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WPG 11 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Joe Piscopo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brett Swayze (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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150 lbs
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joe Piscopo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Brett Swayze!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Dillan Fox and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swayze looks to clinch
and Piscopo decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Swayze's guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Piscopo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Swayze swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Piscopo postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Piscopo won't allow Swayze to get back to his feet.
Swayze working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Piscopo.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Piscopo tries to free his leg and advance position but Swayze is retaining full guard.
Piscopo has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Piscopo trying to control the position from guard on top but Swayze is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Piscopo slips nicely into half guard.
Swayze wants to get back to his feet.
Piscopo is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Swayze sees it coming and defends easily.
Piscopo is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Swayze is just riding it out for now. Piscopo eventually gives up the hold.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Swayze won't allow Piscopo to pass to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Piscopo is working for a kimura but Swayze is defending it quite comfortably.
Piscopo seems to be working for a kimura but Swayze defends the submission attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swayze wants to get back to his feet.
Piscopo is looking for a kimura here.
Piscopo is pressing down on Swayze's thigh, looking to free his foot. Swayze is holding on for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Swayze is trying to stand back up but Piscopo is controlling him
Swayze is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Piscopo is trying for a kimura here. Swayze looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Piscopo wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Joe Piscopo!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nick Diaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bernard Molyneux (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Molyneux is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by RZA - Be A Man. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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176 lbs
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168 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Nick Diaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bernard Molyneux!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Steve Smith and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Diaz catches Molyneux with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Nice jab there from Diaz.
Molyneux closes the distance and pushes Diaz back into the cage.
Molyneux looking to slow down the pace here.
Diaz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Molyneux tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Diaz smiles and moves away.
Diaz throws out a powerful jab.
Molyneux walks into a jab.
Diaz lands with a cross.
Molyneux takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Diaz.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Molyneux backs up against the cage.
Molyneux shoots in but Diaz avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A jab lands there for Diaz.
Diaz swats away the attempt to clinch by Molyneux.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Molyneux is defended easily by Diaz.
Nick Diaz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bernard Molyneux.
Diaz cracks a nice hook into Molyneux's ribs.
Diaz is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Molyneux takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Molyneux tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Diaz cracks a nice hook into Molyneux's ribs.
Diaz fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Diaz is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice uppercut there from Diaz.
Diaz scores with a three punch combo!
A cross from Diaz lands.
Diaz scores with a nice right hand.
Molyneux on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Molyneux gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Diaz.
Molyneux shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Diaz as he jumps to the side.
Diaz connects with a good straight punch right through the guard and follows up with a right hook and a left hook! That last one sent Molyneux tumbling to the canvas! Diaz pours on the pressure with more strikes and the referee has no hesitation diving in to stop the fight! Molyneux was done - good stoppage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Nick Diaz!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Rolf Ogen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyson Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnson is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: the duck song. Tyson Johnson has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Rolf Ogen's chin.
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190 lbs
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192 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Big right hand |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rolf Ogen!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tyson Johnson!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Trevor Gratis and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Johnson misses with a wild combination.
Johnson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Ogen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A punch combination from Ogen misses.
Johnson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Johnson swinging wildly here.
Johnson throws a combination that misses
and Ogen counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Johnson doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Ogen counters with a left and a right that stings Johnson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Johnson misses with the combination.
No joy there for Ogen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Johnson tries for a takedown but Ogen circles away easily
and Ogen counters with a right, left combo that wobbles Johnson badly! Ogen follows up with a massive right hook, straight to the bridge of the nose that knocks Johnson out cold! Oh wow, what a finish! Very reminiscent of Koscheck vs Yoshida as Ogen finished him against the cage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Rolf Ogen!
Rolf Ogen retains his middleweight title!
After the fight, Rolf Ogen was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bam Blimm (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lil Scrapy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Scrapy's choice of entrance music: Scrapy Do. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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165 lbs
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167 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bam Blimm!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lil Scrapy!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blimm wants to clinch.
Blimm tries a head kick but it misses.
Scrapy looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Scrapy is trying for a kimura here. Blimm looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Scrapy wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Lil Scrapy!
Lil Scrapy took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'Lil Scrapy wants another belt. This is a call out to the weight class below and above. I want those belts! '.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Curtis Richard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ben Hammond (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hammond is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: "There's Been an Accident" by The Twilight Singers. Ben Hammond is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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162 lbs
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160 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter striker
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Determined |
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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
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Curtis Richard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ben Hammond!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Elvis Blanc and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richard looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hammond is fending him off so far but Richard persists. Nope, Hammond circles away and we're back to standing.
Hammond pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Hammond ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Richard moves away.
Curtis Richard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Richard closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Hammond quickly recovers to half guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Hammond trying to control but Richard postures up.
Hammond is looking to get back to full guard here but Richard has managed to pass to side control instead.
Richard looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Richard tries for a kimura but Hammond is defending well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The ground and pound from Richard seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Richard is trying to get an arm triangle but Hammond is defending well.
Hammond really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Richard. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Richard cracks Hammond with a big elbow.
Hammond is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Richard is controlling him well.
Hammond takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Richard cracks Hammond with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Richard looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hammond tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Richard wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An elbow from Richard crashes against the mat.
Richard looks up at the clock and then as Hammond takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Richard smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Hammond tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hammond managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Richard.
Richard misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Richard misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
An elbow from Richard crashes against the mat.
Richard scoring with punches from side control.
It looks like Ben Hammond has been cut.
Richard scoring with punches and elbows.
Richard working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Richard tries to score with some ground and pound. Hammond controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Richard lands an elbow.
Richard thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Hammond dodges the ground and pound from Richard.
Richard thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Hammond takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Richard cracks Hammond with a big elbow.
Richard is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Hammond is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Richard is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Hammond has escaped the position, nice work there.
Sloppy strikes there by Richard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Richard has an Americana. Hammond didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Richard is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Richard hooks up with any of them at the after show party.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Curtis Richard!
In his post fight interview, Curtis Richard started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Main event
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mark Wilcox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hannibal Soze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Soze is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Outside - To Forgive but not Forget . I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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279 lbs
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240 lbs
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Solid boxing
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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
14 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mark Wilcox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Hannibal Soze!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Elvis Blanc and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Soze keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Wilcox takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Wilcox has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Soze finds it's way round the side to connect with Wilcox's head.
Wilcox on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Soze misses with a left hand
and Wilcox counters with a straight right hand.
Wilcox gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Soze.
Wilcox shoots in and drives through. Soze sprawls well.
Soze getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Wilcox connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Soze works Wilcox's body with a nice hook.
Wilcox is breathing heavily.
Wilcox takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Soze connects with a good right hand that stumbles Wilcox. Wilcox circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Soze lands an uppercut, right on the button! Wilcox tumbles backwards into the cage, staring vacantly into space! He's got no idea where he is, who he is or what day it is... Poor guy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Hannibal Soze!
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