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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Yohn Royce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Georges Sinclair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yohn Royce has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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178 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Yohn Royce!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Georges Sinclair!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Ian Loll and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Royce moves into the clinch.
Royce lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Good body shot from Royce.
Sinclair has Royce pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Royce manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Royce prevents Sinclair from breaking the clinch.
Royce prevents a takedown attempt there.
Sinclair wants to get back to striking at distance but Royce won't allow it.
Royce scores with a shot to the side of Sinclair's head.
Royce stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Royce content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Royce is pushing Sinclair up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Royce throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sinclairs head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Royce fails to land.
Royce lands a body shot in the clinch.
Sinclair looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Royce throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Royce lands a nice uppercut.
Sinclair breaks from the clinch.
Royce stuffs the takedown attempt from Sinclair. Sinclair gets slowly back to his feet.
Yohn Royce has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Georges Sinclair.
Royce has taken the fight to the clinch.
Royce lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Sinclair leaning his opponent against the cage.
Royce lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Royce gets through Sinclair's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Royce works on Sinclair's body with a couple of short punches.
Royce lands a body punch.
Royce softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Royce lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sinclair backwards.
A short left from Royce.
A hook to the body from Royce.
Royce lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sinclair backwards.
Royce lands with a left to the head.
Royce lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A bit of stalling here from Royce.
Royce lands an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Royce misses with a body punch.
Royce is working Sinclair over against the cage.
Royce tries a body shot but Sinclair blocks it.
Sinclair blocks a body shot from Royce.
Sinclair is trying to drag Royce to the mat but Royce just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Royce digs a right hand underneath Sinclair's ribcage. Sinclair let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Royce lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Sinclair backwards.
Royce misses with a punch to the body.
Royce lands with a light punch inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Royce.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Royce.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Royce tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sinclair's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Royce throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Sinclair wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Royce prevents the takedown attempt.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Royce breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Yohn Royce is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Royce scores with a punch to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A right-left combo lands from Royce.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yohn Royce dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Yohn Royce's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Royce shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Sinclair eats them both and turns towards Royce to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
No joy there for Royce, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Royce swinging wildly here.
Sinclair fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Royce to the ground. Sinclair is now in Royce's guard.
Royce has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Sinclair off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Royce tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sinclair paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sinclair is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Sinclair throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A bone on bone clash there as Royce blocks the leg kick.
Royce feints a jab promting Sinclair to slip. Royce then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Sinclair slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
It looks like Georges Sinclair has been cut.
Royce moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Royce tries to clinch there but Sinclair circles away.
Royce looks to land a combination but Sinclair avoids it well.
Royce lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Sinclair ducks right into an uppercut from Royce.
Sinclair misses with a looping left.
Royce lands a nice shot that snaps Sinclair's head back.
Royce misses with a wild combination.
Sinclair throws a right hand that misses
and Royce counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Sinclair throws a nice looking combination but Royce bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Royce misses with a series of wild punches.
Yohn Royce is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Royce pushes Sinclair up against the cage in a clinch.
Royce's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Royce swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Sinclair now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Royce uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sinclair.
Yohn Royce seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sinclair swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Royce looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Royce fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Royce. No joy for Sinclair on that attempt.
Royce lands with a shot to the body.
Royce misses with a two punch combination.
Sinclair misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Royce.
Royce is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sinclair can do to turn this around?
Sinclair throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Royce lands a nice shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Royce swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Royce swinging wildly here.
Sinclair gets tackled into the cage by Royce. Royce maintains the clinch.
Royce softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Yohn Royce has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Royce breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Royce scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Sinclair doesn't seem bothered though.
Royce scores with a three punch combo!
Royce lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sinclair circles away quickly and effectively.
Royce backing away here, and Sinclair unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Royce swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Royce throws a series of punches but Sinclair avoids them all with ease.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Royce checks a leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Royce misses with a two punch combination.
Royce is looking to clinch.
Royce tries to clinch but Sinclair moves out of range.
Sinclair misses the shot to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sinclair throws a shot from downtown. Royce moves away and avoids it.
Sinclair throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Royce's waist but Royce gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sinclair off to one side.
Sinclair with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Royce to score with a decent uppercut.
Royce checks a leg kick.
Royce goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Sinclair finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A low kick from Sinclair misses
and Royce counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yohn Royce dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Sinclair throws a head kick that misses
letting Royce counter with a right hand.
Sinclair shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Royce sprawls well. Royce wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Sinclair gets slowly back to his feet.
Royce feints a jab promting Sinclair to slip. Royce then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Sinclair slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Sinclair ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Royce moves away.
As Sinclair looks to move away, Royce throws a big counter combo but Sinclair just gets out of the way.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Royce lands a jab-cross combination.
Nice straight punches there by Royce. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Royce.
Royce moves out of range of the body kick from Sinclair.
Royce rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Sinclair moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
And Sinclair tries to counter it with a takedown but Royce pushes his down on his head and steps out.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Royce.
Sinclair throws a low kick, looking for Royce's leg but Royce calmly moves out of range.
Royce throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sinclair.
Royce swinging wildly here.
Royce moves in looking to clinch but Sinclair pushes him off.
Sinclair is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Royce tries to close the distance and clinch but Sinclair swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sinclair is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Royce looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Royce looks to land a combination. Sinclair sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Sinclair swings for the body but Royce moves out of range.
Royce went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Sinclair throws a leg kick but Royce sees it coming and moves out of range.
Royce misses with a wild combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Royce avoids the body shot from Sinclair.
Sinclair is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Royce rather than just go for the knockout.
Sinclair throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Royce is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Royce's jab looks to have found its range, popping Sinclair under the eye.
Royce throws a right hand that Sinclair ducks under and follows up with a left that Sinclair also avoids with ease.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice combination there by Royce.
Sinclair shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Royce throws a right hand that Sinclair ducks under and follows up with a left that Sinclair also avoids with ease.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Royce ducks under a wild hook from Sinclair.
Royce bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Royce misses with a series of wild punches.
Sinclair is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Royce.
It looked like Royce wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Royce throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sinclair let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Georges Sinclair has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Yohn Royce is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Royce will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Sinclair misses with a jab to the body
and Royce counters by clinching up.
Royce manages to break the clinch.
Royce avoids the body shot from Sinclair.
Royce appears to be looking for a big counter.
Royce looks to land a combination but Sinclair avoids it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sinclair fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Royce was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Yohn Royce has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Georges Sinclair.
Sinclair shoots and misses
and Royce counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Royce looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Royce moves into the clinch.
Sinclair is trying to push Royce away but Royce has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Royce is leaning against Sinclair and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Sinclair's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Sinclair wants to get back to striking at distance but Royce won't allow it.
Royce lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sinclair misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yohn Royce showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Royce 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:26
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yohn Royce!
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energy
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