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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Stu Gotts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cloud Strife (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gotts comes into the arena with Godfather Theme blaring out of the sound system. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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155 lbs
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BJJ White 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
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Stu Gotts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cloud Strife!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Yves DeLean and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gotts moves out of range as Strife strikes.
Nice uppercut there from Strife.
Strife takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Gotts is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Strife.
Strife connects with a looping right hand.
Gotts throws a jab when Strife was well out of range.
Gotts scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Gotts throws a jab when Strife was well out of range.
Gotts swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gotts misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Strife.
Gotts misses with a left hand
and Strife cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Strife staying out of range there.
Gotts moves out of range as Strife strikes.
Stu Gotts seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gotts misses with an uppercut. Strife saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gotts throws a hook but Strife blocks it.
Gotts misses with an uppercut.
Gotts throws a shot from downtown. Strife moves away and avoids it.
Strife avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gotts scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Gotts is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Gotts pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Gotts throws out a powerful jab.
Strife slips a jab from Gotts.
Some wild striking there from Gotts.
Strife slips a jab and a cross from Gotts.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gotts misses with a hook.
Strife gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Gotts.
Strife throws a series of punches but Gotts avoids them all with ease.
Gotts looks to land a right hand but Strife moved out of range.
Gotts keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Gotts looks to land a right hand but Strife moved out of range.
Gotts throws a hook but Strife avoids it easily.
Strife misses with a straight right.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gotts fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Strife manages to avoid it.
Gotts misses with a hook. Strife ducked under it nicely.
Gotts takes a swing at Strife's ribcage but misses.
Gotts looks to land a right hand but Strife moved out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gotts misses with a wild body shot.
Gotts misses with a lunging right hand
and Strife counters with a left and a right that stings Gotts.
Gotts misses with a looping right.
Strife's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Gotts connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Strife scrambles back to his feet.
Strife connects with a nice looking jab.
A telegraphed right hand from Gotts misses the target.
Strife defending well as Gotts loads up on a big left hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gotts. Strife does a little dance to reset his feet.
Gotts will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Strife displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gotts throws out the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gotts throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Strife.
Strife throws a right hand that Gotts ducks under and follows up with a left that Gotts also avoids with ease.
Strife throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Gotts lunges at Strife with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Strife's hand.
Gotts on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Gotts misses with an uppercut. Strife saw that one coming.
A big right from Strife misses.
Gotts lands with an overhand left.
Gotts throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gotts is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gotts paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Strife tries to bum rush Gotts with a series of wild strikes but Gotts uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gotts listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stu Gotts dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Gotts takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A punch lands to the side of Gotts 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Gotts misses with a wild combination.
Strife misses with a series of wild punches.
A right-left combo lands from Gotts.
Gotts feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Strifes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Gotts misses with a hook. Strife ducked under it nicely.
Strife drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Strife uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gotts.
Strife throws a one two combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gotts throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Strife uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gotts.
Strife throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gotts misses with a hook. Strife ducked under it nicely.
Strife misses with a straight right.
Strife misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Strife slips a jab from Gotts.
Gotts misses with a hook.
Cloud Strife is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jab by Strife.
A decent looking cross lands there for Gotts.
Strife feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Gottss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Strife fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Gotts, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gotts misses with a hook
and Strife counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Strife moves away from the strike by Gotts.
Gotts misses with a left hand
and Gotts takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gotts throws a hook but Strife blocks it.
Gotts's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Strife connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Gotts scrambles back to his feet.
Gotts misses with an uppercut
enabling Strife to counter with a crisp jab.
Strife misses with a double jab.
Gotts throws out a loose jab but Strife uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gotts misses with a wild body shot.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Strife in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Strife defending well as Gotts loads up on a big left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gotts swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Strife connects with the punch.
Gotts throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gotts throws a looping overhand right but Strife ducks down to avoid it.
Stu Gotts is winning the standup battle so far.
Gotts throws a looping overhand right but Strife ducks down to avoid it.
Gotts getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Gotts throws a hook but Strife blocks it.
Gotts jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Gotts throws a hook but Strife avoids it easily.
Strife avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Strife looks to land a combination but Gotts avoids it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Strife moves out of range of the strikes.
Strife staying out of range there.
Gotts just misses with a punch to the body.
Gotts lunges at Strife with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Strife's hand.
Gotts throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Strife slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A jab from Strife misses.
Gotts misses with a looping left.
Gotts throws a big shot that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gotts with a hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gotts swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stu Gotts dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
A slow jab from Gotts misses its intended target.
Strife uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gotts.
Strife moves away from the strike by Gotts.
Gotts throws a lazy uppercut
and Strife counters with a nice uppercut.
Gotts loads up on a big right hand but Strife slips the punch.
Strife misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gotts.
Strife slips under a jab from Gotts.
Strife moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Gotts takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nice defenses there by Strife.
Gotts pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Strife missing with a left hand there. Gotts was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Strife misses with a head kick.
Gotts swings widly with a right hand
and Strife counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Strife lands an overhand right.
Strife throws a nice looking combination but Gotts bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Some wild striking there from Gotts.
Gotts swinging wildly here.
Gotts throws a series of punches but Strife avoids them all with ease.
Gotts misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gotts rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Strife counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gotts avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Strife lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Strife.
Gotts looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Gotts throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gotts throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Strife counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A jab from Gotts misses.
Strife 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.
Gotts keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Gotts steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Strife.
Strife takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Gotts is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Strife.
Gotts walks into a straight right hand from Strife.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Strife misses the target.
A big right from Strife misses.
Sloppy strikes from Gotts. Those never looked like landing.
Gotts misses with a right hand
and Strife counters with a left and a right that stings Gotts.
Gotts waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Strife.
Strife scores with a jab to the jaw.
Strife throws a series of punches but Gotts avoids them all with ease.
No joy there for Gotts, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gotts throws an off balance right hand
and Strife counters with a stiff right hand.
Gotts on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Gotts throws the left hand but Strife avoids the punch easily.
Stu Gotts is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gotts throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Strife counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Gotts tries to bum rush Strife with a series of wild strikes but Strife uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gotts rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Strife moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gotts misses with a wild combination.
Strife fails to land with a series of punches.
Cloud Strife has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Strife misses with a hook.
Gotts misses with a hook. Strife ducked under it nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gotts throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Strife misses with a hook.
Strife throws a series of punches but Gotts avoids them all with ease.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Stu Gotts.
Well Gotts has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 30:28
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stu Gotts!
Stu Gotts really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Empire Threads - The Best $15 You've Ever Spent! logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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