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WFC 19 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Chris Ferguson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike McDougal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McDougal is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Meddler - August Burns Red. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chris Ferguson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mike McDougal!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ferguson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McDougal.
Ferguson misses with a body kick.
McDougal pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McDougal lands with a cross.
Nice takedown defense from McDougal. No joy for Ferguson on that attempt.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Ferguson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McDougal.
Ferguson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Mike McDougal is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferguson shoots in looking for a takedown. McDougal tries to sprawl out of it but Ferguson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. McDougal manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Ferguson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McDougal motions for Ferguson to come forward. McDougal throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ferguson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around McDougal's waist but McDougal gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ferguson off to one side.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ferguson fails to land the takedown.
Ferguson ducks under a wild hook from McDougal.
A leg kick checked by Ferguson.
McDougal misses with a straight left.
No luck for Ferguson with that takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDougal scores with a nice right hand.
Nice takedown defense from McDougal. No joy for Ferguson on that attempt.
McDougal misses with a straight left.
Ferguson attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
McDougal lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Ferguson is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferguson throws a head kick but McDougal moves out of range.
Horrible takedown by Ferguson or perhaps it was just good defense by McDougal which made him look bad.
McDougal throws a hook to the side of Ferguson's head but Ferguson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ferguson throws a low kick but McDougal avoids it.
A swing and a miss from McDougal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike McDougal dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
McDougal is looking to land body kicks.
Ferguson moves out of range of the strikes.
McDougal is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Ferguson staying out of range there.
Ferguson sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Ferguson shoots for a double leg takedown but McDougal sprawls well. He's pushed Ferguson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Ferguson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferguson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from McDougal.
Ferguson looks for a takedown but McDougal sprawls well.
Ferguson dodges the punch combination from McDougal.
Ferguson looks for a takedown but McDougal sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chris Ferguson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Ferguson shoots in but McDougal avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
McDougal misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ferguson.
McDougal throws a looping overhand right but Ferguson ducks down to avoid it.
McDougal throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ferguson checks a leg kick.
Chris Ferguson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ferguson moves in looking to clinch but McDougal pushes him off.
Ferguson falls off balance throwing a combination
and McDougal counters with a one-two to the body.
A clash of legs there as Ferguson blocks the low kick.
Ferguson slips under a jab.
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.
Ferguson shoots and misses
and McDougal counters with a solid body kick.
Ferguson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and McDougal counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
McDougal feints and then cracks Ferguson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ferguson down.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ferguson fails with the takedown
and McDougal counters with an outside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike McDougal 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!
McDougal is looking to chop away at Ferguson's legs.
Ferguson misses with a head kick.
Ferguson tries for a takedown but McDougal circles away easily
and McDougal counters with a nice body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McDougal fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ferguson manages to avoid it.
McDougal lands a high kick to the side of Ferguson's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! McDougal dives into guard, looking to finish.
Oh Ferguson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McDougal stands up from Ferguson's guard - McDougal perhaps looking for a knockout.
Ferguson with a lazy takedown attempt
and McDougal counters with a massive hook, right on the button! He's out cold! Damn, that was naaaaaasty! Hopefully he'll be OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mike McDougal!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mac Readen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Urijah Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Urijah Silva has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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140 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Prefers standup |
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Counter striker
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mac Readen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Urijah Silva!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Alec Ball and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva fails with a takedown attempt.
Readen throws a big shot that misses.
Silva feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Readen looking to control.
Silva is pushing down on Readen's leg trying to pass to half guard. Readen is fighting to maintain full guard but Silva has managed to sneak the leg through.
Readen has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Silva is working away from the top position though.
Readen on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Silva trying to control from half guard but Readen is working away.
Readen looks like he's trying to stand up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva wants to take a breather but Readen is having none of it.
Silva is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Readen manages to get to full guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Readen is on top in guard.
Readen stopping the sweep attempt from Silva.
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.
Readen is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Silva had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Readen is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Silva Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Readen's back instead.
Readen trying to control the action but Silva just sinks the hooks in.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Readen is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Even with his hooks in, Silva manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Silva wants to control but Readen is keeping busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Readen manages to reverse the position and now he's in Silva's guard. Nice work there by Readen.
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.
Readen trying to control the position from guard on top but Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nice takedown defense from Readen. No joy for Silva on that attempt.
Silva looks gassed!
Readen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Readen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Silva on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Silva defending well as Readen loads up on a big left hand.
Readen throws a hook but Silva blocks it.
Readen stuffs the takedown attempt from Silva. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
Mac Readen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Urijah Silva.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Readen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Readen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silva sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A cross from Readen lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Mac Readen will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Readen lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Readen lands with a shot to the body.
Silva slips under a jab from Readen.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice sprawl there from Readen as Silva shoots in.
A jab from Readen misses.
Readen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Silva shoots in looking for a takedown. Readen tries to sprawl out of it but Silva keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Readen manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Silva closes this distance looking for a takedown but Readen circles away.
Mac Readen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Urijah Silva.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Readen lands a body shot.
Readen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Silva.
Readen digs a good hook to Silva's body.
Silva is breathing heavily.
Readen throws a hook but Silva avoids it easily.
Readen just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Readen slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A jab from Readen misses.
Readen throws a hook to the side of Silva's head but Silva sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Silva scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Readen sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Readen is trying to maintain the position but Silva is very close to passing his half guard.
Readen works his way to full guard. Good work.
Readen lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Silva!
Silva is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to hold on but Readen pushes him away.
Silva is trying to escape the mount.
Silva sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Readen pulls his head out easily.
Silva makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Silva.
Silva thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Silva wants to sweep but no luck.
Readen seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
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.
Silva looking to control.
Silva manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Readen manages to get himself to full guard.
Readen wants to sweep here but Silva controlling him for the moment.
Silva pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Readen is keeping the position for now.
Readen throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
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 Mac Readen will probably get the nod.
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!
A choreographed right hand from Readen misses the target.
Silva has a takedown stuffed.
A choreographed right hand from Readen misses the target.
Nice jab there from Readen.
Nice sprawl there from Readen as Silva shoots in.
No luck for Silva with that takedown attempt.
Mac Readen has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Urijah Silva.
Readen thuds his right hand into Silva's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Silva fails with a takedown attempt.
Readen tests Silva's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Silva takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Readen slow jab from Silva misses its intended target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Readen misses.
Mac Readen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva fails to land the takedown.
Silva uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Readen.
Silva keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Silva slips under a jab from Readen.
Silva shoots in for a double leg but Readen sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Readen misses with a hook.
Readen looks to land a left hand but Silva moved out of range nicely.
Urijah Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Readen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Readen misses with a straight right.
Silva looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Readen!
Silva manages to capitalize on a mistake by Readen to take his back!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Readen trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Silva is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Readen has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Silva is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Readen is defending well though. Silva let's go of the attempt for now.
Readen looking very determined here, making life difficult for Silva.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Readen has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Readen trying to control the position but Silva manages to sink in the hooks.
Silva is working for the choke. I would put my money on him to finish from this position. He's rolled onto his back and has dragged Readen with him. Readen is trying to defend but Silva has an arm under the chin now! Readen grimaces and is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Urijah Silva!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Barry The Beast (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Kelly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Beast comes to the cage accompanied by I believe in Miracles - Hot chocolate. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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205 lbs
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210 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Improved boxing
Big right hand |
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Decent boxing
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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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Barry The Beast!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Michael Kelly!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Steve Smith and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kelly goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
The Beast showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kelly.
The Beast showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kelly.
A big left from The Beast misses.
The Beast throws a hook but Kelly avoids it easily.
Kelly moves away from the strike by The Beast.
The Beast looks to score with a jab to the body but Kelly is just out of range.
The Beast works Kelly's body with a nice hook.
Kelly throws a combination but it was largely blocked by The Beast.
The Beast misses the shot to the body.
The Beast misses with a wild body shot.
Kelly takes a body punch but keeps moving.
No joy there for Kelly, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kelly cracks The Beast with a right hand to the side of the head.
A big left from The Beast misses.
Kelly throws a nice looking combination but The Beast bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The Beast is looking to wear down Kelly with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The Beast throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kelly takes one on the button.
The Beast dodges the punch combination from Kelly.
Nice defenses there by Kelly.
Kelly lands an overhand right.
The Beast misses the jab.
The Beast misses with a straight right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Beast lands a nice shot that snaps Kelly's head back.
The Beast throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kelly moves away from the strike by The Beast.
Kelly swinging wilding here.
Kelly swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Kelly misses with a jab, cross combination.
The Beast showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kelly.
Kelly scores with a decent looking hook.
Kelly looks to land a combination. The Beast sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Kelly slips a straight right by The Beast.
Kelly throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kelly throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The Beast misses with a straight right.
Kelly slips under a jab from The Beast.
The Beast fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kelly with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kelly looks to land a combination but The Beast avoids it well.
Nice defenses there by Kelly.
Kelly throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kelly fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kelly tries to bum rush The Beast with a series of wild strikes but The Beast uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kelly throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kelly throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly throws a right hand that The Beast ducks under and follows up with a left that The Beast also avoids with ease.
The Beast shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kelly misses with the combination.
The Beast avoids a punch combination nicely.
A swing and a miss from The Beast.
Kelly lands with a nice combination. The Beast backs away looking to recover.
Kelly avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The Beast misses with a hook.
The Beast showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kelly.
The Beast misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kelly.
Kelly moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Michael Kelly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The Beast misses with a body kick.
Kelly throws a right hand that The Beast ducks under and follows up with a left that The Beast also avoids with ease.
Kelly misses with a series of wild punches.
The Beast misses with a looping right.
The Beast looks to land a left hand but Kelly moved out of range nicely.
Kelly throws a series of punches but The Beast moves out of range.
A jab from Kelly does it's job there.
Kelly looks to land a combination but The Beast avoids it well.
Kelly scores with a three punch combo!
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!
Kelly misses with a two punch combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Beast avoids a punch combination nicely.
A combination from Kelly does no damage.
The Beast fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kelly manages to avoid it.
Kelly looks to land a combination but The Beast avoids it well.
Kelly misses with a jab, cross combination.
The Beast slow jab from Kelly misses its intended target.
The Beast gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A left and a right from Kelly both land. Nice combination.
The Beast takes a head kick and keeps coming.
The Beast takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Decent striking displayed by Kelly there.
Kelly slips under a jab from The Beast.
The Beast throws a big shot that misses.
The Beast dodges the punch combination from Kelly.
The Beast takes a swing at Kelly's ribcage but misses.
The Beast is breathing heavily.
Kelly throws a right hand that The Beast ducks under and follows up with a left that The Beast also avoids with ease.
No joy there for Kelly, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The Beast throws a hook but Kelly blocks it.
The Beast showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kelly.
Kelly is working the combinations to good effect here.
Kelly looks to land a combination but The Beast avoids it well.
Kelly throws a combination but it was largely blocked by The Beast.
The Beast is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly fails to land with a series of punches.
Kelly scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The Beast cracks Kelly with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Kelly steps to the side to avoid the strikes from The Beast.
Kelly keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kelly fails to land with a series of punches.
The Beast slow jab from Kelly misses its intended target.
Kelly is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!The Beast had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Kelly throws a nice looking combination but The Beast bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kelly looks to land a combination but The Beast avoids it well.
The Beast slips a jab and a cross from Kelly.
The Beast throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kelly lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Kelly avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The Beast has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from The Beast there as he acknowledges the shot.
Kelly blocks a jab.
No joy there for Kelly, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kelly moves out of range as The Beast strikes.
The Beast just misses with a punch to the body.
Kelly will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The Beast misses the jab.
A jab lands there for Kelly.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kelly misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kelly misses with a few strikes there.
Kelly scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Kelly dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
No joy there for Kelly, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kelly misses with a series of wild punches.
The Beast throws a jab when Kelly was well out of range.
The Beast waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Kelly.
The Beast scores with a sloppy right hand. Kelly should have avoided that one.
Kelly lunges at The Beast with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by The Beast's hand.
Michael Kelly seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jab, jab by The Beast - just one landing.
The Beast throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
No joy there for Kelly, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kelly rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but The Beast moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The Beast throws a shot from downtown. Kelly moves away and avoids it.
Left hook, right uppercut from Kelly.
A combination from Kelly does no damage.
Kelly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from The Beast.
The Beast moves forwards but Kelly connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Kelly throws a series of punches but The Beast avoids them all with ease.
A left and a right from Kelly both land. Nice combination.
Nice defenses there by Kelly.
Kelly fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kelly throws a right and a left that The Beast avoids nicely.
Left hook, right uppercut from Kelly.
Kelly swinging wilding here.
Kelly misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kelly misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The Beast avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kelly ducks under a wild hook from The Beast.
Kelly needs to keep his hands up - The Beast had a free shot at his head there.
The Beast is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Kelly.
The Beast throws a hook but Kelly blocks it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kelly throws a nice looking combination but The Beast bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kelly will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kelly throws a nice looking combination but The Beast bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kelly throws a right hand that The Beast ducks under and follows up with a left that The Beast also avoids with ease.
Kelly throws a combination but it was largely blocked by The Beast.
Kelly misses with the combination.
Kelly throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The Beast dodges the punch combination from Kelly.
Kelly swinging wilding here.
The Beast misses the jab.
Kelly slips a straight right by The Beast.
Kelly uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from The Beast.
Kelly moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The Beast misses the shot to the body.
That's two 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.
Kelly rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but The Beast moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
The Beast pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kelly looks to land a combination but The Beast avoids it well.
Kelly throws a combination but it was largely blocked by The Beast.
A combination from Kelly does no damage.
The Beast misses with a straight left.
Kelly misses with a series of wild punches.
The Beast looks to score with a jab to the body but Kelly is just out of range.
The Beast misses the jab.
The Beast needs to keep his hands up - Kelly had a free shot at his head there.
Kelly lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Some wild striking there from Kelly.
Kelly misses with a two punch combination.
The fighters circling - The Beast throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Kelly lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Kelly tries to bum rush The Beast with a series of wild strikes but The Beast uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The Beast dodges the punch combination from Kelly.
The fighters circling - The Beast throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The Beast looks to land a right hand but Kelly moved out of range.
Kelly throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The Beast takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nice defenses there by Kelly.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kelly ducks under a wild hook from The Beast.
A choreographed right hand from The Beast misses the target.
Kelly closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The Beast misses with a looping right.
The Beast closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The Beast avoids a punch combination nicely.
Michael Kelly is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The Beast showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kelly.
Kelly moves away from the strike by The Beast.
Kelly fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kelly uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before The Beast has time to react.
Kelly misses with a two punch combination.
The Beast looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The Beast has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Kelly connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed The Beast momentarily.
Kelly throws a combination but it was largely blocked by The Beast.
Kelly scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Kelly misses with a series of wild punches.
Kelly stalks The Beast and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into The Beast's face. The Beast staggers backwards, shaken.
Kelly misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kelly uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from The Beast.
The Beast wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
A big left from The Beast misses.
Kelly slips a straight right by The Beast.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kelly misses with a double jab.
The Beast swings for the body but Kelly moves out of range.
The Beast looks to land a right hand but Kelly moved out of range.
A combination from Kelly does no damage.
Kelly slips a jab from The Beast.
Kelly throws a series of strikes that have The Beast backpedaling.
The Beast is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Kelly lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Kelly throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kelly avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kelly throws a combination. The Beast tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Kelly misses with a two punch combination.
Kelly scores with a jab to the head.
Kelly rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but The Beast moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kelly scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
The Beast swings for the body but Kelly moves out of range.
Left hook, right uppercut from Kelly.
Kelly scores with a hook.
The Beast misses with a wild body shot.
Kelly throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Beast dodges the punch combination from Kelly.
Kelly looks to land a combination but The Beast avoids it well.
Kelly fails to land with a series of punches.
Danga de danga de dang - Kelly scores with a four punch combination!
The Beast walks into a straight right hand from Kelly.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Kelly 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!
The Beast shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Kelly displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as The Beast throws out the jab.
Kelly throws a series of punches but The Beast moves out of range.
The Beast misses with a straight left.
Kelly lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Kelly.
Kelly misses with a few strikes there.
Kelly misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kelly misses with a series of wild punches.
The Beast throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kelly slips a jab from The Beast.
Kelly rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but The Beast moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kelly throws a good cross that connects.
Kelly throws a series of punches but The Beast avoids them all with ease.
A big left from The Beast misses.
Kelly uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Beast.
Kelly closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The Beast loads up on a big right hand but Kelly slips the punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A swing and a miss from The Beast.
The Beast misses with an uppercut. Kelly saw that one coming.
The Beast swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The Beast throws a jab when Kelly was well out of range.
Kelly rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but The Beast moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kelly throws a right hand that The Beast ducks under and follows up with a left that The Beast also avoids with ease.
Kelly misses with a few strikes there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Kelly.
Kelly throws a combination but it was largely blocked by The Beast.
A punch combination from Kelly misses.
The Beast misses with a straight right.
The Beast looks to land a right hand but Kelly moved out of range.
The Beast is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Kelly.
A combination from Kelly does no damage.
The Beast is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Kelly.
Kelly uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from The Beast.
Kelly throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kelly scores with a three punch combo!
The Beast slips a jab and a cross from Kelly.
The Beast looks to land a left hand but Kelly moved out of range nicely.
The Beast slips a jab and a cross from Kelly.
Kelly uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from The Beast.
Kelly lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as The Beast backs up against the cage.
The Beast waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Kelly.
Kelly connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Kelly misses with a series of wild punches.
The Beast misses with an uppercut.
Kelly scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The Beast showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kelly.
Kelly throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kelly swinging wilding here.
Kelly throws a right hand that The Beast ducks under and follows up with a left that The Beast also avoids with ease.
Kelly misses with the combination.
The Beast misses with a body shot.
Kelly throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kelly will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Kelly throws a series of punches but The Beast avoids them all with ease.
Kelly throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Kelly misses with a double jab.
Kelly throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The Beast avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kelly throws a combination but it was largely blocked by The Beast.
Kelly misses with a few strikes there.
A right-left combo lands from Kelly.
The Beast showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kelly.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts The Beast, as that shot connected.
Kelly misses with a wild combination.
A swing and a miss from The Beast.
No joy there for Kelly, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Beast ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The Beast misses with a looping right.
The Beast throws the left hand but Kelly avoids the punch easily.
A combination from Kelly does no damage.
Kelly misses with a wild combination.
The Beast showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kelly.
Kelly misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kelly displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as The Beast throws out the jab.
A big left from The Beast misses.
The Beast misses with an uppercut.
The Beast throws a hook but Kelly avoids it easily.
Some wild striking there from Kelly.
The Beast misses with a straight left.
Kelly misses with the combination.
Kelly looks to land a combination but The Beast avoids it well.
Kelly tries to bum rush The Beast with a series of wild strikes but The Beast uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Kelly throws a series of punches but The Beast avoids them all with ease.
The Beast misses with a looping left.
The Beast digs a good body shot into Kelly's ribs.
Kelly misses with a double jab.
The Beast throws a jab but it's blocked by Kelly.
That's four 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.
Kelly will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Left hook, right uppercut from Kelly.
The Beast avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jab by Kelly.
The Beast pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A combination from Kelly does no damage.
The Beast misses with a straight right.
Kelly misses with a jab, cross combination.
The Beast misses the jab.
The Beast looks to land a left hand but Kelly moved out of range nicely.
The Beast has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
No joy there for Kelly, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kelly swinging wilding here.
Kelly ducks under a wild hook from The Beast.
Kelly throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Kelly throws a nice looking combination but The Beast bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A combination from Kelly does no damage.
Kelly throws a right and a left that The Beast avoids nicely.
Barry The Beast has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kelly uses good head movement to avoid the hook from The Beast.
Kelly misses with the combination.
A punch combination from Kelly misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Kelly comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Kelly 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michael Kelly!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cody Crossman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joey Pilsudski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pilsudski is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Nile - Black Seeds of Vengeance. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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245 lbs
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250 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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cody Crossman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joey Pilsudski!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Trevor Gratis and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crossman doesn't manage to clinch there - Pilsudski circles away.
Crossman tries to clinch but Pilsudski moves out of range.
Pilsudski lands a nice hook to Crossman's body. Crossman takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Crossman tries to close the distance and clinch but Pilsudski swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pilsudski throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Crossman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pilsudski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pilsudski lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
It looks like Cody Crossman has been cut.
Crossman tries to clinch but Pilsudski moves out of range.
Crossman takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Crossman wants to clinch.
Crossman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pilsudski swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pilsudski lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Crossman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pilsudski blocks a head kick by Crossman.
A left and a right from Pilsudski both land. Nice combination.
Pilsudski dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pilsudski looks to clinch
and Crossman counters by clinching up.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Pilsudski wants to break free but Crossman has control.
Pilsudski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Crossman misses with a combination
and Pilsudski makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pilsudski fails to land with a series of punches.
Pilsudski circles away from the clinch attempt
and Pilsudski counters with a one-two to the body.
Crossman takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Crossman is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Pilsudski misses with a combination
and Crossman counters by clinching up.
Pilsudski stalling in the clinch but Crossman improves position.
Crossman trying to stall but Pilsudski improves his position.
Pilsudski scores a nice knee to the body.
Crossman keeps control of Pilsudski as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Crossman is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Crossman prevents Pilsudski from breaking the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pilsudski breaks from the clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Pilsudski wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Crossman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pilsudski stalling in the clinch but Crossman improves position.
Pilsudski can't break the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Crossman throws an elbow but misses.
Pilsudski wants to break free but Crossman has control.
Pilsudski tries to break the clinch but Crossman is controlling the position.
Pilsudski breaks the clinch.
Pilsudski jabs at Crossman's body.
Pilsudski throws a series of punches but Crossman moves out of range.
Pilsudski circles away from the clinch attempt
and Pilsudski counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crossman wants to clinch but Pilsudski slips to the side
and Pilsudski counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Crossman clinches but Pilsudski breaks the clinch
and Pilsudski makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Crossman closes the distance looking to clinch
and Pilsudski cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Crossman tries to clinch
and Pilsudski counters with a one-two to the body.
Crossman tries to clinch but Pilsudski moves away
and Pilsudski counters with a left right combination that sends Crossman crashing to the mat - Pilsudski wastes no time in diving on top of him and pounding Crossman out for a TKO! Devastating finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joey Pilsudski!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alcides Salonica (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Georg Prime (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Salonica's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, "Mundian To Bach Ke" by Panjabi MC. Alcides Salonica could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Georg Prime's chin.
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250 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
3 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Alcides Salonica!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Georg Prime!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, William Peck and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salonica looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Prime actively working from the bottom here.
Prime is looking to improve his position.
Salonica 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.
Prime is trying to get back to full guard.
Salonica missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Prime wants to get back to full guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Salonica working over Prime with some ground and pound. Prime looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Prime looking for subs from the bottom but Salonica mounts him!
Salonica landing strikes from the mount and Prime is in trouble!
Prime is rocked!
Salonica prevents Prime from getting the reversal.
Prime is still in real trouble! Can Salonica finish him?
Salonica connects with a bit shot that sees Prime covering up! More strikes from Prime and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Salonica is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:03 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alcides Salonica!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between James Johns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ivan Emelianenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johns comes to the cage accompanied by This could be the night. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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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
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, James Johns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ivan Emelianenko!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Gregory Folan and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johns looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Emelianenko!
Emelianenko is looking to get to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Johns lands with some strikes.
BOOM! Johns connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Emelianenko is rocked!
Emelianenko is in all sorts of trouble here.
Emelianenko is still in real trouble! Can Johns finish him?
Emelianenko regains half guard.
Emelianenko seems to have recovered his senses.
Johns decides to stand up.
Emelianenko with a poor takedown
and Johns counters with a two punch combo.
Johns walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Emelianenko drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Johns swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Emelianenko's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Johns!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sir Lancelot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyson Farrel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Farrel has chosen Chemical Brothers Block Rockin Beats as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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185 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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Counter striker
Good chin |
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sir Lancelot!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tyson Farrel!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Ian Loll and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lancelot looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Farrel is fending him off so far but Lancelot persists. Nope, Farrel circles away and we're back to standing.
Farrel misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Farrel throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Farrel shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Lancelot counters with a single leg into guard. Farrel didn't expect that.
Farrel is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Lancelot tries to score a body lock takedown but Farrel shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
The referee calls for Lancelot to work.
Farrel has had enough of the clinch but Lancelot keeps him there for the moment.
Farrel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A combination from Farrel does no damage.
Farrel throws a nice looking combination but Lancelot bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Farrel throws a series of punches but Lancelot avoids them all with ease.
Farrel throws a left and a right that both miss
and Lancelot counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Farrel wants to clinch but Lancelot slips to the side
and Lancelot counters with a nice double leg into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lancelot wants to control from the top but Farrel keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lancelot throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Farrel works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Lancelot is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Lancelot won't allow Farrel to sweep him here.
Farrel had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Lancelot is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Farrel Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Lancelot's back instead.
I really don't envy Lancelot right now.
Farrel 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, Lancelot has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Farrel looks gassed!
Lancelot is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Farrel gets his way!
Lancelot covering up well and avoiding damage.
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.
Farrel is trying to stick to Lancelot's back but Lancelot is turning into Farrel. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Farrel's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Lancelot.
Farrel keeping moving, preventing Lancelot from controlling successfully.
Lancelot throws a big right hand that misses.
Lancelot stands up over Farrel, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Farrel keeping full guard, as Lancelot tries to pass.
Farrel trying to control the position.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Lancelot drives through and clinches with Farrel against the cage.
Lancelot breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Farrel misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lancelot closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Lancelot lands in his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lancelot is looking to stand up but Farrel won't let him.
Lancelot loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Farrel wants to stand and escape but Lancelot is having none of it.
Farrel keeping moving, preventing Lancelot from controlling successfully.
Farrel escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Lancelot gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Farrel not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Lancelot looking to sit in guard and control but Farrel gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Farrel slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lancelot is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Farrel off and has taken his back!
Farrel can't escape the position.
Lancelot is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Lancelot lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
You can see the frustration on Farrel's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Lancelot is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Farrel. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Lancelot keeps control of the position easily here as Farrel tries to buck him off.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Farrel has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Lancelot loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Farrel hold on?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sir Lancelot dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Farrel wants to clinch but Lancelot slips to the side
and Lancelot counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Farrel's guard now.
Lancelot sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Farrel's guard.
Farrel tries to roll over but Lancelot keeps him under control.
Farrel has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Lancelot is working away from the top position though.
Farrel moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Farrel manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Lancelot bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Farrel looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Lancelot connects with a couple of short punches.
Farrel is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farrel looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Lancelot trying to control the position from guard on top but Farrel is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lancelot with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Lancelot is in close to Farrel's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Lancelot is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Sir Lancelot overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Farrel not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Farrel can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Lancelot controls the pace.
Lancelot scoring with some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Farrel wants to stand but Lancelot is controlling the position.
Lancelot postures up.
Lancelot lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Lancelot controls from within his opponent's guard.
Farrel utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lancelot postures up.
Farrel tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Farrel clinches but Lancelot breaks the clinch
and Lancelot counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Lancelot landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Farrel looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lancelot is thwarting Farrel's attempts to control the position.
Farrel slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Lancelot postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Farrel is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Lancelot, into his guard.
Farrel postures up in Lancelot's guard and throws a big left but Lancelot blocks it.
Farrel trying to control the position from guard on top but Lancelot is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Farrel would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Lancelot keeping moving, preventing Farrel from controlling successfully.
Farrel would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Farrel trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Farrel stopping the sweep attempt from Lancelot.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Farrel accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Farrel gets a clinch.
Farrel is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Farrel is trying to break free.
Lancelot goes for a takedown attempt but Farrel pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Farrel closes the distance looking to clinch
and Lancelot counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Farrel!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sir Lancelot dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. 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.
Farrel swinging wilding here.
Farrel misses with a series of wild punches.
Lancelot drives through with a takedown into guard.
Lancelot stops Farrel from standing up.
Farrel wants to sweep here but Lancelot controlling him for the moment.
Lancelot tries to free his leg and advance position but Farrel is retaining full guard.
Lancelot sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Farrel's guard.
Farrel manages to get to full guard.
Lancelot pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Farrel is keeping the position for now.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lancelot thows a big elbow that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Farrel keeping moving, preventing Lancelot from controlling successfully.
Farrel is trying to control the position but Lancelot postures up.
Lancelot trying to control the position from guard on top but Farrel is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Farrel looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lancelot is one step ahead there.
Farrel avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Lancelot stuffs the takedown attempt from Farrel. Farrel gets slowly back to his feet.
Lancelot shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Lancelot was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Lancelot jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Farrel manages to avoid the submission attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Farrel gets back to half guard.
Farrel is trying to get back to full guard.
Lancelot wants to pass to mount but Farrel is defending the position.
Farrel is in trouble now - Lancelot has advanced to mount!
Lancelot controlling his opponent.
Lancelot with a couple of short strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lancelot unloading with bombs!
Farrel tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Lancelot raining down shots from the mount!
Lancelot landing shots from mount.
Lancelot goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Farrel turns into him and now he's in Lancelot's guard.
Lancelot wants to sweep but no luck.
Tyson Farrel has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lancelot is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Lancelot is looking to take a break and control but Farrel is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Farrel tries to get to full guard but Lancelot has control of the leg.
Lancelot wants to take a breather but Farrel is having none of it.
Farrel avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Lancelot.
Farrel is looking to improve his position.
Farrel wants to get back to his feet.
Lancelot lands strikes from half guard.
Farrel wants to get back to full guard.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Lancelot moves into range and clinches up with Farrel.
Lancelot is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Farrel gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Farrel is looking to break free of the clinch but Lancelot has double underhooks.
Farrel wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lancelot blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lancelot lands a body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sir Lancelot showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Lancelot 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sir Lancelot!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matt Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Remy Lava (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Watson comes to the cage accompanied by ordinary story. Lava has chosen Numero 1 as his entrance music. Matt Watson could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Remy Lava's chin.
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195 lbs
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198 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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Counter striker
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Matt Watson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Remy Lava!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Dillan Fox and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Watson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Lava tries to clinch up but Watson circles away and keeps his distance.
Watson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Watson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Watson fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Watson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Watson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head kick misses from Lava.
Lava pushes Watson up against the cage in a clinch.
Watson goes for a takedown attempt but Lava pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Lava throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lava lands a high kick!
It looks like Matt Watson has been cut.
Lava closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Lava blocking some punches.
Lava misses with a knee to the head.
Watson struggles to land a body shot inside as Lava controls his hands.
Lava breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lava tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Watson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Watson looks for a takedown but Lava sprawls well.
Watson closes the distance looking to clinch
and Lava counters with a straight right hand.
Lava thuds his right hand into Watson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Watson tries to clinch up
and Lava counters by moving into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson goes for a takedown in the clinch but Lava prevents it.
Lava breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lava lands a right hook to the body.
Lava clinches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lava landing knees to the head.
Lava breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lava gets a clinch.
Lava blocks an elbow strike from Watson.
Lava stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Lava breaks from the clinch.
Watson swats away the attempt to clinch by Lava.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lava escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Watson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Watson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Lava closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Lava stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Lava manages to break the clinch.
Lava's corner calls for a 1-2. Lava obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Lava lands with a straight right. Watson didn't see that one coming.
Lava takes the fight into the clinch.
Lava manages to break the clinch.
Lava thuds his shin into the meat of Watson's side.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Watson. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Watson is breathing heavily.
Lava connects with a solid leg kick.
Lava tries to close the distance and clinch up but Watson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Lava connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Lava clinches.
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!
Lava breaks the clinch.
Lava connects with a nice looking jab.
Watson misses with a takedown
and Lava counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Lava prevents Watson from breaking the clinch.
Lava escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lava scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Lava moves into the clinch.
Lava lands a right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lava manages to break the clinch.
Watson misses with a lunging right hand
and Lava counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Lava.
Lava escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lava thuds his right hand into Watson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Remy Lava dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Matt Watson'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.
Lava closes the distance and clinches.
Good body shot from Lava.
Lava taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Watson breaks from the clinch.
Lava throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Watson with a lazy takedown attempt
and Lava counters with a body kick that stops Watson in his tracks momentarily.
Lava darts in and clinches Watson up against the cage.
Lava lands a shot to the body.
Lava breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Watson misses with a takedown attempt
letting Lava counter with a right hand.
Watson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Lava.
Lava circles away from the clinch attempt
and Lava counters with a big head kick but Watson shrugs it off.
Watson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Lava counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Watson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson tries for a takedown but Lava manages to get underhooks.
Lava has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Watson changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Lava fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Lava gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Watson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Lava gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Lava pressing his opponent against the cage.
Lava prevents a takedown attempt there.
Lava breaks the clinch.
Watson missing with a left hand there. Lava was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Watson has his takedown stuffed
and Lava counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lava cracks Watson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Lava moves into range and clinches up with Watson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Watson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Lava manages to break the clinch.
Watson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Remy Lava is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Watson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Lava counters with a stiff right hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Watson throws a combination that misses
and Lava counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Watson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lava. Lava obviously looking to wear him down.
Lava connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Watson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Lava counters with a nice body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lava rushes Watson and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Watson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Lava avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Lava manages to break the clinch.
Watson clinches but Lava breaks the clinch
and Lava counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lava avoids a punch combination nicely.
Watson throws a leg kick
and Lava counters with a head kick.
Watson misses with a takedown attempt
and Lava counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Lava is looking to clinch but Watson is avoiding it.
Lava connects with a good right hand that stumbles Watson. Watson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Watson with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling Lava to counter with a crisp jab.
Watson misses with a takedown attempt
and Lava counters by moving into the clinch.
Lava throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Watson blocks it with crossed arms.
Lava breaks from the clinch.
Watson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Watson shoots and misses
and Lava holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Watson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lava has him pressed against the cage.
Watson throws a knee to the head but misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Lava takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Good body shot from Lava.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lava manages to break the clinch.
Lava digs a good hook to Watson's body.
Watson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Lava cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lava listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lava moves into the clinch successfully.
Lava prevents a takedown attempt there.
Lava prevents the takedown attempt.
Watson stalling against the cage.
Watson is working for takedown but Lava is calmly controlling the position for now.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Watson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lava pushes Watson up against the cage in a clinch.
Watson tries for a takedown. No joy.
Watson breaks from the clinch.
Lava lands a high kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Remy Lava showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Matt Watson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're 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.
Lava looks to score with a jab to the body but Watson is just out of range.
Lava tries to clinch but Watson moves away
and Watson counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Lava!
Lava wants to control but Watson is having none of it.
Watson with the ground and pound from mount.
Lava is bucking up trying to escape but Watson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Lava is rocked!
Watson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Lava is still in real trouble! Can Watson finish him?
Watson postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Lava badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Watson around the waist but Watson pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Watson is the winner by TKO! Watson jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matt Watson!
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ranma Saotome (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lloyd Budgell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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218 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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Counter striker
Experienced |
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ranma Saotome!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lloyd Budgell!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Elvis Blanc and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Saotome fails with a takedown attempt.
Budgell with a poor takedown
and Saotome counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Saotome prevents Budgell from improving his position.
Budgell has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Saotome. Oh but Budgell has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Saotome goes limp - he's gone! Budgell jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Lloyd Budgell!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jacques Fresco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Serge Bibeau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Serge Bibeau struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 156.8lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight 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 Montreal, Jacques Fresco!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Serge Bibeau!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Gregory Folan and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bibeau fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jacques Fresco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bibeau gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Bibeau is looking for a triangle but Fresco pushes his legs off easily.
Fresco tries to free his leg and advance position but Bibeau is retaining full guard.
Fresco sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Bibeau's guard.
Fresco is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Fresco is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Bibeau defends it well.
Bibeau has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Fresco is working away from the top position though.
Fresco moves nicely into side control.
Fresco looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Bibeau prevents Fresco from moving into mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fresco is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Bibeau is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Bibeau is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Fresco working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Fresco tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Bibeau is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Fresco looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fresco wants to control but Bibeau is keeping him busy.
Fresco thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Fresco tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Fresco is breathing heavily.
Bibeau regains half guard.
Fresco is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Bibeau defends it well.
Fresco is trying to control the action in half guard but Bibeau is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fresco frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Fresco jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Bibeau manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Fresco swings around for an armbar but Bibeau sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Fresco's guard.
Bibeau trying to control but Fresco is working from the bottom.
Fresco had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Bibeau is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Fresco Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Bibeau's back instead.
Fresco looking for the choke from the back.
Bibeau breaks Fresco's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Fresco manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fresco with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bibeau is wriggling around trying to escape.
Bibeau is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Bibeau sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Fresco prevents Bibeau from improving his position.
Bibeau works his way to full guard. Good work.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bibeau not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Fresco slips nicely into half guard.
Fresco is pressing down on Bibeau's thigh, looking to free his foot. Bibeau is holding on for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jacques Fresco dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Fresco tries to clinch but Bibeau is having none of it.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Fresco.
Bibeau is trying to improve his position.
Fresco tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Fresco is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Bibeau is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Fresco tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bibeau sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Fresco could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Fresco is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Bibeau has managed to free his arm - good work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bibeau trying to control here.
Jacques Fresco overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Fresco tries to pass the half guard into mount. Bibeau knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Fresco frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Bibeau in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Fresco seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Bibeau is holding on tight.
Fresco lands a nice shot to the head.
Fresco moves to the back position.
Bibeau tries to break free.
Bibeau defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Fresco is working for a rear naked choke. Bibeau is not defending it well and Fresco has tightened it up quickly! This could be all over! Bibeau refuses to tap and goes to sleep, forcing the referee to intervene. A little trickle of blood came out of Bibeau's nose as his head slumped to the floor. That is naaaasty!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Jacques Fresco!
Jacques Fresco retains his lightweight title!
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