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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Chin Po (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pierce Russell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Po's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, TURBO. Chin Po has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chin Po!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pierce Russell!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, William Peck and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Russell lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Danga de danga de dang - Russell scores with a four punch combination!
Russell throws a jab but it's blocked by Po.
Po throws a jab when Russell was well out of range.
Russell misses with a looping right.
Po on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Po dodges the punch combination from Russell.
A jab from Russell does it's job there.
Po misses with a lunging right hand
and Russell counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Russell throws a nice looking combination but Po bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A swing and a miss from Russell.
Po with a hook.
Po takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Russell scores with a hook.
Russell misses with a few strikes there.
Russell throws a series of punches but Po avoids them all with ease.
Po rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Po takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Russell looks to land a combination but Po avoids it well.
Russell tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Po was well out of range. Poor timing from Russell.
Po throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Russell counters with a three punch combo that has Po backing up. Po nods at Russell to acknowledge the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Po takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Russell moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Russell fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Po on the side of the head.
Po takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Po misses with a right hand
and Russell counters with a stiff right hand.
Po has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Russell lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Russell misses with a hook
and Po counters with a nice body shot.
Po really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Russell tests Po's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Po rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Russell counters with a straight right hand.
Russell lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A shot to the body from Po misses
and Russell counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Po thinking.
Russell lands a jab to Po's midsection.
Russell misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Russell fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Po on the side of the head.
Po ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Po just misses with a punch to the body.
Po misses with a left hand
and Russell cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pierce Russell is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Russell lands with a nice combination. Po backs away looking to recover.
Russell is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Po had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Russell catches Po with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Po dodges the punch combination from Russell.
Po thows a left - swing and a miss!
Russell throws a combination that misses
and Russell takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Po throws a right hand that misses
and Russell makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Po looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
No joy there for Russell, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Russell looks to score with a jab to the body but Po is just out of range.
Po catches Russell with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Russell clobbers Po with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Russell throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Po stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Russell moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Po tries to score a power double leg takedown but Russell sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Po somewhat.
Po walks into a straight right hand from Russell.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Po looks to land a left hand but Russell moved out of range nicely.
Po with a hook.
Russell lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Russell.
Russell stuffs the takedown attempt from Po. Po gets slowly back to his feet.
Po drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Russell throws a left and a right that both miss
and Po connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Russell misses with a right hand
and Po counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Russell, as that shot connected.
Po shoots for a double leg takedown but Russell sprawls well. He's pushed Po's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chin Po. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Po tries to move into range but Russell moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Russell connects with a right hand. Po shakes it off.
Po misses with a body shot
and Russell counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jab, jab by Po - just one landing.
Po waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Russell.
Po has a takedown stuffed.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Russell ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Russell goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Russell connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Po walks into a left hand.
Russell falls off balance throwing a combination
and Po counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Russell connects with a looping right hand.
Po swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Russell counters with a one-two to the body.
Russell slips a jab from Po.
Russell scores with a nice right hand.
Po misses with an uppercut.
Po just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Russell loads up on a big right hand but Po slips the punch.
Po takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Po throws a body punch but Russell moves out of range.
Russell takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pierce Russell dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A jab lands there for Russell.
Pierce Russell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Po misses with a right hand
and Russell counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Po shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Russell manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Po lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Russell looking to hit a scissor sweep but Po is one step ahead there.
Po tries to free his leg and advance position but Russell is retaining full guard.
Po looking to sit in guard and control but Russell gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Russell is fighting to break Po's control of his arms but Po is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Russell slips nicely into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Russell is trying to control. Po wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Po is trying to get back to full guard.
Po keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Russell misses with a head shot. Po uses the momentum to regain guard.
Po has Russell pulled in close to control his posture.
Po will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Russell with a flurry of punches that miss.
Russell trying to control but Po is working from the bottom.
Russell missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Po pulls Russell in close to prevent any damage.
Po utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Russell wants to control from the top but Po keeps moving.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Russell slaps away a takedown attempt from Po, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Po is trying hard to land a takedown here. Russell sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Po misses the body punch
and Russell cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Po takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Russell digs a good hook to Po's body.
Po swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Russell counters with a two punch combo.
Russell lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Po circles away quickly and effectively.
Po throws an off balance right hand
and Russell counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Pierce Russell seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Russell lands a nice shot that snaps Po's head back.
Russell throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Po on the side of the head.
Russell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Po misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Russell.
Russell's corner calls for a 1-2. Russell obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Russell looks to score with a jab to the body but Po is just out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Russell. Those never looked like landing.
Russell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Po moves away.
Russell connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Po takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Russell.
Russell throws a shot from downtown. Po moves away and avoids it.
Po misses the shot to the body.
Russell avoids the body shot from Po.
Russell throws a shot from downtown. Po moves away and avoids it.
Russell lands a nice hook to Po's body. Po takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Russell lands with a nice body punch.
Russell moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Russell is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Po.
Russell tests Po's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Po bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Russell connects with a right hand. Po shakes it off.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Po thows a left - swing and a miss!
Po takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Russell looks to land a combination. Po sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Russell is working the combinations to good effect here.
Russell throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Po stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pierce Russell showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Po looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Russell keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Russell connects with a body shot.
Russell feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Pos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Russell throws a series of strikes that have Po backpedaling.
Russell throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Po.
Nice shot by Russell.
Russell misses the shot to the body.
Russell lands a nice shot that snaps Po's head back.
Po throws a poor cross that misses
and Russell counters with a stiff right hand.
Russell throws a right and a left that Po avoids nicely.
Russell walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Russell moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Po misses with a hook
and Russell counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Po thows a body shot but no joy.
Russell throws a big shot that misses.
Russell fails to land with a series of punches.
Russell misses with a few strikes there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Russell connects with a right hand. Po shakes it off.
Russell throws a combination that misses
and Po counters with a nice uppercut.
Po looks to score with a jab to the body but Russell is just out of range.
Russell swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Russell throws a right and a left that both miss.
Russell scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Po doesn't seem bothered though.
Sloppy strikes from Russell. Those never looked like landing.
Russell will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Russell throws a series of strikes that have Po backpedaling.
Russell lands with an overhand left.
Russell throws a hook to the side of Po's head but Po sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Russell lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Po rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Russell cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Russell throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Po.
Russell uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Po.
Russell lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Russell.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Po fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Russell manages to avoid it.
Po walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Po closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Russell quickly recovers to half guard.
Russell wants to control but Po is keeping busy.
Russell takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Russell is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Po passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Russell!
Russell wants to control but Po is having none of it.
Po jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Russell manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Russell stops Po from passing to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Russell wants to control but Po postures up.
Po is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Russell knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Russell is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Po grinds an elbow into Russell's temple.
Russell is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Po trying to pass the guard but Russell defending well.
Po stalling.
Russell tries to get to full guard but Po has control of the leg.
Chin Po has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Po is trying to control the action in half guard but Russell is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
We're going to have a standup here because Chin Po wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Po misses with a shot to the body
and Russell cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Russell has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Russell will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Russell lands a lovely overhand right.
Russell fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Po misses with a body shot
and Po takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Russell misses the body punch
and Po counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Russell throws a right and a left that both miss.
Pierce Russell is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Po looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Po is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pierce Russell comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Russell winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pierce Russell!
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