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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Louis Alexandre Berthier (ranked 3368 p4p, 152 weight class) and Talon Cape (ranked 2708 p4p, 127 weight class). Talon Cape is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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140 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible |
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Decent wrestler
Good kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Louis Alexandre Berthier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Talon Cape!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Albert Achterberg and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A chopping leg kick lands by Cape.
We've been hearing reports that Berthier has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
The crowd cheers as Cape lands an impressive looking overhand right. Berthier doesn't seem phased though.
Nice sprawl there from Cape as Berthier shoots in.
Cape looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Cape throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Berthier.
Cape scores with a nice strike.
Cape lands a glancing blow to the side of Berthier's head.
Cape swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cape is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Berthier is trying hard to land a takedown here. Cape sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
A little jabbing left from Cape on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cape jabs Berthier to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Cape moves into range and clinches up with Berthier.
Berthier blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cape will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Berthier up against the cage.
Cape tries a knee to the head but Berthier blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cape is pushing Berthier up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Berthier letting Cape take a breather here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Berthier.
Cape connects with a nasty looking knee right to Berthier's face.
Cape's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Cape creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cape throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Cape comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Berthier blocks the elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cape lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Berthier blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Berthier has had enough of the clinch but Cape keeps him there for the moment.
Cape slowing the pace effectively.
Cape keeps control of Berthier as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cape lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cape trying to land knees to the body.
Berthier wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Cape.
Cape tries to throw a body punch but Berthier avoids it by throwing Cape back against the cage.
Cape unloads a knee to the mid-section. Berthier lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cape content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Cape unloads a knee to the mid-section.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cape with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for Cape to work.
Cape working Berthier over with knees to the body.
Berthier on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cape just leaning against Berthier, taking a breather.
Berthier blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cape tries a knee to the head but Berthier blocks it.
Cape throws an elbow but it misses.
Berthier blocks an elbow strike from Cape.
Berthier wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Louis Alexandre Berthier. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cape creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Berthier's defenses.
Cape is stalling here.
Berthier blocks an elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cape throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Berthier blocks it with crossed arms.
Cape stalling.
Cape slows down the pace here.
Berthier is trying to break free.
Cape tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Berthier swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cape lands an elbow inside that Berthier shrugs off.
Cape tries to land a knee to the head but Berthier blocks with his arms.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Cape.
Cape leaning his opponent against the cage.
Cape landing knees to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Talon Cape dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Cape connects with a crisp jab.
A jab lands there for Cape.
Cape swings for the body but Berthier moves out of range.
Berthier tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Cape manages to circle out of the way.
Nice body punch from Cape.
Cape throws a leg kick which misses Berthier's front leg but catches the back leg as Berthier tries to avoid it.
Berthier dodges the punch combination from Cape.
Berthier uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cape.
Berthier seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Berthier stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cape.
Cape throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Berthier's head.
Cape takes a swing at Berthier's ribcage but misses.
Cape does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Berthier feinted with a counter takedown.
Talon Cape seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Berthier takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Cape getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Cape throws a series of punches but Berthier avoids them all with ease.
Cape moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Talon Cape is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cape throws a body shot but no joy.
Berthier wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Cape as Berthier shoots in.
Berthier keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Berthier changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Berthier has a takedown stuffed.
Cape cracks the inside of Berthier's front leg.
A jab lands there for Cape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cape wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Cape throws a series of strikes that have Berthier backpedaling.
Cape is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Berthier rather than just go for the knockout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cape moves into the clinch.
Berthier avoids the elbow strike from Cape, against the cage.
Cape prevents Berthier from breaking the clinch.
Berthier looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cape stalls.
Cape slows down the pace here.
Cape misses with an elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cape tries to land knees in the clinch but Berthier avoids the damage to the body.
Talon Cape seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Cape misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Berthier.
Cape is stalling here.
Stalling in the clinch from Cape.
Cape taking a breather.
Cape has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Talon Cape.
Cape lands with a thumping leg kick.
Cape looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cape.
Talon Cape seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Cape.
Cape ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Berthier moves away.
Berthier on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Cape connects with a crisp jab.
Cape rushes Berthier and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Cape stops a takedown attempt from Berthier.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Louis Alexandre Berthier. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cape misses with a knee strike.
Cape with a knee to the head.
Cape holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Berthier being controlled against the cage.
Cape effectively controlling the action here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Talon Cape showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cape.
Cape throws a chopping leg kick but Berthier manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Cape has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Cape scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Berthier shoots for a takedown but Cape saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Cape scoring well with a low kick there.
Cape lands a leg kick that knocks Berthier off balance momentarily.
Berthier on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cape tries a head kick but it misses.
Cape misses with a two punch combination.
Berthier tries to counter with a takedown but Cape is quick to defend against it.
Cape misses with a double jab.
Cape bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Berthier's head.
Cape is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Berthier is working for takedown but Cape is calmly controlling the position for now.
Cape misses with a knee to the head.
Berthier avoids the elbow strike from Cape, against the cage.
Berthier gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Cape kicks off Berthier and gets to his feet.
Cape lands with a cross.
Cape throws a leg kick which misses Berthier's front leg but catches the back leg as Berthier tries to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cape lands a high kick!
Cape throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Berthier is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Cape moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Berthier dodges the punch combination from Cape.
Cape has managed to clinch.
Berthier avoids the elbow strike from Cape, against the cage.
Berthier is trying to push Cape away but Cape has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Berthier takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cape will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Berthier up against the cage.
Cape landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cape lands an elbow that stopped Berthier in his tracks for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cape unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Cape is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Berthier managing to block the knees to the body from Cape.
Louis Alexandre Berthier has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cape stalling the fight.
Cape is stalling here.
Cape tries to land a knee to the head but Berthier blocks with his arms.
Cape's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Cape tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Berthier avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Berthier is looking to break free of the clinch but Cape has double underhooks.
Berthier blocks the elbow strike.
Berthier managing to block the knees to the body from Cape.
Cape stalls.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Berthier as Cape tries to tie him up.
Berthier blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cape holding his opponent close, against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Talon Cape.
Cape misses the jab.
Berthier takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Berthier misses the shot to the body.
Cape tries a quick counter leg kick but Berthier is wise to it.
Cape tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Berthier was well out of range. Poor timing from Cape.
And that's the end of the fight!
Talon Cape comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Cape 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 24:30
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 25:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 24:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Talon Cape!
An out of breath Talon Cape thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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