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MOVING UP PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Benedict Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Campbell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Campbell has chosen Die Die My Darling as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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210 lbs
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216 lbs
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Excellent boxer
KO power |
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Excellent boxer
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Benedict Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bruce Campbell!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cruz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Campbell manages to avoid it.
Campbell lunges at Cruz with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Cruz's hand.
Cruz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Campbell was well out of range. Poor timing from Cruz.
Campbell ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cruz moves away.
Campbell takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Campbell throws a hook but Cruz blocks it.
A jab lands there for Cruz.
Campbell dips to his left and cracks Cruz with an uppercut!
Campbell jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cruz throws a jab when Campbell was well out of range.
Cruz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cruz displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Cruz lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Cruz takes a swing at Campbell's ribcage but misses.
Campbell avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cruz throws an overhand right that lands on Campbell's shoulder, as Campbell tries to avoid the shot.
Cruz walks into a stiff left hand from Campbell.
Campbell lands a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Campbell scores with a crisp jab that stopped Cruz in his tracks.
Campbell throws a nice looking combination but Cruz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Campbell just misses with a punch to the body.
Campbell lands a jab-cross combination.
Cruz misses with a hook. Campbell ducked under it nicely.
Campbell throws a jab but it's blocked by Cruz.
Cruz throws a combination that misses
and Campbell counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Campbell thows a body shot but no joy.
Campbell connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Cruz's hands.
Campbell throws the left hand but Cruz avoids the punch easily.
A big left from Campbell misses.
Cruz scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Cruz looks to throw the jab but Campbell is out of range.
Cruz misses with a straight left.
Cruz takes a shot right to the bread basket.
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!
Cruz scores with the left hand. Campbell knows he should have avoided that one.
Campbell ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Cruz with a hook.
Some wild striking there from Cruz.
Cruz stuns Campbell with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Campbell.
Campbell throws a quick inside leg kick.
Campbell misses with a looping left.
Campbell will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Campbell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cruz waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Campbell.
A shot to de liver by Campbell. Beautiful body shot.
Cruz lands with a hook. Campbell tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Cruz misses with a looping right.
Campbell tries to clinch up but Cruz circles away and keeps his distance.
Campbell misses the shot to the body.
Campbell moves out of range as Cruz strikes.
Good exchange - Cruz coming out on top.
Bruce Campbell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Campbell throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cruz stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Campbell smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Campbell throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cruz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cruz throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Campbell counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cruz misses with an uppercut. Campbell saw that one coming.
Campbell tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cruz was well out of range. Poor timing from Campbell.
Campbell looks to throw the jab but Cruz is out of range.
Cruz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Campbell.
Cruz ducks under a wild hook from Campbell.
Cruz lands a nice looking body shot.
Campbell lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cruz at a distance.
Campbell doesn't manage to clinch there - Cruz circles away.
Cruz misses with a hook to the body
enabling Campbell to counter with a crisp jab.
Cruz is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Campbell swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Cruz to counter with a crisp jab.
Campbell lands with a nice body punch.
Cruz misses with a straight left.
Campbell throws a body punch but Cruz moves out of range.
Campbell throws a hook but Cruz avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Campbell lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cruz takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Campbell misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cruz.
Cruz throws a hook but Campbell blocks it.
Campbell misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cruz.
Cruz cracks Campbell with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Cruz fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Cruz ducks under a wild hook from Campbell.
Campbell tries to close the distance and clinch but Cruz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cruz misses with a hook. Campbell ducked under it nicely.
Cruz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cruz throws a hook to the side of Campbell's head but Campbell sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cruz lands a two punch combo.
Cruz on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Campbell throws a quick inside leg kick.
Campbell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruce Campbell dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Cruz throws a hook but Campbell blocks it.
Nice defenses there by Campbell.
The fighters circling - Cruz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A slow jab from Cruz misses its intended target.
Campbell with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Cruz to score with a decent uppercut.
Campbell throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Campbell connects with the punch.
Campbell fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Cruz.
Campbell jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cruz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Campbell.
Campbell 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.
Cruz walks into a jab.
Campbell cracks Cruz with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Cruz lands a nice shot that snaps Campbell's head back.
Campbell looks to score with a jab to the body but Cruz is just out of range.
A slow jab from Cruz misses its intended target.
Campbell lands with a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Campbell fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cruz manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Campbell fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Cruz looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Cruz misses with a double jab
and Campbell counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Campbell throws out a leg kick but Cruz moves out of range and Campbell only half commits.
Campbell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Campbell tries to clinch but Cruz moves out of range.
Campbell lands a nice shot to the body.
Campbell scores with a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cruz throws a leg kick that misses.
Campbell connects with a single shot there.
A big left from Cruz misses.
Cruz slips a jab from Campbell.
Cruz tries to move into range but Campbell moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Cruz is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Campbell misses the jab.
Oh Cruz is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cruz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Campbell.
Campbell pushes Cruz up against the cage in a clinch.
Cruz seems to have got his legs back now.
Cruz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Campbell has him pressed against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz is trying to force a seperation but Campbell has the dominant position.
Cruz trying to control the position but instead, Campbell has worked for underhooks and has pushed Cruz into the cage.
Campbell scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Cruz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Campbell has him pressed against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Campbell.
Campbell throws an elbow that misses.
Campbell has Cruz pressed against the cage.
Campbell's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cruz seems to be squinting his left eye. Perhaps he got a poke in that previous exchange. Campbell shows no mercy and swarms him with a barage of strikes! Cruz is backing up but Campbell catches him with a final right hook that drops him! Cruz covers up and the referee steps in to end the fight! Campbell Jumps to his feet and flashes his guns to the crowd. Oh yeah, baby! How'd you like them apples?!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bruce Campbell!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Clark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Heero Yuy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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163 lbs
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160 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very quick |
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Brawler
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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, Bobby Clark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Heero Yuy!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Yves DeLean and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clark punishes Yuy's body with a nice straight punch.
Yuy tries to close the distance and clinch but Clark swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Yuy throws a jab but it's blocked by Clark.
Clark fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Yuy, pushing him back against the cage.
Clark lands with a right to the head.
It looks like Heero Yuy has been cut.
Yuy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Clark lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Yuy tries to break the clinch but Clark is controlling the position.
Yuy wants to get back to striking at distance but Clark won't allow it.
Yuy has had enough of the clinch but Clark keeps him there for the moment.
Clark breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Clark blocks a jab.
Clark drops Yuy with a beautiful combination! Yuy stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Clark is looking for the KO!
Yuy is rocked!
It's a brutal combination of punches from Clark! Yuy is backing up but he can't get away as Clark lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Yuy and ends the fight. Great knockout.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Bobby Clark!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Reece Edward Duenas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony Stark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Duenas's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, California Gurls. Stark has chosen Iron Man as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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162 lbs
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164 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Counter striker
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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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
6 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Reece Edward Duenas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tony Stark!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Gregory Folan and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duenas throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Stark was covering up waiting for the punch and Duenas finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Duenas tries to free his leg and advance position but Stark is retaining full guard.
Duenas missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Duenas loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Duenas looking to pass the guard.
Stark has his foot on Duenas's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Duenas works his way back into a safe position though.
Duenas avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Duenas tries to free his leg and advance position but Stark is retaining full guard.
Duenas is pushing down on Stark's leg trying to pass to half guard. Stark is fighting to maintain full guard but Duenas has managed to sneak the leg through.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Duenas thows a huge punch but Stark dodges it nicely.
Stark keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Duenas will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Duenas is nestled in close to Stark, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Duenas slips a nice elbow through Stark's hands, connecting with Stark's forehead.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duenas is keen to just control but Stark is a slippery customer.
Stark actively working from the bottom here.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Stark stuffs the takedown.
Stark avoids the body shot from Duenas.
Duenas lands a body shot.
Duenas throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Stark's waist but Stark gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Duenas off to one side.
Duenas shoots for a double leg takedown but Stark sprawls well. He's pushed Duenas's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Reece Edward Duenas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Duenas throws a leg kick that misses.
Stark shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Stark was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Stark goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Duenas is on top in guard.
Duenas lands a couple of elbows.
Duenas cracks Stark with a solid left hand.
Duenas chips away with some ground and pound.
Stark has his foot on Duenas's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Duenas works his way back into a safe position though.
Duenas scoring with some ground and pound.
Duenas loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Duenas wants to control from the top but Stark keeps moving.
Stark is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Duenas defends well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duenas working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Stark's head.
Duenas is in close to Stark's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Duenas with a nice head shot there.
Duenas postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Duenas looking to pass the guard.
Duenas 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.
Stark is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Stark working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Duenas doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Duenas manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
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.
Duenas scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Duenas 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.
Duenas trying to control but Stark is working from the bottom.
Duenas tries to free his leg and advance position but Stark is retaining full guard.
Duenas working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Stark is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Duenas is aware though and is defending well.
Duenas trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Duenas working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Stark keeping moving, preventing Duenas from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Reece Edward Duenas dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Stark has his takedown stuffed
and Duenas counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Stark's guard now.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Duenas accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Duenas sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Duenas stands up over Stark, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Stark has his foot on Duenas's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Duenas works his way back into a safe position though.
Duenas looking to pass the guard.
Duenas makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Duenas postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Duenas slips nicely into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duenas lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stark tries to roll over but Duenas keeps him under control.
Duenas trying to control the pace.
Stark looking for submissions off his back.
Duenas wants to take a breather but Stark is having none of it.
Duenas throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Duenas takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Stark tries to roll over but Duenas keeps him under control.
Stark taking some punishment here, with Duenas in his half guard.
Duenas is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Stark throws a sloppy strike from the bottom. He's now off balance and Duenas manages to pass to side control.
Stark tries to buck Duenas off but Duenas is having none of it.
Duenas scores with a couple of short elbows.
Duenas trying to control the position but Stark is working away.
Duenas is working Stark over with some ground and pound from side control.
Stark is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Duenas throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duenas wants to control but Stark is keeping him busy.
Duenas thows a huge punch but Stark dodges it nicely.
Stark is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Duenas pulls his head out easily.
Duenas wants to take a breather but Stark is having none of it.
Duenas controlling the action here.
Duenas scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Duenas landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Stark wants to improve his position but Duenas is controlling well.
Duenas is nestled in close to Stark, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Stark looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Stark is breathing heavily.
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.
Stark is not content to let Duenas control the position.
Stark is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Duenas seems to be working for a kimura but Stark defends the submission attempt.
Stark is refusing to be controlled, as Duenas sits in half guard.
Stark is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Duenas scores with a couple of nice shots.
Duenas wants to free his trapped foot but Stark is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Stark actively working from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Reece Edward Duenas dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Duenas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stark gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Duenas counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Stark!
A nice elbow there by Duenas.
Stark working to try and regain half guard.
Duenas lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Stark hang on?
Duenas in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Duenas trying to control but Stark is having none of it.
Duenas is landing with some decent strikes but Stark is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duenas looking to finish Stark with some ground and pound. This is bad for Stark!
Duenas scoring with strikes but Stark is staying in there.
Duenas with the ground and pound from mount.
Stark can't escape the position.
Stark sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Stark actively working from the bottom here.
Stark takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Duenas is trying for a kimura here. Stark looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Duenas wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Reece Edward Duenas!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Takumi Fujiwara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shaniqua Gorbdinkle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gorbdinkle is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Way I Feel. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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170 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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175 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand |
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Takumi Fujiwara!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Shaniqua Gorbdinkle!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Trevor Gratis and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fujiwara fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gorbdinkle manages to avoid it.
Fujiwara lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Fujiwara misses with an uppercut. Gorbdinkle saw that one coming.
Fujiwara keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Gorbdinkle closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Fujiwara is trying to control Gorbdinkle's posture but Gorbdinkle avoids it.
Gorbdinkle is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Fujiwara tries to bench press Gorbdinkle off him but Gorbdinkle keeps the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gorbdinkle misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Fujiwara tries to buck Gorbdinkle off but Gorbdinkle is having none of it.
Gorbdinkle decides to stand back up.
Fujiwara scores with a nice right hand.
Gorbdinkle closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Gorbdinkle is trying to work for a kimura but Fujiwara is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gorbdinkle slows the pace down in half guard.
Nice strikes from Gorbdinkle there.
Gorbdinkle is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Fujiwara is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Shaniqua Gorbdinkle!
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Scott Beckerman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sami Assasi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sami Assasi will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Scott Beckerman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sami Assasi!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Dillan Fox and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Assasi shoots in for a takedown but Beckerman shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Sami Assasi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Assasi shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Beckerman as he jumps to the side.
Assasi blocks a jab.
Assasi has a takedown stuffed.
Scott Beckerman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sami Assasi.
Assasi gets a takedown into half guard.
Beckerman tries to get to full guard but Assasi has control of the leg.
Beckerman is concentrating on defense, preventing Assasi from advancing position.
Assasi prevents Beckerman from improving his position.
Beckerman moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Beckerman keeping moving, preventing Assasi from controlling successfully.
Beckerman on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Beckerman tries to get out of the position.
Assasi is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Beckerman looking to hit a scissor sweep but Assasi is one step ahead there.
Beckerman knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Assasi on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beckerman pulls Assasi in close to his closed guard and prevents Assasi from doing any damage or advancing position.
Assasi preventing the sweep.
Assasi throws a big right hand that misses.
Assasi passes into half guard.
Beckerman keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Beckerman is defending against the submission attempts here by Assasi.
Assasi trying to control from half guard but Beckerman is working away.
Beckerman trying to control here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Assasi shoots in looking for a takedown. Beckerman tries to sprawl out of it but Assasi keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Beckerman manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
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.
A combination from Assasi does no damage.
A slow jab from Beckerman misses its intended target.
Beckerman shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Assasi counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Assasi misses with a takedown attempt
and Beckerman counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Beckerman.
Beckerman trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Assasi is on top in guard.
Assasi looks gassed!
Assasi controlling from the top position.
Beckerman looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Assasi wants to control from the top but Beckerman keeps moving.
Beckerman has control of Assasi's left arm, preventing Assasi from doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beckerman tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Beckerman keeping moving, preventing Assasi from controlling successfully.
Assasi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Beckerman is keeping the position for now.
Assasi wants to control from the top but Beckerman keeps moving.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Beckerman pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Assasi gets a takedown into half guard.
Beckerman controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Assasi is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Beckerman wants to control but Assasi is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Beckerman is looking to improve his position.
Beckerman is working hard here to advance position.
Beckerman moves into full guard.
Assasi being controlled here momentarily.
Beckerman is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Assasi slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Assasi is trying to get an arm triangle but Beckerman is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Sami Assasi will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Assasi with a lazy takedown attempt
and Beckerman counters with a shoot takedown. Assasi fights it but they end up in guard.
Beckerman throws a big right hand that misses.
Beckerman postures up in Assasi's guard and throws a big left but Assasi blocks it.
Beckerman postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Beckerman has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Beckerman postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Assasi manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Beckerman tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Assasi working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Beckerman sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Beckerman trying to control from the bottom.
Assasi wants to take a breather but Beckerman is having none of it.
Assasi is breathing heavily.
Beckerman controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beckerman trying to control here.
Beckerman is not content to let Assasi control the position.
Assasi scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Assasi looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Assasi throws a looping overhand right but Beckerman ducks down to avoid it.
Sami Assasi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Assasi with a lazy takedown attempt
and Beckerman counters with a takedown into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Assasi wants to control but Beckerman postures up.
Beckerman working the head and body with strikes.
Assasi is looking to regain half guard here but Beckerman keeps moving and retains side control.
Beckerman lands an elbow.
Beckerman lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Assasi down.
Beckerman works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Assasi dodges the ground and pound from Beckerman.
Beckerman working the body and head with strikes.
Beckerman lands some shots froms side control.
Check out the look on Beckerman's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Beckerman lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Assasi down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Beckerman working the ground and pound.
Beckerman connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Assasi some visible discomfort.
Assasi manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Assasi trying to control but Beckerman postures up.
Assasi wants to get back to full guard.
Scott Beckerman overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ground and pound from Beckerman.
Assasi moves into full guard.
Assasi looking to hit a scissor sweep but Beckerman is one step ahead there.
Beckerman slips nicely into half guard.
Beckerman trying to pass the guard but Assasi defending well.
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.
Beckerman scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Assasi moves into full guard.
Beckerman is working Assasi over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Beckerman missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Beckerman throwing strikes from guard but Assasi blocks nicely.
Beckerman connects with a couple of short punches.
Beckerman avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Beckerman with a flurry of punches that miss.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Beckerman connects with a couple of short punches.
Assasi striking from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Scott Beckerman dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Assasi shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Beckerman manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Beckerman working a defensive guard here.
Beckerman has Assasi pulled in close to control his posture.
Assasi thows a big elbow that misses.
Beckerman looking to hit a scissor sweep but Assasi is one step ahead there.
Beckerman keeping moving, preventing Assasi from controlling successfully.
Assasi won't allow Beckerman to sweep him here.
Assasi postures up.
Beckerman might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Beckerman wants to sweep here but Assasi controlling him for the moment.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Assasi shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Beckerman counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Beckerman not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Beckerman is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Beckerman trying to mount his opponent but Assasi defends it.
Assasi trying to hold on to Beckerman's head to control him but Beckerman postures up.
Assasi wants to get back to full guard.
Assasi gets full guard.
Beckerman throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Assasi works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Assasi is trying to control the position but Beckerman postures up.
Assasi keeping full guard, as Beckerman tries to pass.
Assasi is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Assasi bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Assasi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Beckerman throws out the jab.
Beckerman avoids the body shot from Assasi.
Beckerman misses with a hook. Assasi ducked under it nicely.
Beckerman throws a jab but it's blocked by Assasi.
Beckerman tries for a takedown but Assasi circles away easily
and Assasi counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Assasi lands the left hand.
Beckerman needs to keep his hands up - Assasi had a free shot at his head there.
Assasi with a poor takedown
and Beckerman counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Beckerman with a flurry of punches that miss.
Assasi has momentary wrist control but Beckerman slips an elbow through the middle.
Assasi looking for a sweep. Not yet Assasi, not yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beckerman landing with the ground and pound.
Beckerman is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Beckerman is looking to work some ground and pound but Assasi has wrist control.
Assasi preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Assasi manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Beckerman manages to get himself to full guard.
Beckerman is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Assasi wants to control from the top but Beckerman keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Beckerman is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Assasi tries to free his leg and advance position but Beckerman is retaining full guard.
Beckerman wants to stand up but Assasi is controlling him.
Beckerman can't keep his opponent in guard - Assasi advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Assasi trying to control from half guard but Beckerman is working away.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Assasi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Beckerman throws out the jab.
Beckerman looks to throw the jab but Assasi is out of range.
Assasi dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Assasi shoots and misses
and Beckerman counters with a nice double leg into side control. Assasi won't be happy with that.
Scott Beckerman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sami Assasi.
Beckerman creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Assasi is looking to reverse the position.
Beckerman lands a few punches from side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Scott Beckerman showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Beckerman has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Scott Beckerman!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Willheim Schmitt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juanito Salvador (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Willheim Schmitt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Juanito Salvador!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schmitt looks to land a right hand but Salvador moved out of range.
Salvador drives through and clinches with Schmitt against the cage.
Salvador lands with a left to the head.
Salvador misses with some punches.
Salvador is working Schmitt over against the cage.
Salvador scores with a hook to the body.
Salvador lands with a light punch inside.
A body shot lands from Salvador.
Salvador digs a right hand into Schmitt's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Schmitt's gas tank.
Schmitt is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Salvador lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Salvador working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Salvador lands a nice shot to the body.
A short body shot lands from Salvador as the two fighters clinch.
Schmitt letting Salvador take a breather here.
Salvador lands a body punch in the clinch.
Salvador makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Salvador lands a hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Willheim Schmitt has been cut.
Salvador pressing his opponent against the cage.
Salvador blocks an uppercut.
Salvador lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Salvador lands a left hand.
Salvador stalls.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Salvador on the inside.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Still in the clinch, Salvador scores with a nice short uppercut.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Salvador.
Salvador taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Juanito Salvador.
Salvador connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Salvador listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Salvador closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Schmitt! Salvador dives in looking to finish! Schmitt is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Juanito Salvador!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sergei Romanov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tank Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Romanov comes into the arena with Greatest song ever made blaring out of the sound system. Tank Williams has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Sergei Romanov's 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
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sergei Romanov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tank Williams!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Yves DeLean and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romanov tries to close the distance and clinch up but Williams swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Romanov tries to close the distance and clinch but Williams swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Romanov slips a straight right by Williams.
Williams's corner calls for a 1-2. Williams obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Romanov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tank Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Williams avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Williams lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Romanov circles away quickly and effectively.
Williams throws a big shot that misses.
Romanov tries to close the distance and clinch but Williams swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Williams connects with a nice looking jab.
Williams throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Romanov is looking to clinch.
Williams misses with a series of wild punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Romanov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williams scores with a nice head shot.
Romanov fails in his attempt to clinch.
Williams throws a jab but it's blocked by Romanov.
Williams throws a hook but Romanov avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romanov tries to close the distance and clinch but Williams swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Williams's corner calls for a 1-2. Williams obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Romanov keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Williams.
Romanov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Williams paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Williams keeps the fight on the outside.
Romanov tries to close the distance and clinch but Williams swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Williams misses with a series of wild punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Romanov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Williams lands with an overhand left.
Williams fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Williams rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Romanov moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Williams keeps the fight on the outside.
Williams dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Williams cracks Romanov with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Williams misses with a series of wild punches.
Romanov walks into a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Romanov.
Nice uppercut lands for Williams. That snapped Romanov's head back.
Williams throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Romanov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Romanov tries to clinch there but Williams circles away.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Williams!
Williams bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Williams might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
A punch combination from Williams misses.
Williams smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Williams will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Romanov moves in looking to clinch but Williams pushes him off.
Williams throws a right hand that Romanov ducks under and follows up with a left that Romanov also avoids with ease.
Williams lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Williams is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Romanov had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Romanov showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Williams.
Williams lands the left hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams digs a good body shot into Romanov's ribs.
Romanov slips a straight right by Williams.
Romanov tries to clinch there but Williams circles away.
Williams rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Romanov moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Williams throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Romanov stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Williams lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Williams darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Williams scores with a crisp jab that stopped Romanov in his tracks.
Williams throws a series of punches but Romanov avoids them all with ease.
Williams keeps the fight on the outside.
Williams throws a nice looking combination but Romanov bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A big left from Williams misses.
Williams lands with an uppercut that bounces Romanov off the cage and back into rage.
Williams keeps the fight on the outside.
Romanov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Williams paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Romanov dodges the punch combination from Williams.
Williams throws a one two combo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Romanov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Romanov tries to close the distance and clinch but Williams swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Williams works over Romanov's head and body with a nice combination.
Williams throws a good cross that connects.
Williams cracks Romanov with an open hand slap.
Romanov walks into a left hand.
Williams works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Williams throws a right and a left that both miss.
Romanov ducks right into an uppercut from Williams.
Williams jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
The fight stays on the outside here - Romanov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Williams lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Romanov circles away quickly and effectively.
Williams keeps the fight on the outside.
A left and a right from Williams both land. Nice combination.
Romanov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Williams connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Romanov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tank Williams dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Williams looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Williams lands a jab to the nose.
Romanov doesn't manage to clinch there - Williams circles away.
Romanov tries to clinch up but Williams circles away and keeps his distance.
Williams misses with the combination.
Williams misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Williams throws a combination. Romanov tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Nice shot lands for Williams.
Romanov tries to clinch there but Williams circles away.
The fighters circle momentarily. Williams darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Left hook, right uppercut from Williams.
Romanov looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Romanov is looking to clinch but Williams is avoiding it.
Romanov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Williams paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Romanov takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Romanov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Williams pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams throws a right hand that Romanov ducks under and follows up with a left that Romanov also avoids with ease.
Romanov pushes Williams up against the cage in a clinch.
Romanov lands an elbow that stopped Williams in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Tank Williams has been cut.
Romanov just leaning against Williams, taking a breather.
Williams is trying to force a seperation but Romanov has the dominant position.
Williams blocks an elbow strike.
Williams tries to circle away but Romanov has him pinned against the cage.
Romanov lands a nice elbow.
Romanov throws an elbow but it misses.
Williams managing to block the knees to the body from Romanov.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Romanov.
Williams on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Romanov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Williams tries to circle away but Romanov has him pinned against the cage.
The referee calls for Romanov to work.
Williams blocks the elbow strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romanov lands an elbow just above Williams 's eye.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Romanov.
Romanov lands a damaging elbow.
Romanov keeps control of Williams as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Williams blocks an elbow strike from Romanov.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Romanov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Williams's brow.
Williams tries to circle away but Romanov has him pinned against the cage.
Romanov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Williams's defenses.
That has opened up Tank Williams's cut even more.
Romanov has Williams pressed against the cage, preventing Williams from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Romanov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Romanov stalls.
Romanov misses with an elbow over the top.
Williams blocks an elbow strike from Romanov.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Romanov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Romanov keeps control of Williams as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Williams blocks an elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Romanov slowing the pace effectively.
Romanov scores a nice knee to the body.
Williams tries to circle away but Romanov has him pinned against the cage.
Romanov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Romanov throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Romanov creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Williams's defenses.
A frustrated look appears on Williams's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Romanov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Romanov looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Romanov tries to land knees in the clinch but Williams avoids the damage to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Romanov throws an elbow but it misses.
Romanov pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Williams wants to get back to striking at distance but Romanov won't allow it.
Williams blocks an elbow strike from Romanov.
Williams wants to break free but Romanov has control.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Williams breaks the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Williams swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Williams scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
A looping hook to the body misses from Williams. Romanov does a little dance to reset his feet.
Williams misses with a series of wild punches.
A punch combination from Williams misses.
Williams throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Williams misses with a jab, cross combination.
Romanov has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Romanov tries to close the distance and clinch but Williams swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tank Williams is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Romanov takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Romanov tries to clinch but Williams moves out of range.
Romanov is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Williams rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Romanov moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Williams misses with a two punch combination.
Williams waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Romanov.
Williams is working the combinations to good effect here.
Williams lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Romanov backs up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Tank Williams will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Tank Williams's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Williams bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Romanov showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Williams.
A punch combination from Williams misses.
Williams digs a good body shot into Romanov's ribs.
Williams misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tank Williams seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Williams keeps the fight on the outside.
Romanov avoids a punch combination nicely.
Williams throws a series of punches but Romanov moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Romanov looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A jab from Williams finds it's way through Romanov's defenses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Romanov tries to clinch but Williams moves out of range.
Romanov tries to clinch but Williams moves out of range.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Romanov lands an elbow that stopped Williams in his tracks for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Romanov throws an elbow but misses.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Williams takes an elbow to the temple.
Williams is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Romanov's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Williams takes an elbow to the forehead.
Williams working hard to break the clinch.
Romanov has Williams pressed against the cage, preventing Williams from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Williams has had enough of the clinch but Romanov keeps him there for the moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Romanov.
Williams avoids the elbow strike from Romanov, against the cage.
Williams blocks an elbow strike.
Williams dodges an elbow strike from Romanov.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Romanov just misses with a elbow thrown towards Williams's brow.
Williams dodges an elbow strike from Romanov.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Romanov misses with an elbow over the top.
Williams wants to break free but Romanov has control.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Romanov comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
The cut above Tank Williams's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Williams takes an elbow to the forehead.
Williams wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Sergei Romanov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Romanov lands a knee to the body.
Nice elbow from Romanov.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Romanov obliges.
Romanov creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Romanov is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Romanov lands an elbow inside.
Tank Williams's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Romanov lands an elbow just above Williams 's eye.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Tank Williams's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Sergei Romanov!
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mark St James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacques Shellac (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). St James comes to the cage accompanied by On the Eve of War - Jedi Mind Tricks. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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21
163 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
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167 lbs
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Solid boxing
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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
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mark St James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jacques Shellac!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Yves DeLean and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shellac has taken the fight to the clinch.
Shellac scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Mark St James has been cut.
St James fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
St James doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
St James lands with a left to the head.
Shellac tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and St James avoids it.
Shellac taking a breather.
Shellac takes a shot to the head.
St James misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for St James.
St James throws a punch but it's blocked by Shellac.
St James lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
St James scores with a shot to the side of Shellac's head.
St James managing to block the knees to the body from Shellac.
Shellac lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shellac.
St James misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shellac missing with knees to the body.
St James lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Shellac landing knees to the head.
Shellac connects with a nasty looking knee right to St James's face.
St James dodges an elbow strike from Shellac.
St James managing to block the knees to the body from Shellac.
St James misses with a punch on the inside.
St James lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Shellac looks gassed!
Shellac has St James pushed against the cage.
St James avoiding damage as Shellac throws knees to the body.
St James tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Shellac connects with a knee to the head.
Shellac tries to land knees in the clinch but St James avoids the damage to the body.
St James lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St James works on Shellac's body with a couple of short punches.
St James lands with a right to the head.
St James is working Shellac over against the cage.
St James lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Shellac takes a shot to the head.
St James lands a left hand.
A short right from St James on the inside.
St James working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
St James pushes Shellac back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
St James lands a right hand that snaps the head of Shellac backwards.
St James softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
St James makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Shellac is rocked!
St James lands a shot to the body.
Shellac is still on wobbly legs! Can St James finish him?
St James lands with a light punch inside.
St James creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Shellac with a big uppercut! Shellac tries to clinch up but St James pushes him back against the cage and lands another moster strike that crumples Shellac to the mat! Shellac covers up and St James unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Mark St James!
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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gunner Scott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Emeka Shakur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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300 lbs
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300 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gunner Scott!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Emeka Shakur!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, William Peck and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shakur throws a looping overhand right but Scott ducks down to avoid it.
Scott pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Shakur stuns Scott with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Shakur drops Scott with a beautiful combination! Scott stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Shakur is looking for the KO!
It looks like Gunner Scott has been cut.
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!
Scott throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Shakur.
Shakur throws an overhand right that has Scott reeling! Shakur follows up with more punches and Scott is out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Emeka Shakur!
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