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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Max Beltran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fitz Hall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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BJJ White Belt
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Max Beltran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Fitz Hall!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Richard Clark and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beltran is looking to clinch but Hall is avoiding it.
Beltran closes the distance and clinches.
Beltran prevents Hall from breaking the clinch.
Hall wants to break free but Beltran has control.
Beltran digs a right hand into Hall's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Hall's gas tank.
Hall on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Beltran.
Beltran pressing his opponent against the cage.
Beltran throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Halls head.
Beltran breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hall scores with a crisp jab that stopped Beltran in his tracks.
A leg kick checked by Beltran.
Fitz Hall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beltran tries to clinch but Hall moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beltran shoots in but Hall avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Beltran tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hall manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Beltran fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
We've been hearing reports that Beltran has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Beltran rushes Hall and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Hall has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Beltran is trying to trip Hall. He has hold of a leg but Hall is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Beltran persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Hall pushes Beltran off and scrambles back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall scores with a jab. Beltran acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Hall looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hall fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Beltran dodges the punch combination from Hall.
Beltran appears to be looking for a big counter.
Hall throws a leg kick but Beltran sees it coming and moves out of range.
Beltran moves into the clinch.
Beltran throws a punch but it's blocked by Hall.
Beltran slows down the pace here.
Beltran blocks an uppercut.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Beltran takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Beltran slowing the pace effectively.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Beltran as Hall tries to tie him up.
Hall is trying to break the clinch but Beltran has him pressed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beltran blocking some punches.
Hall is looking to break free of the clinch but Beltran has double underhooks.
Hall can't break the clinch.
Beltran misses with some punches.
Beltran manages to pull guard.
Hall won't allow Beltran to sweep him here.
Beltran is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hall tries to roll over but Beltran keeps him under control.
Hall is looking to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hall keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Beltran not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Beltran wants to control but Hall is keeping him busy.
Beltran seems to be working for a kimura but Hall defends the submission attempt.
Hall tries to roll over but Beltran keeps him under control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beltran seems to be looking for submissions.
Hall really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Beltran. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hall pushes Beltran off looking to stand but Beltran dives back in and keeps control.
Beltran wants to work for an arm triangle but Hall is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Hall has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Beltran is working away from the top position though.
Beltran has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Hall looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Hall blocking the ground and pound attempt from Beltran.
Hall looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Hall throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Beltran is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Hall wants to get back to his feet.
Hall punching from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Beltran gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hall lands with an uppercut that bounces Beltran off the cage and back into range.
Beltran fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hall shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Beltran eats them both and turns towards Hall to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Beltran pushes Hall up against the cage in a clinch.
Beltran breaks the clinch.
Hall throws a leg kick
and Beltran counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Hall takes a head kick and keeps coming.
It looks like Fitz Hall has been cut.
Beltran moves in looking to clinch but Hall pushes him off.
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 Max Beltran will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Fitz Hall's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Beltran closes the distance and clinches up with Hall, looking for a takedown. Beltran pushes Hall against the cage but Hall circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Beltran manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Hall on his heels. He'll look to pass Hall's guard now, I'm sure.
Hall is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Beltran stops Hall from standing up.
Beltran pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hall is keeping the position for now.
Hall wants to stand up but Beltran is controlling him.
Hall can't keep his opponent in guard - Beltran advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Hall missing with punches from the bottom.
Max Beltran overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beltran is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Beltran is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall is trying to stand up here but Beltran is controlling him well.
Beltran wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hall keeps working.
Beltran blocks the strikes from Hall.
Hall is looking to escape.
Beltran moves nicely into side control.
Hall is trying to control Beltran's posture but Beltran avoids it.
Beltran tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Beltran looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Hall is avoiding damage well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Beltran landing strikes.
Beltran decides to stand up, so the ref orders Hall to his feet.
Beltran scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Beltran is pressing down on Hall's thigh, looking to free his foot. Hall is holding on for now.
Beltran looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Beltran is working for a submission of some sort.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall wants to get back to his feet.
Beltran is trying to work for a kimura but Hall is defending well.
Beltran thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hall's head.
Hall tries to kick Beltran off but Beltran keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Beltran throwing shots but Hall is blocking nicely.
Beltran is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Hall doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Beltran.
Beltran is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hall can do to turn this around?
Beltran is looking for a kimura but Hall is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Beltran to get the leverage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Beltran is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Beltran prevents Hall from improving his position.
Hall pushes Beltran off looking to stand but Beltran dives back in and keeps control.
Hall makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Beltran closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Fitz Hall seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Beltran doesn't manage to clinch there - Hall circles away.
Beltran tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A right-left combo lands from Hall.
Beltran tries to clinch
and Hall counters with a nice uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Max Beltran will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Fitz Hall's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Beltran tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Beltran takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Beltran showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hall.
Hall lands a right hook to the body.
Hall changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Beltran misses with a body shot.
Beltran wants to clinch.
Beltran throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Hall's waist but Hall gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Beltran off to one side.
Beltran doesn't manage to clinch there - Hall circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beltran has managed to clinch.
Hall is trying to push Beltran away but Beltran has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Hall is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Hall is trying to maintain a safe position but Beltran gets an underhook and turns Hall into the cage.
Beltran throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Halls head.
Beltran throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Halls head.
Hall can't break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Beltran trying to stall but Hall improves his position.
Beltran lands a hook that snaps the head of Hall backwards.
Beltran lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hall is looking to break free of the clinch but Beltran has double underhooks.
A short right from Beltran on the inside.
Beltran looking for a takedown.
Hall managing to block the knees to the body from Beltran.
A frustrated look appears on Hall's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hall has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Beltran working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Beltran lands a right hand.
Beltran escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hall circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hall connects with a jab.
Hall tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Hall with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Beltran looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Beltran is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hall.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hall connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Beltran momentarily.
Beltran scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Hall tries to escape but Beltran is in control.
Beltran throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Beltran tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Beltran thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Hall managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Beltran.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beltran is trying to get an arm triangle but Hall is defending well.
Hall tries to bench press Beltran off him but Beltran keeps the position.
Hall is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Beltran is controlling him well.
Beltran thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Beltran wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Hall, who protects the arm well.
Beltran is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Hall is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Hall is looking to regain half guard here but Beltran keeps moving and retains side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Beltran thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Hall is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Beltran working away.
Fitz Hall has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Beltran postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Hall throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Max Beltran.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Beltran, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Max Beltran!
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