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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tony Montana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Spezza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Montana comes to the cage accompanied by Push it to the Limit. Tony Montana could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jason Spezza's chin.
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163 lbs
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178 cm
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162 lbs
16 - 6 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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
16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tony Montana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jason Spezza!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Yves DeLean and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spezza throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Good shot there by Montana.
Spezza looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Spezza turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Montana throws a lazy right hand but Spezza sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Montana lands a body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Spezza 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A bone on bone clash there as Montana blocks the leg kick.
Montana misses the jab.
Montana misses with a jab, cross combination.
Montana misses the jab.
Montana gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Spezza to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Montana looking to control.
Montana keeping moving, preventing Spezza from controlling successfully.
Spezza would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Montana looking for a sweep. Not yet Montana, not yet.
Spezza trying to control but Montana is working from the bottom.
Spezza won't allow Montana to sweep him here.
Montana working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Spezza.
Montana not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Montana lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Montana tests Spezza's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Montana jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Spezza misses with a double jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Montana lands.
Montana throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Spezza throws a head kick but Montana moves out of range.
Montana throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Montana looks to land a combination but Spezza avoids it well.
Montana misses with a double jab
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Montana throws a poor cross that misses
and Spezza counters with a slapping leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Spezza lands a nice leg kick that just misses Montana's sensitive parts.
Spezza attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Montana jabs Spezza to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Montana misses with a left hand
and Spezza counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Spezza pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Montana gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montana checks a leg kick.
Spezza throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Spezza misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Spezza moves forwards but Montana connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Montana fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Spezza manages to avoid it.
Montana scores with a sloppy right hand. Spezza should have avoided that one.
Spezza wants to land a leg kick but Montana is out of range.
Spezza avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Montana swings for the body but Spezza moves out of range.
Spezza throws a head kick but Montana moves out of range.
Spezza avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Montana lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Spezza dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Montana. That did some damage!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Montana misses with an uppercut.
Spezza avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Montana gets caught napping as Spezza dives in and scores a takedown. Montana manages to retain guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Montana trying to keep a closed guard but Spezza is proving a slippery customer.
Montana working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Spezza doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Spezza manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Montana controls Spezza momentarily but Spezza frees himself.
Montana can't keep his opponent in guard - Spezza advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Montana trying to control but Spezza postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Tony Montana will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Spezza feints and then cracks Montana's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Montana down.
Montana checks a leg kick nicely.
Montana avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Montana avoids the head kick by Spezza.
Spezza misses with a body shot.
Spezza scores with a head kick. Montana tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Montana throws a jab when Spezza was well out of range.
Montana gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Montana seems keen to control Spezza's posture.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spezza wants to stand and escape but instead Montana has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Montana missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Montana wants to pass the guard but Spezza is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Spezza looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Montana puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Spezza trying to control but Montana postures up.
Spezza controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Montana is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Spezza works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Montana landing with the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Montana trying to control the position from guard on top but Spezza is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Montana trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Montana throws a big right hand that misses.
Spezza is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montana missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Montana throws a big elbow that misses.
Montana slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Montana wants to lay and pray for a moment but Spezza keeps working.
Montana throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Spezza wants to control but Montana postures up.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Montana looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A nice inside leg kick there by Spezza. That's going to slow Montana down.
Tony Montana is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Spezza on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Montana swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Montana misses with a looping right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spezza fails with the takedown.
Spezza misses with a jab to the body
and Montana counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Spezza throws a leg kick but Montana moved away.
Montana looks to land a right hand but Spezza moved out of range.
Tony Montana is winning the standup battle so far.
Montana slips under a jab from Spezza.
Spezza tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Montana uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Spezza has time to react.
Spezza lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Montana is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A slow jab from Montana misses its intended target.
Montana throws the left hand but Spezza avoids the punch easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Montana jabs Spezza right on the nose. Spezza blinks but takes it well.
Montana misses with a hook.
Montana throws a right and a left that Spezza avoids nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tony Montana dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Montana checks a leg kick.
Montana misses with a wild combination.
Spezza closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Montana rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Spezza counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Spezza wants to lay and pray for a moment but Montana keeps working.
Spezza stalling.
Montana tries to get to full guard but Spezza has control of the leg.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Montana wants to control but Spezza is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spezza not doing much here.
Jason Spezza has got the better of the ground game so far.
Montana wants to get back to full guard.
Spezza controlling the action here.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Montana is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Good leg kick by Montana there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Montana takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Montana ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Spezza moves away.
Spezza misses with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montana throws a combination. Spezza tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
A nice inside leg kick there by Spezza. That's going to slow Montana down.
Spezza gets a takedown into half guard.
Spezza tries to pass the half guard into mount. Montana knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Montana is looking to control Spezza's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Montana avoid being mounted?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Montana is looking to get back to full guard here but Spezza has managed to pass to side control instead.
Montana is trying to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spezza controls the position from side control.
Montana looking for a sweep but Spezza has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Spezza sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Spezza prevents Montana from getting the reversal.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
A nice elbow there by Spezza.
Spezza content just to control the position here.
Montana wants to control but Spezza is having none of it.
Tony Montana is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Montana sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Spezza has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Montana tries to reverse the position but Spezza maintains control.
Jason Spezza has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Spezza with a couple of short strikes.
Spezza lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Montana hang on?
And that's the end of the fight!
Jason Spezza comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Montana has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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