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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rice Flair (ranked 4519 p4p, 5446 weight class) and Elijah Cleary (ranked 485 p4p, 528 weight class). Elijah Cleary is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Excellent boxer
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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rice Flair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Elijah Cleary!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Trevor Gratis and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flair has managed to clinch.
Flair tries to work over Cleary's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Flair fails to land.
Flair misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Flair tries to throw a body punch but Cleary avoids it by throwing Flair back against the cage.
Flair stalling the fight.
Cleary working hard to break the clinch.
Flair tries to throw a body punch but Cleary avoids it by throwing Flair back against the cage.
Flair tries a body shot but Cleary blocks it.
Flair misses with a hook to the ribs.
Flair will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Cleary up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Flair misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Cleary is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Flair misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flair goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Flair tries to throw a body punch but Cleary avoids it by throwing Flair back against the cage.
Flair breaks from the clinch.
Cleary lands with a straight right. Flair didn't see that one coming.
Cleary connects with a looping right hand.
Flair moves into the clinch successfully.
Flair can't find room to land a body shot as Cleary controls the action.
Flair pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Flair takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
A looping hook to the body misses from Flair. Cleary does a little dance to reset his feet.
Flair takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Flair throws a body shot but no joy.
Flair darts in and clinches Cleary up against the cage.
Flair has a couple of punches blocked by Cleary.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flair goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cleary wants to break free but Flair has control.
Cleary wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
I was talking to Flair's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Flair tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Flair pushes Cleary back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cleary wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Flair misses with a punch to the body.
Flair misses with a hook to the ribs.
Flair throws a punch but it's blocked by Cleary.
Flair's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cleary lands with a nice combination. Flair backs away looking to recover.
Cleary waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Flair.
Cleary throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Flair stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Flair moves to clinch but Cleary breaks away
and Cleary counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flair swings for the body but Cleary moves out of range.
Cleary waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Flair.
Flair misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cleary.
Cleary has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Flair fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cleary! But no joy.
Cleary fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Flair gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Flair tries to work over Cleary's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Flair misses with a short punch on the inside.
Flair tries a body shot but Cleary blocks it.
Cleary has had enough of the clinch but Flair keeps him there for the moment.
Flair tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cleary's elbow.
Flair throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Clearys head.
Flair can't find room to land a body shot as Cleary controls the action.
Cleary looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Flair swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for Flair to work.
Flair misses with a hook to the ribs.
Flair content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Flair misses with a hook to the ribs.
Flair misses with a hook to the ribs.
Flair lands a hook that snaps the head of Cleary backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Flair.
Flair breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Flair lands a big uppercut and Cleary crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Cleary looks OK. Flair waves Cleary back to his feet!
Cleary is rocked!
Flair takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Cleary is still on wobbly legs! Can Flair finish him?
Cleary scores with a jab to the head.
Flair just misses with a punch to the body.
Cleary seems to have recovered his senses.
Elijah Cleary seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cleary scores with a crisp jab that stopped Flair in his tracks.
Oh, that's a big right hand from Flair and Cleary goes tumbling to the canvas! Flair follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rice Flair dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Flair throws a body punch but Cleary moves out of range.
Flair is looking to wear down Cleary with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Cleary throws a lazy right hand but Flair sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A counter left hand to the body from Flair misses its target.
Flair clinches up against the cage.
Flair digs a right hand into Cleary's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cleary's gas tank.
Flair tries to throw a body punch but Cleary avoids it by throwing Flair back against the cage.
Flair doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cleary's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Flair missing with knees to the body.
Flair misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cleary.
Flair tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cleary's elbow.
Flair is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cleary can do to turn this around?
Flair breaks from the clinch.
Cleary misses with an uppercut.
Flair wants to clinch.
Rice Flair is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cleary scores with a nice strike.
Flair clinches.
Flair tries a body shot but Cleary blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flair presses Cleary against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A frustrated look appears on Cleary's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cleary tries to break the clinch but Flair is controlling the position.
Flair doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Flair working aggressively here.
Cleary is trying to force a seperation but Flair has the dominant position.
Flair tries to throw a body punch but Cleary avoids it by throwing Flair back against the cage.
Flair controlling the action here for a moment.
Flair misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cleary wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Flair has him pressed against the cage.
Flair stalling the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Flair digs a right hand underneath Cleary's ribcage. Cleary let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Flair tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cleary blocks a body shot from Flair.
Flair tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Flair fails to land.
Flair misses with a punch to the body.
Cleary blocking some punches.
Flair doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Flair struggles to land a body shot inside as Cleary controls his hands.
Cleary wants to break free but Flair has control.
Flair throws a punch but it's blocked by Cleary.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Flair goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Flair tries to work over Cleary's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Flair tries to throw a body punch but Cleary avoids it by throwing Flair back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flair'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.
Flair lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Flair can't find room to land a body shot as Cleary controls the action.
Good body shot from Flair.
Flair misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from Flair - that landed with a thud.
Flair struggles to land a body shot inside as Cleary controls his hands.
Flair tries to work over Cleary's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Flair tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cleary's elbow.
The referee calls for Flair to work.
Flair working aggressively here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flair keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cleary's efforts to push away.
Cleary is trying to force a seperation but Flair has the dominant position.
Flair pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Flair gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Cleary wants to break free but Flair has control.
Flair's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The fighters circling - Cleary throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cleary throws a body shot but no joy.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Flair tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cleary doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Flair throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cleary is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Cleary misses with a straight left.
As Cleary tries to get set, Flair tries to push him back and clinch up but Cleary manages to avoid the attempt.
Cleary slips a jab and a cross from Flair.
Cleary throws out a counter right but Flair avoids it with no problem.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rice Flair dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Flair misses the shot to the body.
Cleary gets tackled into the cage by Flair. Flair maintains the clinch.
Flair tries to throw a body punch but Cleary avoids it by throwing Flair back against the cage.
Flair misses with a punch to the body.
Flair is stalling here.
Flair tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cleary's elbow.
Flair landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Flair goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Flair's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cleary connects with a single shot there.
Flair looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Cleary 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.
Flair scores with a hook to the body. Cleary takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Cleary looks to score with a jab to the body but Flair is just out of range.
Good exchange - Cleary coming out on top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flair uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cleary.
Flair misses with a wild combination.
The fight stays on the outside here - Flair looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Flair misses with a series of wild punches.
Cleary avoids the body shot from Flair.
Cleary misses with a leg kick.
Flair wants to clinch
and Cleary counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cleary swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Flair is looking to clinch.
Cleary swats away the attempt to clinch by Flair.
Flair tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Rice Flair is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cleary throws a big shot that misses.
Cleary lands a lovely overhand right.
Flair tries to clinch up
and Cleary counters with a stiff right hand.
Flair slips a straight right by Cleary.
Flair tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cleary swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Flair moves in looking to clinch but Cleary pushes him off.
Cleary circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Flair tries to work over Cleary's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cleary wants to break free but Flair has control.
Flair keeps control of Cleary as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cleary wants to break the clinch but can't.
Flair tries to work over Cleary's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cleary wants to break free but Flair has control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Flair slowing the pace effectively.
Flair fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cleary wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Flair lands a right hand.
Elijah Cleary has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Flair is leaning against Cleary and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Rice Flair.
Well Flair has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rice Flair!
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