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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Salvador Dali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Who (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Who comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Requiem for a tower kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The key to victory for Salvador Dali has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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190 lbs
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185 lbs
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Good takedowns
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Salvador Dali!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jay Who!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dali swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Who.
Who throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Who scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Dali sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dali tries to roll over but Who keeps him under control.
Who is trying to control the action in half guard but Dali is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Who winds up and cracks Dali with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Who stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Dali to get to his feet.
Who tries to bum rush Dali with a series of wild strikes but Dali uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dali throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The crowd cheers as Dali lands an impressive looking overhand right. Who doesn't seem phased though.
Dali misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Who throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Some wild striking there from Dali.
Who takes the fight into the clinch.
Dali escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dali gets caught flat footed, as Who shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Who avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Who chips away with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dali wants to sweep but no luck.
Who works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Who passes to side control.
Dali sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Who seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Who prevents Dali from improving his position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Who lands a nice short elbow.
Dali wants to improve his position but Who is controlling well.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Dali actively working from the bottom here.
Dali is breathing heavily.
Who is looking to take a break and control but Dali is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Who looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Who is nestled in close to Dali, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dali is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Who pulls his head out easily.
Dali on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Dali moves into full guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Who chips away with some ground and pound.
Dali being controlled here, momentarily.
Who wants to control from the top but Dali keeps moving.
Dali looking for a sweep. Not yet Dali, not yet.
Who chips away with some ground and pound.
Dali working for a triangle but Who defends it easily.
Dali is looking for a triangle but Who pushes his legs off easily.
Dali keeping moving, preventing Who from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Who works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Who moves nicely into side control.
Who connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Dali some visible discomfort.
Who is chipping away with strikes.
Who grinds an elbow into Dali's temple.
Dali is looking for a sweep.
Who working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Dali manages to get back to half guard.
Dali tries to roll over but Who keeps him under control.
Nice strikes from Who there.
Dali wants to get back to full guard.
Dali moves into full guard.
Who sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Dali's guard.
Who works his way into full mount!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Who cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Who is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Dali can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Dali tries to reverse the position but Who maintains control.
A nice elbow there by Who.
Dali is in all sorts of trouble here.
Who with a couple of short strikes.
Who with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Who unloads with some shots from mount but Dali bucks and avoids them well.
Who wants to finish this one by submission but Dali is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Who.
Who with the ground and pound from mount.
Who sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Who working Dali over with strikes here.
Who has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dali defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Who.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dali is wriggling around trying to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jay Who dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Dali throws a leg kick but Who moved away.
Who with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Dali to score with a decent uppercut.
Dali misses with an uppercut. Who saw that one coming.
Who scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Dali wants to get back to full guard but Who has mounted him!
Dali keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Who punishing his opponent with strikes.
Who putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Who can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Dali is looking to escape.
Who lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Dali slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Dali is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Who pulls his head out easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Who trying to control from half guard but Dali is working away.
Who drops an elbow to the side of Dali's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dali wants to get back to full guard.
Dali is not content to let Who control the position.
Who landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Who scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Who controlling the action here.
Who works his foot free and advances to mount.
Dali tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Who takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Who looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Dali working to try and regain half guard.
Who lands a big shot there that rocks Dali but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Who prevents Dali from getting the reversal.
Dali slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Who winds up and cracks Dali with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Who is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Who throws a strike but Dali avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Who working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Dali had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Who is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Dali Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Who's back instead.
Who breaks Dali's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Who working some strikes from top position.
Who trying to control but Dali is working from the bottom.
Dali is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Dali has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Who can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Who trying to control the position from guard on top but Dali is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dali escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Who gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Dali working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Who doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Who manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Dali is looking for a triangle but Who pushes his legs off easily.
Who won't allow Dali to sweep him here.
Who sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Dali's guard.
Who is pressing down on Dali's thigh, looking to free his foot. Dali is holding on for now.
Who looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Jay Who has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dali on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Who controlling the pace.
Who passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Dali!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dali is in all sorts of trouble here.
Dali is working hard here to advance position.
Who landing strikes, looking to finish!
Who in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Who is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Dali is surviving well by controlling Who's body position as best he can.
Dali slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Dali is trying to get back to full guard.
Dali is looking to get back to full guard here but Who has managed to pass to side control instead.
Dali can't escape the position.
Who controlling the position easily from mount.
Dali blocking the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jay Who showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Who looks for a takedown but Dali sprawls well.
Dali misses with a straight left.
Dali lands a jab to the nose.
Dali throws an overhand right that lands on Who's shoulder, as Who tries to avoid the shot.
Salvador Dali is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dali scores with a sloppy right hand. Who should have avoided that one.
Who takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Dali lands a jab followed by a vicious hook that sends Who sprawling to the canvas. Dali follows him down, looking for the kill. Can Who hang on?
Who is rocked!
Dali frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Who is still in real trouble! Can Dali finish him?
Dali looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dali looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Who is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Dali is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Who is surviving well by controlling Dali's body position as best he can.
Dali avoids the attempt from Who to control.
Who seems to have recovered his senses.
Who is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dali jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… Who is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by Who and Dali has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
Who is pushing Dali's head away, looking to escape. Dali manages to hold on to the position though.
Who is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Dali tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Who wants to control but Dali postures up.
Dali is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Who is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Dali advances to mount.
Dali swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Who is now in Dali's guard. A big mistake from Dali there, giving up the dominant position!
Who content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dali keeping moving, preventing Who from controlling successfully.
Dali throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Who controlling from the top position.
Dali working for a triangle but Who defends it easily.
Who works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Who not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Salvador Dali has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dali tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Who looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Dali wants to get back to full guard.
Who trying to control the action but Dali is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dali wants to get back to full guard.
Dali is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Who pulls his head out easily.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Dali looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Who moves out of range of the body kick from Dali.
Dali scores with a nice head shot.
Who shoots for a takedown but Dali saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Who uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dali.
Dali throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Who changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Dali tries to avoid it but Who manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Dali to the ground. Dali escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Salvador Dali has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jay Who.
Dali dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Who lands with a straight right. Dali didn't see that one coming.
Dali avoids the head kick by Who.
Who throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Dali to counter with a crisp jab.
Dali tries to land a front kick but Who steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Dali gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Who cracks Dali with a solid left hand.
Who scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Who distracts Dali with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Who is in close to Dali's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Who thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Dali had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Who is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Dali Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Who's back instead.
Who manages to reverse the position and now he's in Dali's guard. Nice work there by Who.
Dali looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Dali looking for a guillotine here but Who defends easily.
Dali can't keep his opponent in guard - Who advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Dali is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Who pulls his head out easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Who is nestled in close to Dali, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Who wants to control but Dali is keeping him busy.
Dali looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Salvador Dali showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Who 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:29
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jay Who!
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hype
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