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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Lazuran Riku (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gauthier St. Georges (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Georges. St. Georges has chosen Jiu Jitsu as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Great elbows
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lazuran Riku!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gauthier St. Georges!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Shigeki Fujiwara and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Riku throws a right hand that misses
and St. Georges counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Riku misses with an attempted mid kick.
Riku with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Riku looks to land a combination but St. Georges avoids it well.
St. Georges blocks the body kick.
St. Georges doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Riku looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Riku tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. St. Georges manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
St. Georges keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
St. Georges plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Riku throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
enabling St. Georges to counter with a crisp jab.
St. Georges takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
It looks like Gauthier St. Georges has been cut.
A slow jab from Riku misses its intended target.
St. Georges blocks a head kick by Riku.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Riku throws an uppercut from half a mile away. St. Georges sees it coming and avoids it easily.
St. Georges uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Riku.
St. Georges throws a big counter head kick but Riku avoids it with no problem.
St. Georges shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Lazuran Riku seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St. Georges keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Riku.
Riku works the jab nicely.
Riku listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
St. Georges throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
St. Georges pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Riku trying to control the position but instead, St. Georges has worked for underhooks and has pushed Riku into the ropes.
A nice left hand lands by Riku.
St. Georges lands a damaging elbow.
St. Georges throws an elbow but it misses.
St. Georges's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
St. Georges works Riku's body with a nice hook.
St. Georges closes the distance and clinches.
St. Georges told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Riku tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and St. Georges avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Riku is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. St. Georges is defending well for now.
A nice glancing elbow lands by St. Georges.
St. Georges creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Riku's defenses.
Riku trying to control the position but instead, St. Georges has worked for underhooks and has pushed Riku into the ropes.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, St. Georges just misses with a elbow thrown towards Riku's brow.
A right hook to the body lands for St. Georges.
Riku swings wildly with an uppercut but St. Georges uses good head movement to avoid it.
St. Georges creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
St. Georges lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, St. Georges just misses with a elbow thrown towards Riku's brow.
Riku can't find room to land a body shot as St. Georges controls the action.
St. Georges throws an elbow that misses.
St. Georges breaks the clinch.
Riku swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and St. Georges cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Riku looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Riku looking to land some kicks to the body here.
St. Georges looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Riku throws a hook but St. Georges avoids it easily.
St. Georges takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St. Georges throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Riku throws an overhand right that lands on St. Georges's shoulder, as St. Georges tries to avoid the shot.
Riku sets himself, and St. Georges steps forward looking for the clinch! Riku avoids it this time.
A looping hook to the body misses from Riku. St. Georges does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lazuran Riku is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Riku moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Riku misses with a body punch
and St. Georges counters with a good low kick that Riku was not able to check.
Riku fails in his attempt to clinch.
St. Georges misses with an uppercut. Riku saw that one coming.
Riku swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
A jab lands there for St. Georges.
Riku lands a glancing blow to the side of St. Georges's head.
Riku moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Riku walks into a left hand.
Riku dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
St. Georges blocks a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
St. Georges avoids the head kick by Riku.
St. Georges tries to counter by closing the distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Riku misses with a wild combination.
Riku sets himself, and St. Georges steps forward looking for the clinch! Riku avoids it this time.
Riku tries to bum rush St. Georges with a series of wild strikes but St. Georges uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Riku misses with a lunging right hand
and St. Georges counters by moving into the clinch.
St. Georges avoiding damage as Riku throws knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the ropes, St. Georges throws an elbow but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Riku with an attempt at a knee that misses.
St. Georges throws an elbow but it misses.
St. Georges lands a left hand that snaps the head of Riku backwards.
Riku throws a knee to the head but misses.
St. Georges has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A shot in the inside from St. Georges.
Riku misses with a knee strike.
St. Georges comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
St. Georges lands an elbow just above Riku 's eye.
Riku takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the fighters up against the ropes, St. Georges throws an elbow but misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from St. Georges.
St. Georges lands a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gauthier St. Georges dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gauthier St. Georges's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Riku misses with a hook to the body
and St. Georges finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Riku misses with a hook
and St. Georges moves into the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, St. Georges just misses with a elbow thrown towards Riku's brow.
A nice glancing elbow lands by St. Georges.
Riku tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the ropes, St. Georges throws an elbow but misses.
Riku takes an elbow to the temple.
Riku throws a head punch that misses.
Riku lands a knee to the head.
St. Georges throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Nice elbow from St. Georges.
St. Georges lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Riku avoids the elbow strike from St. Georges, against the ropes.
Riku tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
St. Georges blocks a punch to the side of the head.
St. Georges misses with an elbow over the top.
St. Georges throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
St. Georges lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Riku misses with the head strike.
St. Georges creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
St. Georges lands a nice shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riku trying to land knees to the body.
Riku blocks the elbow strike.
Riku stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Riku blocks the elbow strike.
Riku is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
St. Georges lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Riku doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
St. Georges blocks an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from St. Georges.
Riku blocks an elbow strike from St. Georges.
St. Georges misses with an elbow strike.
Riku looking to throw knees to the head but St. Georges is blocking nicely.
Gauthier St. Georges seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Riku misses with a knee strike.
St. Georges has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
St. Georges throws an elbow that misses.
St. Georges blocks a punch to the side of the head.
St. Georges gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
St. Georges pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Nice elbow from St. Georges.
St. Georges lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Riku backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Riku tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Riku throws a knee to the head but misses.
St. Georges lands a damaging elbow.
Riku avoids the elbow strike from St. Georges, against the ropes.
St. Georges throws an elbow that misses.
Riku avoids the elbow strike from St. Georges, against the ropes.
St. Georges lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
St. Georges throws an elbow that misses.
St. Georges creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Riku using the Thai plumb to throw knees but St. Georges has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
St. Georges lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Riku misses with a short punch on the inside.
Riku with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Riku scores with a shot to the side of St. Georges's head.
St. Georges lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Riku throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but St. Georges blocks it with crossed arms.
St. Georges lands a damaging elbow.
Riku doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
St. Georges scores with a shot to the side of Riku's head.
A short right from Riku on the inside.
Riku tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Riku takes an elbow to the temple.
St. Georges misses with an elbow strike.
St. Georges comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Riku takes an elbow to the forehead.
Riku takes an elbow to the forehead.
St. Georges lands an elbow inside.
Riku fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
St. Georges throws an elbow that misses.
Riku dodges an elbow strike from St. Georges.
St. Georges lands an elbow inside that Riku shrugs off.
St. Georges throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Riku dodges an elbow strike from St. Georges.
St. Georges lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
St. Georges throws an elbow but it misses.
Riku tries to land a knee to the head but St. Georges blocks with his arms.
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!
Riku misses with a hook from the clinch.
St. Georges throws an elbow but it misses.
Riku lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
St. Georges misses with an elbow over the top.
A body shot lands from St. Georges.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St. Georges manages to break the clinch.
Riku scores with a nice head shot.
St. Georges moves into the clinch.
Riku throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but St. Georges blocks it with crossed arms.
Riku misses with a punch on the inside.
Riku is looking to control St. Georges's arms but St. Georges gets an underhook and turns him. Now Riku has his back to the ropes.
Riku takes an elbow to the forehead.
St. Georges lands a damaging elbow.
Riku swings wildly with an uppercut but St. Georges uses good head movement to avoid it.
St. Georges lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Riku blocks the elbow strike.
Riku dodges an elbow strike from St. Georges.
St. Georges manages to break the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
St. Georges scores with a leg kick.
Riku misses with an uppercut. St. Georges saw that one coming.
Riku sets himself, and St. Georges steps forward looking for the clinch! Riku avoids it this time.
Sloppy strikes from Riku. Those never looked like landing.
Riku swings widly with a right hand
and St. Georges counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gauthier St. Georges showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Gauthier St. Georges's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Riku throws out a loose jab but St. Georges uses good head movement to avoid it.
St. Georges takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Riku throws a right and a left that St. Georges avoids nicely.
Riku takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Riku throws a low kick but St. Georges avoids it.
Riku misses with a wild combination.
Riku throws a push kick but St. Georges slaps the foot to one side.
Jab from St. Georges.
Riku throws a low kick, looking for St. Georges's leg but St. Georges calmly moves out of range.
St. Georges steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Riku looks to score with a jab to the body but St. Georges is just out of range.
St. Georges swats away the attempt to clinch by Riku.
Riku tries to close the distance and clinch but St. Georges swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Riku lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Riku just misses with a punch to the body.
St. Georges tries to counter by closing the distance.
Riku throws a poor cross that misses
and St. Georges counters with a body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Riku looks to throw a body kick
and St. Georges counters with a nice uppercut.
St. Georges has closed the distance and engaged Riku in a clinch.
St. Georges throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
St. Georges working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Riku tries to land a knee to the head but St. Georges blocks with his arms.
Riku takes an elbow to the temple.
St. Georges comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
St. Georges lands a left hand that snaps the head of Riku backwards.
With the fighters up against the ropes, St. Georges throws an elbow but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
St. Georges lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
St. Georges throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Riku tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, St. Georges just misses with a elbow thrown towards Riku's brow.
Riku misses with a shot to the kidneys.
St. Georges throws an elbow but it misses.
Gauthier St. Georges is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Riku tries to land a knee to the head but St. Georges blocks with his arms.
St. Georges gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Riku using the Thai plumb to throw knees but St. Georges has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
St. Georges gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
St. Georges prevents a body shot from Riku.
Riku blocks an elbow strike from St. Georges.
St. Georges blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
St. Georges working some nice short punches in the clinch.
St. Georges creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by St. Georges.
Riku working aggressively here.
Riku's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
St. Georges lands an elbow that stopped Riku in his tracks for a moment.
Riku is rocked!
St. Georges lands an elbow inside that Riku shrugs off.
Oh Riku is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Riku misses with a knee strike.
A short uppercut from Riku.
Riku seems to have got his legs back now.
St. Georges pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
St. Georges avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St. Georges has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
St. Georges rushes Riku and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Riku doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Riku tries to land knees in the clinch but St. Georges avoids the damage to the body.
Riku takes an elbow to the forehead.
St. Georges avoiding damage as Riku throws knees to the body.
Riku working aggressively here.
St. Georges throws an elbow but it misses.
Riku has a couple of punches blocked by St. Georges.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
St. Georges scores with an uppercut up the middle.
St. Georges blocks a body shot from Riku.
St. Georges gets through Riku's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Riku using the Thai plumb to throw knees but St. Georges has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, St. Georges just misses with a elbow thrown towards Riku's brow.
St. Georges throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St. Georges throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
St. Georges throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Riku takes an elbow to the forehead.
St. Georges makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
St. Georges prevents a body shot from Riku.
St. Georges lands an elbow that stopped Riku in his tracks for a moment.
St. Georges lands an elbow inside that Riku shrugs off.
Riku wants to stall.
St. Georges blocks an uppercut.
Riku avoids the elbow strike from St. Georges, against the ropes.
Nice elbow from St. Georges.
Riku takes an elbow to the temple.
St. Georges blocks an uppercut.
Lazuran Riku has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A nice glancing elbow lands by St. Georges.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
St. Georges lands a nice elbow.
Riku dodges an elbow strike from St. Georges.
St. Georges throws an elbow but it's blocked.
St. Georges blocks an uppercut.
Riku working aggressively here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gauthier St. Georges comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got St. Georges winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Gauthier St. Georges!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Gauthier St. Georges!
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight for Gauthier St. Georges!
Gauthier St. Georges wins by unanimous decision!
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