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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Vitor Nogueira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam Bastien (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Bastien's choice of entrance music: Started From The Bottom. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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155 lbs
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146 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Vitor Nogueira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Adam Bastien!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Ackerman and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No luck for Nogueira with that takedown attempt.
Bastien steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Nogueira.
Bastien misses with a head kick.
Vitor Nogueira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nogueira shoots in and drives through. Bastien sprawls well.
Nogueira fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bastien manages to avoid it.
Nogueira shoots in looking for a takedown but Bastien manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Nogueira's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Bastien throws a big counter head kick but Nogueira avoids it with no problem.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vitor Nogueira. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bastien throws a head kick but Nogueira moves out of range.
Nogueira plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nogueira shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bastien defends it nicely.
Nogueira closes the distance looking to clinch
and Bastien counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira throws out a loose jab but Bastien uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bastien throws a head kick that Nogueira semi-blocks.
Bastien has closed the distance and engaged Nogueira in a clinch.
Bastien keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Nogueira's efforts to push away.
Bastien breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bastien stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Bastien wants it to stay on the feet.
Nogueira closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Nogueira wants to lay and pray for a moment but Bastien keeps working.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bastien gets back to half guard.
Bastien kicks Nogueira off and gets back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bastien moves out of range of the body kick from Nogueira.
Bastien tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Nogueira thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nogueira misses with a body punch
and Bastien counters with a single leg into guard. Nogueira didn't expect that.
Nogueira pushes Bastien off and gets back to his feet.
Bastien tries to clinch there but Nogueira circles away.
Nogueira thinks about countering with a head kick.
Bastien throws a push kick but Nogueira slaps the foot to one side.
Adam Bastien is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira shoots in looking for a takedown. Bastien tries to sprawl out of it but Nogueira keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bastien manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
And Bastien tries to counter it with a takedown but Nogueira pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Bastien is looking to clinch.
Bastien tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nogueira swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nogueira tries a head kick but it misses.
Nogueira scores with a kick to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Bastien. Those never looked like landing.
Nogueira seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Nogueira clinches.
Nogueira breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nogueira throws a body shot but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bastien closes the distance and clinches.
Nogueira is looking to take this one to the mat.
Bastien unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nogueira lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nogueira tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bastien smiles and moves away.
Bastien motions for Nogueira to come forward. Bastien throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nogueira went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Nogueira closes the distance and clinches.
Bastien prevents the takedown attempt.
Nogueira goes for a takedown attempt but Bastien pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Nogueira slips a jab from Bastien.
Nogueira half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bastien stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Bastien wants it to stay on the feet.
Bastien throws out a counter right but Nogueira avoids it with no problem.
Nogueira shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bastien as he jumps to the side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Adam Bastien dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Nogueira shoots in looking for a takedown. Bastien tries to sprawl out of it but Nogueira keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bastien manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Nogueira misses with a two punch combination.
Bastien tries to close the distance and clinch but Nogueira swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Nogueira dodges the punch combination from Bastien.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bastien tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nogueira tries to clinch there but Bastien circles away.
Nogueira swats away the attempt to clinch by Bastien.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira has managed to clinch.
Bastien has Nogueira pressed against the cage, preventing Nogueira from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nogueira drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Bastien gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Bastien is trying to stall.
Bastien lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Bastien blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bastien gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Nogueira.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vitor Nogueira. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nogueira wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Bastien.
A bit of stalling here from Bastien.
Nogueira breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nogueira keeps Bastien at a distance using the push kick.
Nogueira tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bastien swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bastien with the counter takedown but Nogueira avoids it easily.
Nogueira shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Bastien is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Nogueira presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nogueira jumps guard but Bastien stands there with Nogueira around his waist. Nogueira gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Nogueira fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Nogueira's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bastien prevents a takedown attempt there.
Bastien goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bastien lands with a short shot to the head.
Nogueira avoiding damage as Bastien throws knees to the body.
Bastien landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Nogueira's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bastien misses the shot to the body.
Nogueira misses with a body kick.
Nogueira darts in looking for a takedown but Bastien gets double underhooks and turns Nogueira into the cage.
Bastien gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira wants to stall.
Bastien blocks the elbow strike.
Bastien is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Bastien stalling in the clinch.
Bastien just leaning against Nogueira, taking a breather.
Bastien receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Bastien scores with a shot to the side of Nogueira's head.
Bastien lands a left hand.
Bastien prevents the takedown attempt.
Nogueira blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bastien just leaning against Nogueira, taking a breather.
Bastien gets underhooks to prevent Nogueira's takedown attempt.
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!
Nogueira tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Adam Bastien showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Bastien jabs at Nogueira's body.
Nogueira tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bastien swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nogueira pushes Bastien away with a front kick.
Bastien misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nogueira.
Bastien clinches with his opponent.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bastien just misses with a elbow thrown towards Nogueira's brow.
Bastien has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nogueira's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nogueira looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bastien is fending him off so far but Nogueira persists. Nope, Bastien circles away and we're back to standing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bastien clinches.
Nogueira leaning his opponent against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bastien takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nogueira on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bastien being controlled against the cage.
Bastien tries to stall but Nogueira uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Nogueira wants to take the fight to the mat but Bastien manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Nogueira is trying to maintain a safe position but Bastien gets an underhook and turns Nogueira into the cage.
Bastien misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Nogueira.
Bastien manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Bastien scores a nice knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira is trying to push Bastien away but Bastien has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Bastien lands a good knee to the midsection. Nogueira won't want to take too many of those.
Nogueira is trying to break the clinch but Bastien has him pressed against the cage.
Nogueira has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Bastien after a bit of a struggle.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vitor Nogueira. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nogueira is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Bastien tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Nogueira avoids it.
Bastien is pushing Nogueira up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Nogueira stalling against the cage.
Nogueira manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bastien gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Nogueira misses with a body kick.
A head kick misses from Nogueira.
Bastien drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Nogueira defends it well.
Nogueira throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bastien displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Nogueira.
Bastien wants to counter the offense by Nogueira and move into the clinch position.
Bastien closes the distance and pushes Nogueira back into the cage.
Bastien breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nogueira shoots for a double leg takedown but Bastien sprawls well. He's pushed Nogueira's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira fails with an attempt to clinch.
Vitor Nogueira is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bastien clinches up against the cage.
Bastien breaks from the clinch.
Bastien lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Bastien has closed the distance and engaged Nogueira in a clinch.
Nogueira tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bastien smiles and moves away.
Bastien ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Vitor Nogueira has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Adam Bastien is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bastien tries to close the distance and clinch up but Nogueira swats him away and circles back towards the center.
And that's the end of the fight!
Adam Bastien comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bastien has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 27:30
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adam Bastien!
Our winner, Adam Bastien, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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