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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mick Jagger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joey Cardinal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jagger comes to the cage accompanied by Time is on my side. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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150 lbs
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mick Jagger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joey Cardinal!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Steve Smith and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jagger connects with the punch.
Cardinal clinches.
Cardinal has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Jagger is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Jagger lands a body punch.
Jagger has Cardinal pushed against the cage.
Cardinal tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Jagger just stands there and leans against the cage.
Jagger wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cardinal has him pressed against the cage.
Cardinal breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cardinal looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Jagger!
Cardinal thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Jagger defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Cardinal.
Cardinal jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Jagger manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Jagger is trying to get back to his feet.
Jagger is looking to reverse the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cardinal fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Cardinal stands up and beckons Jagger to his feet.
Cardinal misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jagger throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Cardinal counters with a leg kick.
Jagger throws a left and a right that both miss
and Cardinal counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Cardinal looking to sit in guard and control but Jagger gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Cardinal looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Cardinal looks gassed!
Jagger throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jagger landing with the ground and pound.
Jagger working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Cardinal looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Jagger has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jagger advances to half guard.
Jagger thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jagger seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Cardinal does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Jagger blocks the strikes from Cardinal.
Cardinal gets full guard.
Jagger won't allow Cardinal to sweep him here.
Jagger tries to stand but Cardinal is controlling from the bottom.
Jagger is looking to work some ground and pound but Cardinal has wrist control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Jagger stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cardinal.
Mick Jagger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cardinal shoots in for a double leg but Jagger sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Mick Jagger has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joey Cardinal.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jagger closes the distance and clinches.
Cardinal has Jagger pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Jagger manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Jagger slows down the pace here.
Cardinal wants a takedown.
Jagger has had enough of the clinch but Cardinal keeps him there for the moment.
Cardinal stalling in the clinch but Jagger improves position.
Cardinal prevents Jagger from breaking the clinch.
Come on Jagger - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Cardinal tries to pull guard but Jagger holds him up against the cage and eventually Cardinal drops back down to his feet.
Cardinal keeps control of Jagger as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jagger wants to get back to striking at distance but Cardinal won't allow it.
Jagger is trying to break the clinch but Cardinal has him pressed against the cage.
Jagger wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cardinal manages to break the clinch.
Jagger throws a right hand that Cardinal ducks under and follows up with a left that Cardinal also avoids with ease.
Cardinal showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Jagger.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jagger misses with a hook. Cardinal ducked under it nicely.
Jagger misses with a straight right.
Jagger misses with a wild body shot.
Cardinal uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Jagger.
Jagger misses with a two punch combination.
Cardinal dodges the punch combination from Jagger.
Jagger stuffs the takedown attempt from Cardinal. Cardinal gets slowly back to his feet.
A choreographed right hand from Jagger misses the target.
Jagger digs a good body shot into Cardinal's ribs.
Jagger stalks Cardinal and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Cardinal's face. Cardinal staggers backwards, shaken.
It looks like Joey Cardinal has been cut.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jagger lands a jab to Cardinal's midsection.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mick Jagger dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Joey Cardinal's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Jagger sends Cardinal crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Jagger is motioning to the referee to let Cardinal up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Cardinal is rocked!
Cardinal fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cardinal is still on wobbly legs! Can Jagger finish him?
Cardinal shoots in looking for a takedown. Jagger tries to sprawl out of it but Cardinal keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jagger manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Jagger missing with a left hand there. Cardinal was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cardinal seems to have recovered his senses.
Jagger throws a head kick but Cardinal moves out of range.
Cardinal throws a series of punches but Jagger avoids them all with ease.
Jagger bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cardinal's head.
Jagger on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cardinal. Cardinal obviously looking to wear him down.
Jagger takes a swing at Cardinal's ribcage but misses.
Jagger lunges at Cardinal with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Cardinal's hand.
Cardinal misses with an uppercut. Jagger saw that one coming.
Cardinal moves out of range as Jagger strikes.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cardinal.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Jagger fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cardinal manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cardinal fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jagger throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Cardinal counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Jagger has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Cardinal is working away from the top position though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cardinal looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Cardinal trying to control the action but Jagger is working from the bottom.
Cardinal keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Jagger is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Cardinal seems to be looking for submissions.
Cardinal wants to free his trapped foot but Jagger is holding on for dear life with his legs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Jagger lands with a hook. Cardinal tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Jagger punishes Cardinal's body with a nice straight punch.
Nice body punch from Jagger.
Jagger connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Mick Jagger is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cardinal scores a takedown into full mount!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jagger throwing hammer fists to the chest of Cardinal. What's that going to do exactly?
Cardinal is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Jagger takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Cardinal sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Jagger is trying desperately to improve position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cardinal looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
BOOM! Cardinal connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Cardinal stands up from the dominant position. He obviously fancies his chances standing.
Jagger scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Cardinal doesn't seem bothered though.
Jagger throws a lazy right hand but Cardinal sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cardinal takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Some wild striking there from Jagger.
Cardinal shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mick Jagger has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joey Cardinal.
Jagger lands the left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cardinal shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Cardinal stands and steps away. Jagger gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Jagger swinging wilding here.
Cardinal shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Cardinal has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Jagger keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
A nice elbow there by Cardinal.
Cardinal looking to control and managing it successfully.
Jagger is wriggling around trying to escape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jagger is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Jagger is wriggling around trying to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joey Cardinal showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Joey Cardinal's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Cardinal shoots in and drives through. Jagger sprawls well.
Jagger throws a head kick that misses
and Cardinal counters with a head kick.
Jagger throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cardinal shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jagger but Jagger pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jagger misses with a wild combination.
Jagger stalks Cardinal and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Cardinal's face. Cardinal staggers backwards, shaken.
Jagger throws a nice looking combination but Cardinal bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cardinal changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jagger tries to avoid it but Cardinal manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jagger to the ground. Jagger escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Mick Jagger has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joey Cardinal.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jagger wants to clinch up but Cardinal keeps it at a distance.
Cardinal looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Cardinal wants to control from the top but Jagger keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jagger trying to control the position.
Cardinal trying to control but Jagger is working from the bottom.
Cardinal in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Cardinal trying to control but Jagger is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Jagger fails to land with a series of punches.
Cardinal shoots in for a takedown but Jagger shows good takedown defense.
Cardinal fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
A low kick from Jagger misses
and Cardinal counters with a single leg into guard. Jagger didn't expect that.
Cardinal stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Nice takedown defense from Jagger. No joy for Cardinal on that attempt.
Cardinal shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Jagger is working to get back to half guard.
Jagger bucks Cardinal off and manages to get back to his feet!
Jagger throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cardinal sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Donk. Jagger catches Cardinal right on the button with a cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jagger is looking to clinch but Cardinal is avoiding it.
Jagger has closed the distance and engaged Cardinal in a clinch.
Jagger is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Jagger has had enough of the clinch but Cardinal keeps him there for the moment.
Jagger just leaning against Cardinal, taking a breather.
Jagger prevents the takedown attempt.
Jagger breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cardinal misses with a takedown attempt - Jagger sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Some wild striking there from Jagger.
Jagger looks to score with a jab to the body but Cardinal is just out of range.
No luck for Cardinal with that takedown attempt.
Cardinal shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jagger as he jumps to the side.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Jagger just misses with a punch to the body.
Cardinal changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jagger tries to avoid it but Cardinal manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jagger to the ground. Jagger escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Jagger throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jagger misses with a body shot.
Cardinal moves into range and clinches up with Jagger.
Jagger is trying to break the clinch but Cardinal has him pressed against the cage.
Cardinal drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jagger looking to stall.
Cardinal is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jagger content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Jagger avoiding damage as Cardinal throws knees to the body.
Jagger wants to break free but Cardinal has control.
Cardinal is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Jagger gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Jagger is looking to break free of the clinch but Cardinal has double underhooks.
Jagger taking a breather.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joey Cardinal comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Cardinal 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joey Cardinal!
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hype
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