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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kenneth Townsend (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Townsend comes to the cage accompanied by Out of my Way by Seether. Kenneth Townsend has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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250 lbs
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275 lbs
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kenneth Townsend!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jason St Pierre!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, William Peck and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Townsend circles away from the clinch attempt.
St Pierre drops Townsend with a left right combo! St Pierre follows him down to the ground into side control.
Townsend is rocked!
It looks like Kenneth Townsend has been cut.
St Pierre taking a breather here.
Oh Townsend is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
St Pierre working the head and body with strikes.
Townsend manages to get back to half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters are battling for position here. Townsend manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Townsend working for submissions but it's allowed St Pierre to get to half guard.
St Pierre postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Townsend to stand up.
Townsend showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from St Pierre.
Townsend seems to have got his legs back now.
St Pierre fails with an attempt to clinch.
St Pierre misses with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre tries to close the distance and clinch up but Townsend swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Townsend fails with a takedown attempt.
Townsend scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
St Pierre tries to escape but Townsend is in control.
Townsend thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Townsend is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, St Pierre has escaped the position, nice work there.
Townsend is breathing heavily.
St Pierre is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
St Pierre tries to bench press Townsend off him but Townsend keeps the position.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Townsend is controlling him well.
Townsend tries to move to full mount but St Pierre actually manages to regain half guard.
St Pierre is defending against the submission attempts here by Townsend.
Townsend stops St Pierre from getting back to his feet.
St Pierre is looking for a sweep. Townsend is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Townsend looking for a submission but St Pierre manages to get full guard, putting an end to that submission attempt.
St Pierre is controlling Townsend's posture.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre tries to land a sweep but no joy.
St Pierre keeping full guard, as Townsend tries to pass.
St Pierre is looking to stand up but Townsend isn't so interested in that idea.
St Pierre really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Townsend. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Townsend wants to pass the guard but St Pierre is keeping the position.
Townsend drops back looking for a leg! St Pierre is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and St Pierre manages to kick Townsend off! Townsend jumps back into St Pierre's guard.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Townsend changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. St Pierre tries to avoid it but Townsend manages to keep hold of a leg and drag St Pierre to the ground. St Pierre escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kenneth Townsend. That's going to take a lot out of him.
St Pierre misses with a straight left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
St Pierre tries to clinch up.
St Pierre misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Townsend.
Jason St Pierre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
St Pierre with a lazy takedown attempt
so Townsend counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Townsend looking to pass the guard.
Townsend drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Townsend jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Townsend pushing down on St Pierre's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Townsend is looking for a kimura but St Pierre is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Townsend to get the leverage.
St Pierre is trying to stand up here but Townsend is controlling him well.
Townsend is working for a kimura but St Pierre is defending it quite comfortably.
Townsend is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
St Pierre manages to escape and get back to his feet!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jason St Pierre dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kenneth Townsend's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
St Pierre throws a poor cross that misses
and Townsend counters with a nice double leg into side control. St Pierre won't be happy with that.
St Pierre is pushing Townsend's head away, looking to escape. Townsend manages to hold on to the position though.
Townsend tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Townsend has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Townsend looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
St Pierre manages to get back to half guard.
St Pierre moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Townsend avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
St Pierre tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Townsend stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. St Pierre swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Townsend stops St Pierre from standing up.
Townsend passes St Pierre's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Townsend passes the guard and advances to mount!
St Pierre is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Townsend locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! St Pierre is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Kenneth Townsend!
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hype
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