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The Island Season 10, 135 lbs, Round 2 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Chad Repine (ranked 1854 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alceu Barbosa (ranked 2670 p4p, 0 weight class). Chad Repine has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Chad Repine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Alceu Barbosa!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Peter Branson and David Hoff.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good standup being displayed there by Repine as he connects with a hook.
Barbosa with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Repine to score with a decent uppercut.
Nice uppercut there from Repine.
Barbosa takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Barbosa takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Barbosa closes the distance and clinches.
Repine goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Repine makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Repine scores with a nice hook to the head.
Repine misses with a hook from the clinch.
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!
Repine can't find room to land a body shot as Barbosa controls the action.
Repine misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barbosa blocks an uppercut.
Repine misses with a hook from the clinch.
Repine lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Barbosa stalling in the clinch but Repine improves position.
Repine misses with a hook from the clinch.
Repine misses with a hook to the ribs.
Repine struggles to land a body shot inside as Barbosa controls his hands.
Repine tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbosa has Repine pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Repine manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Repine lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Barbosa backwards.
Repine tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barbosa's elbow.
A short right from Repine on the inside.
Repine misses with a punch on the inside.
Repine is pressed up against the cage. Barbosa has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Repine down to the mat. Repine avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Repine lands a nice looking body shot.
Repine scores with a jab to the body.
Barbosa blocks a jab.
Repine leaves Barbosa with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Repine looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Chad Repine has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alceu Barbosa.
Barbosa has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Repine finds it's way round the side to connect with Barbosa's head.
Repine misses with a body shot.
Repine lands a body shot.
Repine misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Repine has Barbosa up against the cage in a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Repine works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A shot in the inside from Repine.
Barbosa blocks an uppercut.
Repine gets underhooks to prevent Barbosa's takedown attempt.
Barbosa blocks a body shot from Repine.
Repine works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Repine lands an uppercut.
Repine lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Barbosa backwards.
Repine misses with a hook from the clinch.
Repine lands a body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Repine.
Barbosa has had enough of the clinch but Repine keeps him there for the moment.
Repine throws a punch but it's blocked by Barbosa.
Repine misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barbosa can't get the takedown.
Repine tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Barbosa's elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Repine throws a punch but it's blocked by Barbosa.
A short right from Repine.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Repine.
Repine lands a nice shot to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Barbosa.
Repine tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Barbosa is trying to pull guard but Repine has him pressed against the cage.
Repine lands a left hand that snaps the head of Barbosa backwards.
Repine gets through Barbosa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Repine swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Repine lands a hook that snaps the head of Barbosa backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Repine.
Barbosa has Repine pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Repine manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Repine misses with a short punch on the inside.
Barbosa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Barbosa misses with a body punch.
Repine misses with a punch on the inside.
Repine tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Repine misses with some punches.
Repine tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Repine tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
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!
Barbosa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Repine lands a hook that snaps the head of Barbosa backwards.
Repine lands a shoulder strike.
Repine swings wildly with an uppercut but Barbosa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Repine tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Barbosa looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Repine tries to work over Barbosa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Repine misses with the head strike.
Barbosa jumps guard but Repine turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Repine working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Barbosa jumps guard but Repine stands there with Barbosa around his waist. Barbosa gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A short left from Repine.
Repine tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Barbosa can't get the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chad Repine dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Repine lands the left hand.
Barbosa doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Barbosa takes one to the side of the head.
Alceu Barbosa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Repine throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Barbosa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Repine wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Repine punishes Barbosa's body with a nice straight punch.
A head kick by Barbosa misses
enabling Repine to counter with a crisp jab.
Repine moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Repine misses with a hook.
Repine throws a body punch but Barbosa moves out of range.
Barbosa is looking to clinch but Repine is avoiding it.
Repine swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Barbosa avoids the body shot from Repine.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Barbosa closes this distance looking for a takedown but Repine circles away.
Repine catches Barbosa with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Barbosa is rocked!
Repine circles away from the clinch attempt.
Barbosa takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Barbosa is still on wobbly legs! Can Repine finish him?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbosa tries to score a power double leg takedown but Repine sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Barbosa somewhat.
Repine is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Barbosa.
Repine walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Barbosa drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Repine swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Barbosa's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chad Repine!
Chad Repine seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Etienne Gueguen (ranked 1513 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gervais Lavigne (ranked 1702 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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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
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Etienne Gueguen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Gervais Lavigne!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Michael Johnstone and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gueguen throws out a loose jab but Lavigne uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gueguen looks to score with a jab to the body but Lavigne is just out of range.
A little jabbing left from Lavigne on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Lavigne avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gueguen tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Lavigne defends well and Gueguen ends up having to push Lavigne into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Lavigne connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gueguen's hands.
Lavigne digs a good body shot into Gueguen's ribs.
Lavigne looks to land a left hand but Gueguen moved out of range nicely.
Gueguen fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Lavigne throws a shot to the body.
Gueguen on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Lavigne throws out a powerful jab.
Gueguen decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gueguen maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Lavigne could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Gueguen has cracked it and Lavigne is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Gueguen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Etienne Gueguen!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mitch Gagnon (ranked 1557 p4p, 0 weight class) and Basile Larousse (ranked 1555 p4p, 0 weight class). Mitch Gagnon has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mitch Gagnon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Basile Larousse!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Bart Greer and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gagnon throws a body punch but Larousse moves out of range.
Larousse tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Larousse ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gagnon moves away.
Gagnon has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Gagnon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Larousse was well out of range. Poor timing from Gagnon.
Gagnon throws a wild body kick that Larousse sees coming a mile off.
Gagnon connects with a single shot there.
Larousse looks to land a left hand but Gagnon moved out of range nicely.
Larousse takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Gagnon feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Larousse's calf.
Gagnon rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Larousse counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Gagnon!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Larousse working away.
Gagnon is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Larousse works to advance to full mount. Gagnon defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gagnon tries to lock up and control but Larousse gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Larousse is working for a guillotine from mount but Gagnon frees his head quite easily.
Larousse is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Gagnon to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Gagnon shrugs it off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Larousse looking to control but Gagnon is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Gagnon prevents Larousse from taking his back.
Larousse moves to the back.
Larousse is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Gagnon knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Gagnon for a finish.
Larousse is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Larousse has both hooks in and is working for a choke. Gagnon is in real trouble here. Larousse gets an arm under the chin and tightens the submission attempt... is this the end? Yes, Gagnon is tapping out! Larousse wins by rear naked choke!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Basile Larousse!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Maggot Soup (ranked 686 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sacha Gardet (ranked 2122 p4p, 0 weight class). Maggot Soup has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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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
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Maggot Soup!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Sacha Gardet!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Peter Branson and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gardet missing with a left hand there. Soup was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Soup shoots in but no luck this time.
Soup has been working on his balance at , so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Gardet.
Gardet scores with a takedown into Soup's guard.
Gardet looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Gardet being controlled here momentarily.
Soup trying to keep a closed guard but Gardet is proving a slippery customer.
Soup is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Soup looking for a guillotine here but Gardet defends easily.
Soup keeping moving, preventing Gardet from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gardet looking to pass the guard.
Soup tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gardet tries to free his leg and advance position but Soup is retaining full guard.
Gardet sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Soup's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Gardet controlling the action here.
Gardet 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.
Gardet seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Gardet wants to pass the guard but Soup is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soup is staying active underneath Gardet, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Soup gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Soup keeping moving, preventing Gardet from controlling successfully.
Gardet must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Soup is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soup escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Gardet gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Gardet passes into half guard.
Gardet is looking to pass Soup's guard but actually Soup recovers to full guard.
Soup looking to control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Soup is pulling down on Gardet's head to control his posture.
Gardet wants to control from the top but Soup keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sacha Gardet dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Gardet drives through with a takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Soup keeping full guard, as Gardet tries to pass.
Soup had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Gardet defends it easily.
Gardet wants to pass the guard but Soup is keeping the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gardet advances position into side control!
Gardet laying and praying for a moment but Soup takes advantage and regains half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gardet tries to pass to full mount but Soup defends it.
Gardet is keen to just control but Soup is a slippery customer.
Soup is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Gardet pulls his head out easily.
Soup wants to control but Gardet is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Soup is doing well to control the position and prevent Gardet from advancing to side control.
Gardet is looking for a kimura here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Gardet passes to full mount!
Soup stops Gardet from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
Soup keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Gardet is trying to take his opponent's back.
Gardet controlling the pace for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gardet prevents Soup from getting the reversal.
Gardet swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Soup is now in Gardet's guard. A big mistake from Gardet there, giving up the dominant position!
Gardet tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Soup drops back looking for a leg! Gardet is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Gardet manages to kick Soup off! Soup jumps back into Gardet's guard.
Gardet is controlling Soup's posture.
Gardet can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Soup controls the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gardet looking for a sweep. Not yet Gardet, not yet.
Gardet keeps trying to improve his position.
Soup trying to control but Gardet is working from the bottom.
Gardet working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Soup has passed into half guard!
Gardet wants to improve his position but Soup is controlling well.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Soup is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Soup frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sacha Gardet showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Gardet looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Soup looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gardet is one step ahead there.
Gardet controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Soup looking to control but Gardet passes into half guard.
Gardet is looking to stall here but Soup recovers full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gardet wants to pass the guard but Soup is keeping the position.
Sacha Gardet has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gardet postures up.
Soup keeping full guard, as Gardet tries to pass.
Gardet preventing the sweep.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Soup is on top in guard.
Soup trying to control the position from guard on top but Gardet is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Soup drops back looking for a leg! Gardet is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Gardet manages to kick Soup off! Soup jumps back into Gardet's guard.
Gardet looking for a sweep. Not yet Gardet, not yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gardet is trying to control the position but Soup postures up.
Soup wants to control from the top but Gardet keeps moving.
Gardet working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Soup doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Soup manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Gardet looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Soup passes into side control.
Soup swings around for an armbar but Gardet sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Soup's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soup looking for subs off his back but Gardet has passed one foot through into half guard.
Soup is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Gardet's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Gardet's back!
Soup keeps control of the position as Gardet tries to break free.
Soup is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Gardet is defending well though. Soup let's go of the attempt for now.
Soup really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Gardet.
Gardet wants to escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soup is looking for the choke from the back position but Gardet is controlling his hands well.
Gardet wants to escape the position.
Gardet tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Gardet wants to control but Soup is having none of it.
Gardet sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Gardet gets full guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Gardet looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gardet has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Soup 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.
Maggot Soup has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sacha Gardet is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gardet tries to land a sweep but no joy.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Sacha Gardet.
Well Gardet 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 Winston Alpacca scores the fight for Sacha Gardet!
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight for Sacha Gardet!
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight for Sacha Gardet!
Sacha Gardet wins by unanimous decision!
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