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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kelvin Pouncey (ranked 1844 p4p, 204 weight class) and Ivan Arago (ranked 4754 p4p, 485 weight class). Arago is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Russian Power. Kelvin Pouncey has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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255 lbs
24 - 23 - 2 |
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196 cm
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270 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 23 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Kelvin Pouncey!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ivan Arago!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Alec Ball and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pouncey scores with a hook to the body. Arago takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Arago looks for a takedown but Pouncey sprawls well.
Arago tries for a takedown but Pouncey circles away easily
and Pouncey counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Arago with a poor takedown
enabling Pouncey to counter with a crisp jab.
Kelvin Pouncey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ivan Arago.
Pouncey shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Pouncey showed some decent athleticism there.
Pouncey is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Arago is looking to control Pouncey's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Arago avoid being mounted?
Pouncey is keen to just control but Arago is a slippery customer.
Pouncey seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Arago looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Pouncey takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pouncey lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Pouncey is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Arago gets full guard.
Pouncey keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Arago's head.
Arago throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Pouncey has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Arago tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Pouncey slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Arago.
Arago is trying to maintain the position but Pouncey is very close to passing his half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Arago is looking to improve his position.
Pouncey is nestled in close to Arago, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Pouncey not doing much here.
Arago trying to hold on to Pouncey's head to control him but Pouncey postures up.
Arago is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pouncey is trying to control. Arago wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Pouncey scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Pouncey uses his free foot to push down on Arago's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Arago.
Pouncey with shots to the head and body - Arago looks very uncomfortable down there.
Pouncey working the ground and pound effectively.
Pouncey raining down hammerfists from mount.
Pouncey tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Pouncey cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Pouncey cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pouncey takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Pouncey scoring with strikes but Arago is staying in there.
Pouncey lands a couple of good shots and Arago has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Pouncey scores with punches to the body.
Pouncey lands punches and elbows.
Arago looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Arago tries to escape the position.
Pouncey lands strikes to the head.
Pouncey is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Arago. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Pouncey landing with strikes.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Pouncey.
Arago is rocked!
Pouncey controls the action.
You can see the frustration on Arago's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Pouncey controlling the position well here. Arago rolled but Pouncey kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Arago wants to escape the position.
Pouncey wants to control but Arago is keeping busy.
Pouncey controlling from the back.
Pouncey lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Arago trying to control the position but Pouncey manages to sink in the hooks.
Pouncey scores with strikes from the back.
Pouncey is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Arago tries to escape but Pouncey has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Arago is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
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!
Pouncey has Arago flattened out and is raining down punches.
I really don't envy Arago right now.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Pouncey scores with punches from the back.
Pouncey connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Arago to escape the position.
Pouncey lands with a hammerfist to the side of Arago's head.
Pouncey tries to keep control of the position but Arago is staying busy.
You can see the frustration on Arago's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Pouncey trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Pouncey not allowing Arago to control his hands.
Pouncey controlling from the back.
Pouncey is looking to control Arago but Arago is wriggling around and keeping busy.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Pouncey is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Pouncey gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Pouncey gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Pouncey apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Arago shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Pouncey sprawls well. Pouncey wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Arago gets slowly back to his feet.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Pouncey!
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Pouncey.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Arago tries to clinch but Pouncey is having none of it.
Pouncey cracks a nice hook into Arago's ribs.
Pouncey scores with a jab. Arago acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Pouncey comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Arago with a lazy takedown attempt
and Arago takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pouncey scores with a jab. Arago acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Arago fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Arago looks winded!
Arago takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Arago with a lazy takedown attempt
and Pouncey counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pouncey ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Arago takes one to the chin there.
Pouncey thuds his right hand into Arago's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Arago on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Donk. Pouncey catches Arago right on the button with a cross.
Arago has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Pouncey scores with a jab to the body.
Pouncey is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Pouncey leaves Arago with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Pouncey scores with a hook to the body. Arago takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pouncey looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Pouncey postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kelvin Pouncey dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Arago fails with the takedown.
Pouncey buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Pouncey fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kelvin Pouncey is winning the standup battle so far.
Arago will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Pouncey connects with a body shot.
Pouncey with a jab.
Pouncey scores with a decent looking hook.
Arago takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Pouncey moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Pouncey throws a leg kick which misses Arago's front leg but catches the back leg as Arago tries to avoid it.
Arago takes a shot to the body in his stride.
It looks like Pouncey has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pouncey dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Arago with a poor takedown
and Pouncey counters with a nice uppercut.
Kelvin Pouncey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ivan Arago.
Pouncey works Arago's body with a nice hook.
Pouncey shoots in and gets a takedown into Arago's guard.
Pouncey chips away with some ground and pound.
Arago is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pouncey distracts Arago with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Pouncey works over Arago with some ground and pound from guard.
Arago keeping moving, preventing Pouncey from controlling successfully.
Pouncey lands a couple of digs.
Pouncey pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Arago is keeping the position for now.
Pouncey forces his way into half guard.
Pouncey working over Arago with some ground and pound. Arago looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pouncey tries to pass the half guard into mount. Arago knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Arago is looking to control Pouncey's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Arago avoid being mounted?
Pouncey slows the pace down in half guard.
Pouncey lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Pouncey is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Arago is looking to get back to full guard here but Pouncey has managed to pass to side control instead.
Arago misses with an elbow from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Arago tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Pouncey wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Pouncey is looking to take a break and control but Arago is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Arago seems a little lost for a moment, as Pouncey dominates the positioning.
Pouncey in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Pouncey scores with a couple of short elbows.
Arago wants to control but Pouncey postures up.
Pouncey cracks Arago with a big elbow.
Arago tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Pouncey wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Pouncey is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Arago is trying to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Arago taking a bit of punishment here - Pouncey scoring with strikes.
Kelvin Pouncey overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Arago is trying to control Pouncey's posture but Pouncey avoids it.
Pouncey grinds an elbow into Arago's temple.
Pouncey controlling the position from side mount.
Arago takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Pouncey scores with punches from side control.
Arago is still in real trouble! Can Pouncey finish him?
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Pouncey lands a strong strike to the head of Arago. That's dazed him! Pouncey looking to finish here. Arago is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Pouncey lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kelvin Pouncey!
Kelvin Pouncey retains his heavyweight title!
Kelvin Pouncey decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
The defeated Ivan Arago had this to say: 'He's like a piece of iron.'.
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