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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Waldorf Astoria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Arthur Meighen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Astoria comes to the cage accompanied by Waltz from Les Sylphides. Waldorf Astoria has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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177 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Waldorf Astoria!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Arthur Meighen!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Astoria throws a chopping leg kick but Meighen manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Meighen misses with a right hand
and Astoria counters with a right hand to the body.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Astoria tries a head kick but it misses.
Meighen throws out a leg kick but Astoria moves out of range and Meighen only half commits.
Meighen drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meighen scores with a nice body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meighen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Meighen misses with a body shot.
Astoria scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Meighen doesn't seem bothered though.
Meighen throws a half hearted mid kick.
Astoria slips under a jab from Meighen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Meighen throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Astoria counters with a nice body kick.
Meighen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Meighen throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Meighen swings widly with a right hand
and Astoria counters with a low kick, right behind Meighen 's knee.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Astoria moves in looking to clinch but Meighen pushes him off.
Astoria takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
That kick from Meighen tenderised Astoria's leg. Astoria is trying to keep his angry face on.
Astoria looks to land a left hand but Meighen moved out of range nicely.
Meighen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Astoria's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meighen bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A big right from Meighen misses.
Meighen just misses with a punch to the body.
Meighen throws a shot from downtown. Astoria moves away and avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arthur Meighen dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Astoria steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Meighen. That one must have hurt.
Meighen moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Astoria throws a leg kick but Meighen sees it coming and moves out of range.
Astoria takes one to the chin there.
Meighen swings away with a body shot that misses
and Astoria counters with a nice low kick that buckles Meighen's knee momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Astoria throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Meighen scores with a shot to the body.
Astoria on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Astoria on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Meighen throws a body punch but Astoria moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Astoria ducks under a wild hook from Meighen.
A low kick from Meighen is predictable there
and Astoria counters with an inside leg kick.
Meighen misses with a body punch
and Astoria counters by clinching up.
Meighen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Astoria fails to land.
Astoria works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Astoria lands a nice knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Astoria tries to land a knee to the head but Meighen blocks with his arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meighen tries a knee to the head but Astoria blocks it.
Astoria doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Astoria lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Meighen tries to throw a body punch but Astoria avoids it by throwing Meighen back against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Meighen.
Astoria has a couple of punches blocked by Meighen.
A right hand to the body from Meighen.
Meighen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Astoria has a couple of punches blocked by Meighen.
Meighen is stalling here.
Meighen looking to slow down the pace here.
Meighen works on Astoria's body with a couple of short punches.
Astoria tries to work over Meighen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Astoria tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Meighen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Meighen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Astoria.
Meighen utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Astoria is leaning against Meighen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Astoria working aggressively here.
Meighen wants to stall.
Astoria looking to throw knees to the head but Meighen is blocking nicely.
Meighen wants to break the clinch but can't.
Astoria misses with some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meighen has Astoria pushed against the cage.
Meighen lands a shoulder strike.
Astoria lands with a light punch inside.
Astoria tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Astoria landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Astoria throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Meighen lands a knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Meighen wants to get back to striking at distance but Astoria won't allow it.
Meighen gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Meighen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Astoria tries to throw a body punch but Meighen avoids it by throwing Astoria back against the cage.
Astoria using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Meighen has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Meighen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Astoria working Meighen over with knees to the body.
Astoria working aggressively here.
Meighen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Astoria wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arthur Meighen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Astoria takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Astoria checks a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Astoria fails to land with a series of punches.
Jab, jab by Astoria - just one landing.
Meighen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Astoria moves away.
Meighen misses the shot to the body.
Meighen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's two 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.
Meighen digs a good hook to Astoria's body.
Meighen missing with a left hand there. Astoria was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Meighen blocks the body kick.
Meighen throws a leg kick
and Astoria counters with a nice kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Astoria moves into range and connects with a jab.
A low kick from Meighen misses
and Astoria counters with a nice leg kick.
Arthur Meighen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Meighen throws a lazy head kick
and Astoria counters with a nice body kick.
Astoria connects with an inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Meighen misses with a lunging right hand
and Astoria counters with a thumping low kick.
Meighen throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Meighen throws a head kick that misses
and Astoria cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Astoria tries to clinch up but Meighen circles away and keeps his distance.
Astoria will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Meighen throws a leg kick that is checked
and Astoria counters with a low kick, right behind Meighen 's knee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Waldorf Astoria clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A leg kick checked by Astoria.
Meighen misses with a lunging right hand
and Astoria counters with a low kick, right behind Meighen 's knee.
Meighen throws an overhand right that lands on Astoria's shoulder, as Astoria tries to avoid the shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Astoria misses the shot to the body.
Meighen throws a leg kick but Astoria sees it coming and checks it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meighen on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Meighen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Astoria throws a leg kick
and Meighen counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Astoria steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Meighen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meighen misses with a wild body shot.
Meighen blocks a head kick by Astoria.
A bone on bone clash there as Astoria blocks the leg kick.
Meighen fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meighen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Astoria.
Meighen throws a combination that misses
and Meighen takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice cross by Meighen.
Meighen tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Astoria misses with a lunging right hand
and Meighen counters with a good low kick that Astoria was not able to check.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Meighen has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Astoria.
Meighen thows a leg kick but Astoria checks it
and Astoria counters with a thumping low kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Astoria lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Meighen has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Meighen and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A low kick from Meighen is predictable there
and Astoria counters with a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Arthur Meighen will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Meighen throws the left hand but Astoria avoids the punch easily.
Meighen throws a half hearted mid kick.
Meighen scores with a nice strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Meighen falls off balance throwing a combination
and Astoria cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Meighen misses with a body punch
and Astoria counters with a thumping low kick.
Meighen misses with a hook
and Astoria counters with a low kick, right behind Meighen 's knee.
Meighen is looking to slow Astoria down with leg kicks.
Meighen wants to land a leg kick but Astoria is out of range.
Waldorf Astoria has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meighen rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Astoria counters with a nice low kick that buckles Meighen's knee momentarily.
Nice shot by Astoria.
Astoria throws a nice inside leg kick.
Meighen throws a right hand that misses
and Astoria counters with a body kick that stops Meighen in his tracks momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Astoria tries to clinch up but Meighen circles away and keeps his distance.
Astoria throws a leg kick that misses.
Astoria throws a leg kick which misses Meighen's front leg but catches the back leg as Meighen tries to avoid it.
Meighen throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Astoria counters with a nice body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Meighen steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Astoria.
Astoria tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Arthur Meighen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A low kick from Meighen is predictable there
and Astoria makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
A low kick from Meighen is predictable there
and Astoria counters with a nice leg kick.
Astoria misses with an uppercut
and Meighen counters with a nice kick to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Waldorf Astoria showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Meighen has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 47:48
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 47:48
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arthur Meighen! Arthur Meighen retains his welterweight title!
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