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CFC 39: Rugged PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason St Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Muhamad Masolini (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Masolini is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Warriors Dance. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jason St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Muhamad Masolini!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Yves DeLean and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Pierre shoots in for a takedown but Masolini shows good takedown defense.
Horrible takedown by St Pierre or perhaps it was just good defense by Masolini which made him look bad.
Masolini throws a solid leg kick but St Pierre takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Masolini.
Masolini is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A head kick lands from Masolini that sends St Pierre to the canvas. St Pierre tries to scramble back to his feet but Masolini brings him back down into side control.
St Pierre might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
St Pierre throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Masolini throws a strike aimed at the side of St Pierre's head but St Pierre avoids it well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
St Pierre tries to bench press Masolini off him but Masolini keeps the position.
Masolini working the strikes but St Pierre uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
St Pierre moves into full guard.
St Pierre is pulling down on Masolini's head to control his posture.
St Pierre controls Masolini momentarily but Masolini frees himself.
Masolini tries to stand but St Pierre is controlling from the bottom.
St Pierre tries to strike from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
St Pierre throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Masolini thows a big elbow that misses.
Masolini looks gassed!
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Masolini has his hands clasped together but St Pierre extends an breaks Masolini's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by St Pierre.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jason St Pierre!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Luis Peralta (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Oxmall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike Oxmall acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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Basic striking
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luis Peralta!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mike Oxmall!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Trevor Gratis and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Peralta misses with a series of wild punches.
Peralta scores a takedown into full mount!
Peralta takes Oxmall's back. Could be looking for a rear naked choke here - either way, Oxmall is in trouble.
Peralta is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Oxmall knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Oxmall for a finish.
Oxmall trying to control the action but Peralta just sinks the hooks in.
Peralta is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Oxmall defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Peralta tightening his grip on Oxmall, looking for the choke.
Peralta working for a choke but Oxmall is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Peralta is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Oxmall has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Peralta is breathing heavily.
Oxmall looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Peralta is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Oxmall is really stuck here.
Peralta patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Peralta is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Oxmall is defending well though. Peralta let's go of the attempt for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oxmall controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Peralta working for a choke but Oxmall is defending well.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Peralta has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Oxmall has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Peralta tightening his grip on Oxmall, looking for the choke.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Peralta has his arm under Oxmall's chin here. Game over son! Peralta squeezes tightly and Oxmall is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Luis Peralta!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Reggie Milionaire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean Schimling (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Reggie Milionaire!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sean Schimling!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, William Peck and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Milionaire shoots in and bounces Schimling off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Schimling keeping moving, preventing Milionaire from controlling successfully.
Schimling is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Schimling utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Schimling trying to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Milionaire prevents Schimling from getting back to his feet.
Schimling has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Milionaire off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Milionaire scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Schimling wants to control but Milionaire is keeping busy.
Schimling is trying to stand up here but Milionaire is controlling him well.
Milionaire trying to control the action but Schimling is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Milionaire is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Schimling is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Milionaire is working for a kimura but Schimling is defending it quite comfortably.
Milionaire is breathing heavily.
Schimling looks like he's trying to stand up.
Milionaire is looking for a kimura but Schimling is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Milionaire to get the leverage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Milionaire is controlling the pace.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Milionaire shoots in for a takedown but Schimling shows good takedown defense.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Schimling.
Schimling shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Milionaire as he avoids it easily.
Reggie Milionaire seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Milionaire fails with the takedown
and Schimling counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schimling takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Schimling is keen to just control but Milionaire is a slippery customer.
Schimling wants to stand but Milionaire has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Milionaire is trying to maintain the position but Schimling is very close to passing his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Sean Schimling will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Schimling tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Milionaire swivels and escapes.
Milionaire shoots and misses
and Schimling counters with a single leg into guard. Milionaire didn't expect that.
Milionaire looking for a sweep. Not yet Milionaire, not yet.
Milionaire had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Schimling is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Milionaire Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Schimling's back instead.
Milionaire tightening his grip on Schimling, looking for the choke.
Schimling can't escape the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Milionaire just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Schimling turns into Milionaire and is now in his guard.
Milionaire wants to sweep but no luck.
Milionaire bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Schimling's guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Schimling wants to stand up but Milionaire is controlling him.
Schimling looking for a sweep. Not yet Schimling, not yet.
Schimling wants to stand but Milionaire is controlling the position.
Milionaire controls from within his opponent's guard.
Milionaire drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Schimling manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Milionaire has Schimling in his guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Schimling tries to stand but Milionaire is controlling from the bottom.
Milionaire is looking for a triangle but Schimling pushes his legs off easily.
Schimling tries to stand but Milionaire is controlling from the bottom.
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.
Milionaire looking to control but Schimling passes into half guard.
Milionaire wants to get back to full guard.
Schimling tries to stand but can't do so whilst Milionaire controls his leg.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Milionaire is refusing to be controlled, as Schimling sits in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sean Schimling showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Milionaire shoots in but Schimling avoids the takedown attempt easily.
No luck for Milionaire with that takedown attempt.
Milionaire with a poor takedown
and Schimling counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Milionaire's guard now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Reggie Milionaire. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Milionaire throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Milionaire looking to hit a scissor sweep but Schimling is one step ahead there.
Schimling tries to stand but Milionaire is controlling from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Milionaire is pulling down on Schimling's head to control his posture.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Schimling wanted to stand there but Milionaire had control of the position.
Schimling stands up from Milionaire's guard - Schimling perhaps looking for a knockout.
Some wild striking there from Milionaire.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Milionaire looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Milionaire wants to control from the top but Schimling keeps moving.
Schimling has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Milionaire off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Schimling has a takedown stuffed.
Milionaire tries to clinch up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Milionaire tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Schimling counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Milionaire looking for a guillotine here but Schimling defends easily.
Milionaire wants to sweep but no luck.
Milionaire is trying to control the position but Schimling postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Schimling pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Milionaire is keeping the position for now.
Milionaire looking to control but Schimling passes into half guard.
Schimling wants to lay and pray for a moment but Milionaire keeps working.
Milionaire wants to get back to full guard.
Reggie Milionaire has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Milionaire tries to land a leg kick but Schimling saw it coming and moves away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sean Schimling comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Schimling winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sean Schimling!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Salvador Dali (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Babcock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Babcock's choice of entrance music: Headstrong. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Salvador Dali!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jason Babcock!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Elvis Blanc and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Babcock changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Dali tries to avoid it but Babcock manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Dali to the ground. Dali escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Dali throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Dali misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dali shoots and misses
and Babcock counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Dali gets back to full guard.
Babcock is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Dali looking for a guillotine here but Babcock defends easily.
Babcock pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dali is keeping the position for now.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Dali is on top in guard.
Dali drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Babcock manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Dali has Babcock in his guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dali keeping moving, preventing Babcock from controlling successfully.
Dali looking to hit a scissor sweep but Babcock is one step ahead there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dali isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Babcock stacks Dali on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Babcock!
Babcock wants to stand but Dali is controlling his arm.
Dali tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Babcock wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Dali sneaks back into half guard.
Babcock seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Dali looking for submissions off his back.
Dali is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Babcock is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Dali makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Dali.
Babcock keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Dali's head.
Dali has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Babcock can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Babcock stands up and waves to Dali to follow him.
Babcock drives through and clinches with Dali against the cage.
Dali is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Babcock holding his opponent close, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Babcock tries to pull guard but Dali won't allow it.
Babcock has Dali pushed against the cage.
Dali tries to pull guard but Babcock holds him up against the cage and eventually Dali drops back down to his feet.
Dali can't break the clinch.
Babcock tries to pull guard but Dali holds him up against the cage and eventually Babcock drops back down to his feet.
Salvador Dali has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jason Babcock.
Babcock breaks the clinch.
Dali throws the left hand but Babcock avoids the punch easily.
Dali shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Dali takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dali takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Babcock with a poor takedown
and Dali cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dali throws a hook but Babcock avoids it easily.
Dali misses with a takedown
and Dali takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Babcock shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dali is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Babcock pulls his head out easily.
Dali gets full guard.
Dali pushes a forearm under Babcock's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Babcock is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Salvador Dali!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Saint Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dinis Bettencourt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pierre kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genuis that is Where is My Mind. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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185 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Saint Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dinis Bettencourt!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Gregory Folan and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pierre swings for the body but Bettencourt moves out of range.
Bettencourt avoids the head kick by Pierre.
Pierre keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Bettencourt will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Pierre lands with a kick to the temple. Bettencourt shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Bettencourt is rocked!
Pierre connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bettencourt is still on wobbly legs! Can Pierre finish him?
Bettencourt avoids the head kick by Pierre.
Pierre misses with a head kick.
Pierre tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bettencourt seems to have recovered his senses.
Whack! Pierre lands a heavy head kick that drops Bettencourt. The ref tackles Pierre to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Bettencourt was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Saint Pierre!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kelvin Shum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Owen Brooks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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270 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kelvin Shum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Owen Brooks!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Gregory Folan and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brooks uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Shum.
Brooks looks to land a combination but Shum avoids it well.
Shum drops Brooks with a nice combination! Shum dives into Brooks's guard, looking to finish!
Brooks is rocked!
Shum trying to control the position from guard on top but Brooks is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Brooks is still in real trouble! Can Shum finish him?
Brooks wants to get back to his feet but Shum is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Brooks seems to have recovered his senses.
Shum 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.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Brooks can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's one minute gone in the round.
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.
Brooks is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Shum stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Brooks swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brooks wants to stand but Shum is controlling the position.
Brooks can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Shum controls the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kelvin Shum dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Shum connects with a single shot there.
Shum lands with an overhand left.
Brooks looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Shum lands a big uppercut and Brooks crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Brooks looks OK.
Nice strikes from Shum there.
Shum prevents Brooks from standing back up.
Shum trying to control the pace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Kelvin Shum just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Oh, that's a big right hand from Shum and Brooks goes tumbling to the canvas! Shum follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.
Shum looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Brooks is in trouble now - Shum has advanced to mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shum content just to control the position here.
Brooks wants to try and get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shum content just to control the position here.
Shum seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Brooks for as long as he can get away with.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Brooks is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kelvin Shum dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Brooks tries to clinch up but Shum circles away and keeps his distance.
Brooks takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Shum shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Shum was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shum controlling from mount.
Brooks squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shum controlling the pace for now.
Brooks is in a horrible position here. Shum smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Shum controlling from the full mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
BOOM! Shum connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Shum content just to control the position here.
Owen Brooks has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Kelvin Shum just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Brooks throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Shum lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Brooks on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Shum lands a nice hook to Brooks's body. Brooks takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Brooks takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Crack! Shum connects with the perfect overhand right and Brooks falls face first to the canvas. Timbeeeeeeeer! Beautiful knockout for Shum!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Kelvin Shum!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Lowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Go to Sleep kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Juan Jones has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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182 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
KO power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Anthony Lowe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Juan Jones!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, William Peck and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jones misses with a leg kick.
Lowe lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as Jones crumples to the floor! Lowe milks the crowd's applause and if that isn't knockout of the night, I will be very surprised!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Anthony Lowe!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Phal Um (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Phal Um has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Phal Um!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Justin Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Alec Ball and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson doesn't manage to clinch there - Um circles away.
Jackson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Um scores with a crisp jab that stopped Jackson in his tracks.
Um lands a right hook to the body.
Um decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Um in particular looking to stall.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Um is thwarting Jackson's attempts to control the position.
Well, if Um is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Um working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Jackson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Um performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Um has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Phal Um just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Jackson scoring well with a low kick there.
Justin Jackson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Um misses with an uppercut.
Jackson wants to clinch.
Jackson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jackson moves into the clinch successfully.
A short right from Um.
Good body shot from Jackson.
Jackson stops a takedown attempt from Um.
A short left from Um.
Jackson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Um breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch but Um swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Um connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jackson momentarily.
Um fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Um lands the left hand.
Um throws a jab when Jackson was well out of range.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jackson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Um looks to throw the jab but Jackson is out of range.
Um ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Jackson avoids the body shot from Um.
Jackson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jackson tries to clinch but Um moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Phal Um dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Um misses with a few strikes there.
Um circles away from the clinch attempt.
A chopping leg kick lands by Jackson.
Um scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Um throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Jackson's waist but Jackson gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Um off to one side.
Jackson tries to clinch up.
Jackson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jackson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jackson tries to clinch but Um is having none of it.
Jackson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Um.
Um thows a left - swing and a miss!
Um blocks a head kick by Jackson.
Jackson throws a head kick that misses.
Jackson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Um paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jackson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Um to score with a decent uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The crowd cheers as Um lands an impressive looking overhand right. Jackson doesn't seem phased though.
Jackson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jackson walks into a jab.
Um lands a two punch combo.
Jackson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Um.
Um lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Um swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson moves in looking to clinch but Um pushes him off.
Um smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Jackson is looking to clinch.
Jackson wants to slow Um down by chopping away at his legs.
Jackson defending well as Um loads up on a big left hand.
Nice jab there from Um.
Um's corner calls for a 1-2. Um obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Um throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Um changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jackson tries to avoid it but Um manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jackson to the ground. Jackson escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Jackson is looking to clinch but Um is avoiding it.
Jackson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Um lands with a nice body punch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Um.
Um wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Um moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Um darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Um perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Um looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Jackson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Um slows the pace down in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Um sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jackson defending well though.
Um controlling the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Um throwing shots but Jackson is blocking nicely.
Um thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Um stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Phal Um dominated that second 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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Um lands the left hand.
Um works the jab nicely.
Um lands a nice shot to the body.
Jackson slips under a jab from Um.
Um misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Jackson.
Um looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jackson tries to clinch but Um is having none of it.
Um scores with a jab.
Um decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Um stalling.
Jackson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Um.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Um trying to control from Jackson's half guard. Jackson has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Um throws a big right hand that misses.
Um showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Jackson managing to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Jackson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Um gets back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Um striking off his back.
Um wants to stand up but Jackson is controlling him.
Um keeping moving, preventing Jackson from controlling successfully.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Um is on top in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Jackson is looking for a triangle here but Um uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Justin Jackson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jackson is trying to escape the position but Um is controlling the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Phal Um showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Um, 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Phal Um!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Akira Kanehara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Garcia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Garcia has chosen Lungs Like Gallows as his entrance music. Pablo Garcia will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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213 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
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218 lbs
5 - 0 - 1 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Akira Kanehara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Pablo Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Dillan Fox and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia shoots in for a takedown but Kanehara shows good takedown defense.
A combination from Kanehara does no damage.
Garcia takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
It looks like Pablo Garcia has been cut.
Garcia tries for a takedown but Kanehara sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Garcia tries for a takedown but Kanehara sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Akira Kanehara has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pablo Garcia.
Garcia misses with a takedown attempt - Kanehara sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Garcia shoots in looking for a takedown. Kanehara tries to sprawl out of it but Garcia keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Kanehara manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Garcia shoots for a takedown but Kanehara saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Kanehara works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Garcia is rocked!
Kanehara swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Garcia is still on wobbly legs! Can Kanehara finish him?
Kanehara throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
A combination from Kanehara does no damage.
Garcia seems to have recovered his senses.
Kanehara looks to land a combination. Garcia sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Kanehara misses the jab.
Kanehara swinging wilding here.
A big right from Kanehara misses.
Kanehara looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Garcia shoots in but Kanehara avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Kanehara misses with a few strikes there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Kanehara lands with a right that hurts Garcia. Garcia looks to clinch but Kanehara throws a short knee that drops Garcia. This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch and Knee). Akira Kanehara!
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