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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between TJ Welsh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Bearer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Welsh's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Lets Have A War. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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199 lbs
5 - 9 - 0 |
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183 cm
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185 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful |
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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
5 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, TJ Welsh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Paul Bearer!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Welsh closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Welsh tries to advance to mount but Bearer instead regains half guard.
Welsh not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Bearer is trying to stand back up but Welsh is controlling him
Welsh throws a strike but Bearer avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Welsh looking to sit in guard and control but Bearer gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Welsh is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Welsh has Bearer pulled in close to control his posture.
Bearer throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Welsh is striking from the bottom but Bearer uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bearer thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Welsh's head.
Bearer is keen to just control but Welsh is a slippery customer.
Bearer is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Welsh has managed to free his arm - good work.
Welsh is not content to let Bearer control the position.
Welsh trying to control but Bearer postures up.
Welsh is trying to stand.
Welsh wants to get back to full guard.
Bearer thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Welsh wants to control but Bearer is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bearer thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Bearer looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Bearer is keen to just control but Welsh is a slippery customer.
Bearer is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Welsh!
Welsh is looking to get to half guard.
Welsh wants to hold on but Bearer pushes him away.
Bearer dominating with strikes here.
It looks like TJ Welsh has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Welsh is working to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Welsh in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Welsh is rocked!
TJ Welsh's cut is getting worse.
Bearer has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Welsh is wriggling around trying to escape.
Oh Welsh is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bearer working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Welsh takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Bearer's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paul Bearer!
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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
52% |
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