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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Horacio Hornblower (ranked 3998 p4p, 4007 weight class) and Jean Blanc (ranked 372 p4p, 374 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Horacio Hornblower !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jean Blanc!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Roosa Järviläinen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hornblower changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hornblower digs a good hook to Blanc's body.
Blanc changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Hornblower tries to avoid it but Blanc manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Hornblower to the ground. Hornblower escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Blanc looks for the body kick but Hornblower saw that one coming.
Hornblower ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blanc moves away.
Hornblower cracks Blanc with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Hornblower is defended easily by Blanc.
Hornblower tries for a takedown but Blanc sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
We've been hearing reports that Hornblower has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hornblower throws a half hearted mid kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Hornblower .
Blanc tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Hornblower will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Horacio Hornblower . That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hornblower closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Blanc did well to prevent Hornblower getting side control.
Hornblower takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Blanc blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hornblower .
Blanc is controlling Hornblower 's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Blanc is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Hornblower pulls his head out easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hornblower looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Blanc is looking to escape.
Hornblower tries to pass to full mount but Blanc defends it.
Blanc wants to control but Hornblower is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Hornblower 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.
Hornblower sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Blanc defending well though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hornblower throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hornblower not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Hornblower is keen to just control but Blanc is a slippery customer.
Blanc wants to get back to his feet.
Hornblower thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Blanc's head.
Hornblower works his way into full mount!
Hornblower throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Blanc is in all sorts of trouble here.
Hornblower avoids the attempt from Blanc to control.
Hornblower punching from mount but Blanc doing a good job of avoiding damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hornblower in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blanc tries to reverse the position but Hornblower maintains control.
Poor strikes thrown by Hornblower there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Hornblower dominating with strikes here.
Blanc is looking to improve his position but Hornblower isn't that keen on the idea.
Hornblower throws some wild stikes that Blanc manages to avoid easily.
The referee warns Blanc that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Blanc tries to hold on but Hornblower postures up.
Blanc reaches up and pulls Hornblower towards him, trying to control the position. Hornblower manages to get a guillotine from the mount though! This could be big trouble for Blanc! Blanc tries to roll over - now Hornblower is on the bottom but the guillotine is really deep and Blanc has to tap out! Great work there by Hornblower !
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Horacio Hornblower !
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hype
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pop
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