe trying to land knees to the body.
Poe tries to land knees in the clinch but Capet avoids the damage to the body.
Poe lands an elbow just above Capet 's eye.
Capet takes an elbow to the temple.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Poe.
Poe lands a nice shot to the body.
Poe landing knees to the head.
Poe creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Capet's defenses.
Poe pushes off an throws an elbow but Capet leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Poe lands a nice elbow.
Capet avoids a wild elbow strike from Poe.
Poe unloads a knee to the mid-section. Capet lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Poe gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Poe utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Poe landing knees to the body.
Capet is trying to break free.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Poe obliges.
Poe stalling in the clinch.
Capet tries to break free but Poe pushes him back against the cage.
Capet takes a shot to the head.
Poe lands an elbow inside that Capet shrugs off.
Poe with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Poe lands a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Poe lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Capet wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Poe keeps control of Capet as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Capet blocks the elbow strike.
Poe gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Capet manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Capet tries to keep at a distance but Poe has taken the fight into the clinch.
Poe presses Capet against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Poe is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Poe lands an elbow inside that Capet shrugs off.
Poe lands an elbow inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Poe.
Capet wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Poe has him pressed against the cage.
Capet is trying to force a seperation but Poe has the dominant position.
Poe scores with a shot to the side of Capet's head.
Capet avoiding damage as Poe throws knees to the body.
Poe lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Poe with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A short body shot lands from Poe as the two fighters clinch.
Poe lands an elbow inside.
Capet takes a knee to the side of the body.
Poe working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Poe lands a nice elbow.
Capet wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Capet takes a knee to the side of the body.
Poe content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Capet looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Poe scores with a shoulder strike.
Poe crunches a lovely knee into Capet's ribcage.
Poe lands a nice knee to the body.
Poe is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Poe for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Poe throws an elbow but misses.
Poe tries to land knees in the clinch but Capet avoids the damage to the body.
Capet is trying to break the clinch but Poe is controlling him.
Capet is trying to break free.
Capet is trying to break the clinch but Poe has him pressed against the cage.
Poe missing with knees to the body.
Capet tries to circle away but Poe has him pinned against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Poe.
Capet blocks an elbow strike from Poe.
Poe lands a nice elbow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Poe throws an elbow but misses.
Capet wants to break free but Poe has control.
Capet tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Poe avoids it.
Poe lands a nice elbow.
Poe lands a knee to the body.
Capet looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Nice elbow from Poe.
Poe taking a breather.
Capet avoiding damage as Poe throws knees to the body.
Capet wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Poe lands an elbow inside.
Poe lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Poe tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Capet avoids it.
A nice left hand lands by Poe.
Poe lands a good knee to the midsection. Capet won't want to take too many of those.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Capet wants to get back to striking at distance but Poe won't allow it.
Poe lands an elbow inside.
Capet taking a breather.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Poe obliges.
Poe using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Capet wants to get back to striking at distance but Poe won't allow it.
Poe misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Capet.
Poe lands a left hand that snaps the head of Capet backwards.
Poe landing knees to the head.
Poe digs a right hand into Capet's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Capet's gas tank.
A frustrated look appears on Capet's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Poe prevents Capet from breaking the clinch.
Capet takes a shot to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Poe - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Capet tries to break the clinch but Poe is controlling the position.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Poe.
Poe prevents Capet from breaking the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Poe just misses with a elbow thrown towards Capet's brow.
Poe lands an elbow inside.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Capet wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Capet is trying to break the clinch but Poe has him pressed against the cage.
Poe lands an elbow just above Capet 's eye.
Capet wants to break the clinch but can't.
Poe scores with a knee to the head.
Capet wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Capet wants to get back to striking at distance but Poe won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Edgar Allen Poe dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Capet closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Poe buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Capet throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Poe moves out of range of the body kick.
Capet takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Poe moves into range and clinches up with Capet.
Poe lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A body shot lands from Poe.
Capet can't break the clinch.
Capet managing to block the knees to the body from Poe.
Poe comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Poe utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Poe lands a right hand.
Poe working Capet over with knees to the body.
Poe landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Poe with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Poe lands an elbow inside that Capet shrugs off.
Poe lands an elbow just above Capet 's eye.
Poe stalling the fight.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Poe using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Edgar Allen Poe has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Capet dodges an elbow strike from Poe.
Poe lands a knee to the body.
Poe throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Capet tries a knee to the head but Poe blocks it.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Poe.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Capet is trying to break free.
Poe lands an elbow that stopped Capet in his tracks for a moment.
Poe landing knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Poe.
Capet can't break the clinch.
Poe tries to land knees in the clinch but Capet avoids the damage to the body.
Capet is trying to force a seperation but Poe has the dominant position.
Capet on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Poe stalling against the cage.
Capet is looking to break free of the clinch but Poe has double underhooks.
Poe pushes off an throws an elbow but Capet leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Poe keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Capet's efforts to push away.
Poe utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Poe is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Capet can do to turn this around?
Poe tries to land a knee to the head but Capet blocks with his arms.
A short right from Poe on the inside.
A knee to the head by Poe.
Capet wants to get back to striking at distance but Poe won't allow it.
Poe tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Capet breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Capet throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Poe takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Philippe Capet seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Poe pushes Capet up against the cage in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Capet breaks from the clinch.
Capet looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Poe changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Poe clinches up with Capet and pushes him back against the cage.
Capet working hard to break the clinch.
Poe tries to land knees in the clinch but Capet avoids the damage to the body.
Poe misses with an elbow strike.
Poe keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Capet's efforts to push away.
Poe landing knees to the head.
Capet working hard to break the clinch.
Capet breaks from the clinch.
Poe slips under a jab.
Capet chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Poe can pounce on him.
Capet throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Poe delivers a nice body kick.
Poe clinches.
Poe trying to land knees to the body.
Capet wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Poe lands a hook to the side of the head.
Capet blocks an elbow strike from Poe.
Poe lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Poe utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Capet blocks an elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Capet is trying to break free.
Poe creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Capet's defenses.
Poe landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Poe works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Poe landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Poe lands an elbow that stopped Capet in his tracks for a moment.
Poe lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Capet is trying to break the clinch but Poe has him pressed against the cage.
Poe scores with a knee to the head.
A frustrated look appears on Capet's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Poe crunches a lovely knee into Capet's ribcage.
Capet wants to get back to striking at distance but Poe won't allow it.
Capet breaks from the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Capet misses with the body kick
and Poe counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Capet misses with a straight right.
Poe scores with a crisp jab that stopped Capet in his tracks.
Capet gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Poe counters with a right hand to the body.
Poe has taken the fight to the clinch.
Poe missing with knees to the body.
Poe looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Poe lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Poe pushes off an throws an elbow but Capet leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Capet on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Capet breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Capet misses
and Poe counters with a nice uppercut.
Poe blocks the body kick.
Poe scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Poe is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Poe turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Capet misses with a leg kick
and Capet takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Poe lands with a nice combination. Capet backs away looking to recover.
Poe moves into the clinch successfully.
Poe displaying some good clinch control by pressing Capet up against the cage.
Capet is trying to break free.
Poe tries to land knees in the clinch but Capet avoids the damage to the body.
Poe gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Capet has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Poe lands a shoulder strike.
Capet avoiding damage as Poe throws knees to the body.
Poe creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Capet's defenses.
A knee to the head by Poe.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Poe just misses with a elbow thrown towards Capet's brow.
Poe tries a knee to the head but Capet blocks it.
Capet pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Capet throws a head kick that misses
and Poe finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Capet misses with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Edgar Allen Poe dominated that second round.
That's time! Poe's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Poe has Capet up against the cage in a clinch.
Capet wants to break free but Poe has control.
Capet misses with a knee to the head.
Poe tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Capet avoids it.
Capet dodges an elbow strike from Poe.
A frustrated look appears on Capet's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Poe misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Capet.
Poe scores a nice knee to the body.
Poe throws an elbow that misses.
Capet is trying to break free.
Poe keeps control of Capet as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Poe throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Poe is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Poe unloads a knee to the mid-section. Capet lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Poe lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Capet avoiding damage as Poe throws knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Poe takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Poe lands a damaging elbow.
Capet wants to get back to striking at distance but Poe won't allow it.
Capet is trying to break the clinch but Poe has him pressed against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Poe just misses with a elbow thrown towards Capet's brow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Poe working Capet over with knees to the body.
Poe tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Capet avoids it.
Poe lands with a light punch inside.
Capet tries to break the clinch but Poe is controlling the position.
Capet tries to break the clinch but Poe is controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Poe scores a nice knee to the body.
Poe missing with knees to the body.
Poe lands a body shot.
Capet has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Capet takes an elbow to the forehead.
A right hook to the body lands for Poe.
Poe throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Capet wants to break the clinch but can't.
Capet takes an elbow to the forehead.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Poe creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Capet's defenses.
Capet looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Capet wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Capet working hard to break the clinch.
Capet wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Poe slows down the pace here.
Poe prevents Capet from breaking the clinch.
Poe lands an elbow inside that Capet shrugs off.
Capet working hard to break the clinch.
Poe unloads a knee to the mid-section. Capet lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Poe stalling.
Poe creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Capet's defenses.
Capet wants to get back to striking at distance but Poe won't allow it.
Nice body punch from Poe - that landed with a thud.
Capet blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Capet breaks the clinch.
Poe throws a leg kick which misses Capet's front leg but catches the back leg as Capet tries to avoid it.
Poe lands a really nice looking cross but Capet seems unphased.
Capet throws a body kick the misses
and Poe counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Capet tries to keep at a distance but Poe has taken the fight into the clinch.
Capet wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Poe utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Poe lands a knee to the head.
Capet blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Poe softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Capet blocks the elbow strike.
Poe misses with an elbow strike.
Capet working hard to break the clinch.
Capet avoiding damage as Poe throws knees to the body.
Capet can't break the clinch.
Capet wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Poe keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Capet's efforts to push away.
Capet blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Capet is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Poe lands an elbow inside.
Capet wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Poe has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Capet's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poe unloads a knee to the mid-section. Capet lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Capet has had enough of the clinch but Poe keeps him there for the moment.
Poe lands an elbow that stopped Capet in his tracks for a moment.
Poe lands a knee to the body.
Capet working hard to break the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Poe throws an elbow but misses.
Poe landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Poe trying to land knees to the body.
Capet blocks the elbow strike.
Poe trying to land knees to the body.
Poe with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Poe prevents Capet from breaking the clinch.
Knees to the body from Poe.
Capet tries to break the clinch but Poe is controlling the position.
Capet's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
An inside leg kick lands from Poe.
Capet scores with a leg kick.
A lazy body kick from Capet
and Poe counters with a nice uppercut.
A left lands for Poe.
Poe uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Capet.
Poe fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Capet.
Poe drives through and clinches with Capet against the cage.
Capet blocks the elbow strike.
Poe gets through Capet's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Capet manages to break the clinch.
Capet misses with a two punch combination.
A head kick by Capet misses
and Poe counters with a stiff right hand.
An inside leg kick lands from Poe.
Capet tries to keep at a distance but Poe has taken the fight into the clinch.
Poe lands a damaging elbow.
A knee to the head by Poe.
Capet pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Capet throws a leg kick
and Poe counters with a two punch combo.
Poe has Capet up against the cage in a clinch.
Philippe Capet has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Poe unloads a knee to the mid-section. Capet lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Poe scores with a shoulder strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Poe throws an elbow but misses.
Capet escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Capet looks to throw a body kick
and Capet takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Poe connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Capet momentarily.
Poe dips to his left and cracks Capet with an uppercut!
Poe closes the distance and pushes Capet back into the cage.
Nice elbow from Poe.
Capet is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Poe is defending well for now.
Capet tries to land knees in the clinch but Poe avoids the damage to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Edgar Allen Poe showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Poe 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Edgar Allen Poe!
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