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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Toussaint Bissainthe (ranked 367 p4p, 61 weight class) and Leon Louis (ranked 649 p4p, 97 weight class). Bissainthe comes to the cage accompanied by African Voodoo Drum Music. The crowd seem to be enjoying Louis's choice of entrance music: Siren. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Toussaint Bissainthe!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Leon Louis!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Taro Takaoka and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bissainthe swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Louis is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Louis takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Bissainthe slaps away a takedown attempt from Louis, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Bissainthe throwing a counter right hand but Louis manages to avoid it.
Bissainthe looks to throw the jab but Louis is out of range.
Bissainthe stuffs the takedown.
Nice cross by Bissainthe.
Louis changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bissainthe tries to avoid it but Louis manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bissainthe to the ground. Bissainthe escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
As Louis backs away, Bissainthe returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Toussaint Bissainthe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leon Louis.
Louis has his takedown stuffed
and Bissainthe counters with a nice leg kick.
Louis moves away from the strike by Bissainthe.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Louis throws a good cross that connects.
Bissainthe lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Bissainthe misses with a looping left.
Bissainthe has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Fist of Fury Training Center in the buildup to the fight.
Bissainthe lands with an overhand left.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Louis looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bissainthe wants to sweep here but Louis controlling him for the moment.
Bissainthe preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Louis looking to pass the guard.
Bissainthe is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Bissainthe sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Louis defending well though.
Bissainthe working over Louis with some ground and pound. Louis looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Bissainthe working over Louis with some ground and pound. Louis looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Ground and pound from Bissainthe.
Louis wants to control but Bissainthe is keeping busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Louis regains full guard. Nicely done.
Bissainthe stands and throws Louis's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Louis is trying to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louis manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Louis is looking for a sweep. Bissainthe is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bissainthe looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Louis with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Bissainthe scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Bissainthe wants to lay and pray for a moment but Louis keeps working.
Louis trying to hold on to Bissainthe's head to control him but Bissainthe postures up.
Bissainthe slips a nice elbow through Louis's hands, connecting with Louis's forehead.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bissainthe is trying to control the action in half guard but Louis is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Bissainthe 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.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Louis is trying to get back to full guard.
Bissainthe is thwarting Louis's attempts to control the position.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bissainthe slips a nice elbow through Louis's hands, connecting with Louis's forehead.
Louis has hold of Bissainthe's hands but Bissainthe slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Louis wants to get back to full guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Bissainthe connects with a nice short shot to Louis's temple.
Bissainthe throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Louis looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Louis wants to get back to full guard.
Bissainthe perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Louis is trying to get back to full guard.
Bissainthe scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The fighters are battling for position here. Louis manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Louis wants to sweep but no luck.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bissainthe slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bissainthe tries to free his leg and advance position but Louis is retaining full guard.
Louis working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bissainthe.
Louis tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Louis trying to control the position.
Bissainthe is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Louis looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bissainthe is one step ahead there.
Bissainthe sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Louis's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Toussaint Bissainthe dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Louis fails to land the takedown.
Louis tests Bissainthe's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Bissainthe stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Bissainthe wants it to stay on the feet.
Louis dives in for a single leg takedown but Bissainthe sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Toussaint Bissainthe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leon Louis.
Bissainthe keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Louis fails with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bissainthe pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bissainthe lands a head shot.
It looks like Leon Louis has been cut.
Louis scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bissainthe doesn't seem bothered though.
Louis moves away from the strike by Bissainthe.
Louis ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Louis looking to score a takedown here. Bissainthe is defending well but Louis drives through and ends up in Bissainthe's guard.
Louis is in close to Bissainthe's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Bissainthe trying to keep a closed guard but Louis is proving a slippery customer.
Bissainthe 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.
Bissainthe keeping moving, preventing Louis from controlling successfully.
Bissainthe is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Louis postures up.
Louis landing with the ground and pound.
Bissainthe looking for a sweep. Not yet Bissainthe, not yet.
Louis working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bissainthe utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bissainthe wants to sweep but no luck.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Bissainthe holds on and takes a little breather.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Louis accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bissainthe is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Bissainthe wants to sweep here but Louis controlling him for the moment.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Bissainthe is working hard here to advance position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Bissainthe slips under a jab from Louis.
Bissainthe staying out of range there.
Bissainthe appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bissainthe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Louis manages to avoid it.
Louis cracks a nice hook into Bissainthe's ribs.
Bissainthe throws a jab when Louis was well out of range.
Louis digs a good hook to Bissainthe's body.
Louis checks a leg kick nicely.
Louis fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Bissainthe to the ground. Louis is now in Bissainthe's guard.
Bissainthe controlling the position.
Bissainthe looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Louis accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bissainthe is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Louis can do to turn this around?
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bissainthe is on top in guard.
Louis is trying to hold Bissainthe in close to prevent damage but Bissainthe has managed to pass into half guard.
Louis blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bissainthe.
Louis is looking for a sweep. Bissainthe is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bissainthe seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Louis trying to control here.
Louis tries to roll over but Bissainthe keeps him under control.
Toussaint Bissainthe overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bissainthe takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bissainthe lands strikes from half guard.
Bissainthe moves nicely into side control.
Bissainthe cracks Louis with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Louis is working to avoid the ground and pound but Bissainthe connects with a decent elbow.
Louis is looking for a sweep.
Louis manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Louis gets full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bissainthe's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
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 Toussaint Bissainthe will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Leon Louis's cut.
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.
Louis just misses with a punch to the body.
Bissainthe is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Louis missing with a left hand there. Bissainthe was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bissainthe misses with a straight right.
Bissainthe misses with a looping right.
Jab, jab by Louis - just one landing.
Louis checks a leg kick.
Bissainthe defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Louis.
Louis drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Bissainthe is trying to get back to half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bissainthe manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Bissainthe lands strikes from half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Louis wants to control but Bissainthe is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bissainthe lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Bissainthe trying to pass the guard but Louis defending well.
Louis has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Bissainthe is working away from the top position though.
Louis tries to get to full guard but Bissainthe has control of the leg.
Louis manages to get to full guard.
Louis escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Bissainthe gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Bissainthe working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Louis's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Louis looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bissainthe scoring with punches to the head and body.
Louis working for a triangle but Bissainthe defends it easily.
Bissainthe preventing the sweep.
Bissainthe wants to control from the top but Louis keeps moving.
Bissainthe stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Louis swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bissainthe missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bissainthe trying to control the position from guard on top but Louis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bissainthe cracks Louis with a solid left hand.
Louis looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bissainthe looking to pass the guard.
Louis looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Bissainthe scoring with some ground and pound.
Bissainthe showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Bissainthe tries to free his leg and advance position but Louis is retaining full guard.
Louis keeping moving, preventing Bissainthe from controlling successfully.
Louis wants to sweep here but Bissainthe controlling him for the moment.
Bissainthe controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Louis manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Bissainthe manages to get himself to full guard.
Louis working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Louis working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Louis throws an elbow that misses. Bissainthe uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Louis's guard. Nice move by Bissainthe!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bissainthe's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Louis keeping full guard, as Bissainthe tries to pass.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bissainthe trying to control the position from guard on top but Louis is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Louis is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Toussaint Bissainthe did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Leon Louis's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Louis avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Louis looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Louis lands a body shot.
Louis throws out a loose jab but Bissainthe uses good head movement to avoid it.
Louis fails to land the takedown.
Louis looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Louis keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Bissainthe's head.
Louis preventing the sweep.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bissainthe lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Bissainthe looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Louis manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Bissainthe manages to get himself to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bissainthe is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Louis is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Bissainthe avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bissainthe wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Louis with a flurry of punches that miss.
Louis throwing strikes from guard but Bissainthe blocks nicely.
Bissainthe trying to control the position here.
Bissainthe is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bissainthe is trying to control. Louis wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Bissainthe seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Bissainthe drops an elbow to the side of Louis's head.
Bissainthe is looking to advance position but Louis won't allow it.
Bissainthe trying to control from half guard but Louis is working away.
Bissainthe is really struggling to control Louis but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Louis wants to get back to full guard.
Bissainthe wants to take a breather but Louis is having none of it.
Louis tries to roll over but Bissainthe keeps him under control.
Bissainthe trying to control from half guard but Louis is working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bissainthe lands strikes from half guard.
Louis wants to improve his position but Bissainthe is controlling well.
Bissainthe is controlling the pace.
Bissainthe prevents Louis from improving his position.
Bissainthe seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Louis does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Bissainthe is looking to advance position but Louis won't allow it.
Louis is looking for a sweep. Bissainthe is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Louis keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Louis is pressing down on Bissainthe's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Bissainthe trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Louis keeping moving, preventing Bissainthe from controlling successfully.
Bissainthe content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Louis wants to sweep but no luck.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bissainthe wants to pass the guard but Louis is keeping the position.
Bissainthe trying to control but Louis is working from the bottom.
Bissainthe postures up and lands a big shot to Louis's brow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Toussaint Bissainthe will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Leon Louis's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Louis avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Louis with a nice cross.
Louis throws a hook to the side of Bissainthe's head but Bissainthe sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Louis tries for a takedown but Bissainthe sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Bissainthe slips a straight right by Louis.
Louis shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Bissainthe counters with a leg kick.
Louis fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Toussaint Bissainthe has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leon Louis.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice cross by Louis.
Bissainthe looks to score with a jab to the body but Louis is just out of range.
A big right from Louis misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Bissainthe misses the target.
Louis misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Bissainthe appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Louis is trying hard to land a takedown here. Bissainthe sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
A punch lands to the side of Louis 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Toussaint Bissainthe is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Louis dives in for a single leg takedown but Bissainthe sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Louis is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Louis misses with an uppercut
and Bissainthe counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Louis shoots in but Bissainthe avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Louis shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Bissainthe pinned against the cage. Bissainthe gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Bissainthe lands a right hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bissainthe ducks under a wild hook from Louis.
Bissainthe throws a leg kick that misses.
Louis throws a lazy uppercut
and Bissainthe counters with a stiff right hand.
Bissainthe keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
An attempted straight right counter from Bissainthe misses the target.
Louis connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bissainthe's hands.
A swing and a miss from Louis.
Bissainthe throwing a counter right hand but Louis manages to avoid it.
Bissainthe lands a leg kick that knocks Louis off balance momentarily.
Louis has his takedown stuffed
and Bissainthe counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
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!
Bissainthe throws out a loose jab but Louis uses good head movement to avoid it.
Louis drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Bissainthe defends it well.
Louis throws a hook but Bissainthe blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Louis drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Bissainthe tries to bench press Louis off him but Louis keeps the position.
Bissainthe regains half guard.
Bissainthe trying to control here.
Louis sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bissainthe defending well though.
Leon Louis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Louis throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bissainthe makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Bissainthe.
Bissainthe working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Louis.
Louis chips away with some ground and pound.
Bissainthe seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Bissainthe preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bissainthe wants to sweep but no luck.
Louis with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Bissainthe keeping moving, preventing Louis from controlling successfully.
Louis throwing strikes but missing.
Bissainthe utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bissainthe avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bissainthe looking for a sweep. Not yet Bissainthe, not yet.
Louis scoring with punches to the head and body.
Louis throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bissainthe works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Toussaint Bissainthe is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bissainthe utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
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 Toussaint Bissainthe.
Well Bissainthe 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 49:47
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 50:45
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 50:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Toussaint Bissainthe!
Toussaint Bissainthe retains his welterweight title!
A relieved looking Toussaint Bissainthe thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Leon Louis was interviewed post fight and said 'He was the better man this evening and it showed. I'm young and have only been training for two years so I got holes in my game - I'll patch those up and return better than ever'.
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