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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Martin Louis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Project Ghetto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Louis kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Stand up and Fight. Ghetto comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Beanie Sigel - In The Ghetto kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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169 lbs
12 - 1 - 0 |
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155 lbs
12 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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Dangerous knees
Good gas tank |
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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
12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Martin Louis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Project Ghetto!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Viktor Lagutenko and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ghetto doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Louis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ghetto.
Louis lands a nice hook to Ghetto's body. Ghetto takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Louis takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Ghetto closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Louis's guard.
Ghetto working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Louis's head.
Louis avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ghetto throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Louis works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ghetto won't allow Louis to sweep him here.
Ghetto throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Louis avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ghetto postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ghetto wants to control from the top but Louis keeps moving.
Louis looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ghetto is one step ahead there.
Ghetto trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Louis looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ghetto wants to control from the top but Louis keeps moving.
Ghetto with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ghetto lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Ghetto postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ghetto throws a big elbow that misses.
Ghetto is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Ghetto keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Louis's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louis is pulling down on Ghetto's head to control his posture.
Ghetto trying to control but Louis is working from the bottom.
Ghetto postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Ghetto trying to control the position from guard on top but Louis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ghetto loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ghetto throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Louis works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ghetto trying to control the position from guard on top but Louis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ghetto trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Louis manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ghetto throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Louis escapes and throws Ghetto's legs to the side, diving into side control!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ghetto is looking for a sweep.
Louis trying to control the action but Ghetto is working from the bottom.
Louis is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Louis wants to stand but Ghetto has his arm trapped.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louis wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ghetto keeps working.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ghetto is looking to regain half guard here but Louis keeps moving and retains side control.
Ghetto gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Ghetto keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Ghetto trying to hold on to Louis's head to control him but Louis postures up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Martin Louis wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Ghetto is trying hard to land a takedown here. Louis sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Project Ghetto dominated that round.
That's time! Louis's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A solid leg kick lands there for Ghetto.
Ghetto misses with a leg kick
and Louis counters with a nice body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Louis. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Louis.
Louis checks a low kick from Ghetto.
Louis misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ghetto.
Ghetto tries a head kick but it misses.
Louis gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Ghetto.
Louis connects with a body shot that sends Ghetto's belly button to the back.
Project Ghetto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ghetto throws a right hand that Louis ducks under and follows up with a left that Louis also avoids with ease.
Louis misses with a wild body shot.
Louis throws a body punch but Ghetto moves out of range.
Louis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ghetto does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Louis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ghetto swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ghetto tries to score with a low kick but Louis moves his leg out of the way.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Louis misses with a body shot
letting Ghetto counter with a right hand.
Louis moves out of range of the body kick.
Louis throws a nice outside leg kick.
Ghetto lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Martin Louis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ghetto misses with a low kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Louis - that will leave a mark!
Ghetto misses with an attempted mid kick.
Louis slips a jab from Ghetto.
Ghetto thows a left - swing and a miss!
A swing and a miss from Louis.
Ghetto goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Louis is looking to wear down Ghetto with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Louis tries to keep at a distance but Ghetto has taken the fight into the clinch.
Louis misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louis fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ghetto throws an elbow but misses.
Louis misses with a punch on the inside.
Louis misses with a body punch.
Ghetto using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ghetto is looking to take this one to the mat.
Ghetto scores with a shoulder strike.
Ghetto tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Still in the clinch, Ghetto scores with a nice short uppercut.
Louis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Louis lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Louis misses with the head strike.
Ghetto lands a left hand.
Ghetto working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Ghetto throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Louis blocks it with crossed arms.
Ghetto lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Louis misses with a punch to the body.
Louis working aggressively here.
Ghetto's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louis tries a body shot but Ghetto blocks it.
Louis tries to work over Ghetto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Louis lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Louis has a couple of punches blocked by Ghetto.
Ghetto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Louis misses with a body punch.
Louis blocks an uppercut.
Louis misses with some punches.
Louis misses with a punch on the inside.
A short right from Ghetto.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Louis as Ghetto tries to tie him up.
Louis prevents a takedown attempt there.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Louis.
Ghetto misses with the head strike.
Louis tries a body shot but Ghetto blocks it.
Louis looking to stall.
Louis blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ghetto doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Project Ghetto seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Louis swings wildly with an uppercut but Ghetto uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ghetto looking to throw knees to the head but Louis is blocking nicely.
A right hook to the body lands for Ghetto.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ghetto softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ghetto scores with a knee to the head.
Louis digs a right hand into Ghetto's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ghetto's gas tank.
Ghetto softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Louis tries a body shot but Ghetto blocks it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ghetto.
Ghetto has a couple of punches blocked by Louis.
Ghetto misses with a punch on the inside.
Louis lands a body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short body shot lands from Louis as the two fighters clinch.
Ghetto is breathing heavily.
Louis misses with a body punch.
Louis blocking some punches.
Louis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ghetto's elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Project Ghetto will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Ghetto is looking to land body kicks.
Ghetto wants to land a leg kick but Louis is out of range.
Ghetto throws out a leg kick but Louis moves out of range and Ghetto only half commits.
Louis tries a head kick but it misses.
Ghetto misses the jab.
A clash of legs there as Louis blocks the low kick.
Louis defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Ghetto.
Ghetto lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Good leg kick by Louis there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Louis scores with a jab to the body.
Louis throws a head kick but Ghetto moves out of range.
Martin Louis is winning the standup battle so far.
Ghetto misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Ghetto misses the body punch
and Louis counters with a thumping low kick.
Ghetto avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Louis punishes Ghetto's body with a nice straight punch.
Louis misses with a hook.
Louis checks the leg kick nicely there.
Ghetto thumps Louis with a low kick.
Ghetto chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Ghetto avoids the body shot from Louis.
Ghetto keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ghetto shoots in and drives through. Louis sprawls well.
Louis moves in looking to clinch but Ghetto pushes him off.
Ghetto gets tackled into the cage by Louis. Louis maintains the clinch.
Ghetto tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Louis avoids it.
Louis pushes Ghetto back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Louis tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Louis pushes Ghetto back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ghetto tries a body shot but Louis blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Louis.
Louis throws a punch but it's blocked by Ghetto.
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!
Ghetto landing knees to the body.
Louis blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Louis can't find room to land a body shot as Ghetto controls the action.
A nice right hand lands inside from Louis.
Ghetto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Louis's elbow.
Ghetto lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Louis lands a shoulder strike.
Ghetto misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Ghetto as the two fighters clinch.
Ghetto wants a takedown but no success here.
Martin Louis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Project Ghetto.
Louis scores with a nice hook to the head.
Louis misses with a punch on the inside.
Louis lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ghetto backwards.
Ghetto scores with a shot to the side of Louis's head.
A short right from Ghetto on the inside.
Louis tries to throw a body punch but Ghetto avoids it by throwing Louis back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ghetto misses with the head strike.
Louis lands with a short shot to the head.
Louis can't find room to land a body shot as Ghetto controls the action.
Louis lands a left hand.
Ghetto tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Louis's elbow.
Louis can't find room to land a body shot as Ghetto controls the action.
Ghetto throws a punch but it's blocked by Louis.
Louis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Louis misses with a body punch.
Louis tries to work over Ghetto's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ghetto trying to stall but Louis improves his position.
Louis throws a head punch that misses.
Ghetto looking to throw knees to the head but Louis is blocking nicely.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ghetto.
Ghetto lands with a left to the head.
Ghetto blocks a body shot from Louis.
Louis lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ghetto backwards.
Ghetto tries to land a knee to the head but Louis blocks with his arms.
Louis swings wildly with an uppercut but Ghetto uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ghetto's elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Louis working aggressively here.
Louis scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Louis scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ghetto is trying to pull guard but Louis has him pressed against the cage.
Ghetto has a couple of punches blocked by Louis.
Louis lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ghetto with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ghetto takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Louis tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ghetto's elbow.
Louis digs a right hand into Ghetto's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ghetto's gas tank.
Ghetto crunches a lovely knee into Louis's ribcage.
Ghetto has a couple of punches blocked by Louis.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A right hand to the body from Louis.
Ghetto lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Louis digs a right hand into Ghetto's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ghetto's gas tank.
Martin Louis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Louis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Louis lands a left hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Martin Louis showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Ghetto 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 29:29
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 28:29
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Project Ghetto!
An out of breath Project Ghetto thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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