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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jean Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Lyger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lyger comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Holy Diver kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Jean Pierre has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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185 lbs
2 - 3 - 0 |
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185 cm
24
190 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
Dangerous GnP
Solid boxing
KO power |
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Decent wrestler
Counter striker
Determined |
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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
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jean Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Lyger!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Anthony Taglia and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pierre throws a leg kick but Lyger sees it coming and moves out of range.
Jean Pierre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Some wild striking there from Pierre.
Pierre throws a nice looking combination but Lyger bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Pierre swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Pierre throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Pierre scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Pierre thows a huge punch but Lyger dodges it nicely.
Pierre is looking to stall here but Lyger recovers full guard.
Pierre with a flurry of punches that miss.
Pierre wants to control from the top but Lyger keeps moving.
Pierre tries to free his leg and advance position but Lyger is retaining full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lyger avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pierre accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Lyger preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Pierre throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Lyger working a defensive guard here.
Pierre working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lyger is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Pierre wants to control but Lyger is keeping busy.
Pierre is refusing to be controlled, as Lyger sits in half guard.
Lyger missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Pierre on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Pierre tries to get out of the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lyger is pressing down on Pierre's thigh, looking to free his foot. Pierre is holding on for now.
Pierre looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Pierre is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Lyger is tapping! Great win for Pierre!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Jean Pierre!
After the fight, Jean Pierre was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
40% |
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