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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Curtis Rohl (ranked 3436 p4p, 3258 weight class) and Reza Chas (ranked 421 p4p, 406 weight class). Curtis Rohl could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Reza Chas's chin.
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Good wrestling
Decent elbows
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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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Curtis Rohl!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Reza Chas!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Trevor Gratis and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chas has managed to clinch.
Chas throws an elbow that misses.
Chas blocks the elbow strike.
Chas dodges an elbow strike from Rohl.
Rohl tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chas avoids it.
Rohl is struggling to control the position.
Chas avoiding damage as Rohl throws knees to the body.
Rohl 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.
Rohl stalling.
Chas lands an elbow that stopped Rohl in his tracks for a moment.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Rohl.
Chas unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rohl takes an elbow to the temple.
Chas is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rohl is defending well for now.
Rohl looking to stall.
Chas is looking to control Rohl's arms but Rohl gets an underhook and turns him. Now Chas has his back to the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rohl stalling in the clinch but Chas improves position.
Chas lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Rohl gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Chas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rohl.
Chas told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rohl stalls.
Chas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rohl.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rohl lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rohl stalls.
Chas lands a good knee to the midsection. Rohl won't want to take too many of those.
Rohl tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chas avoids it.
Chas lands an elbow inside.
Rohl throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The referee calls for Rohl to work.
Chas is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Rohl to keep the fight standing.
Chas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rohl tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chas avoids it.
Rohl is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Chas unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rohl blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rohl pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Rohl takes an elbow to the temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rohl takes an elbow to the temple.
Rohl wants to stall.
Rohl stalling against the cage.
Rohl utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rohl using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Chas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Chas looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Chas tries to land knees in the clinch but Rohl avoids the damage to the body.
Rohl avoids a wild elbow strike from Chas.
Rohl takes an elbow to the forehead.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Chas just leaning against Rohl, taking a breather.
Rohl throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rohl is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Chas blocks an elbow strike from Rohl.
Chas looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chas is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Chas stalling in the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Rohl on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chas tries to land a knee to the head but Rohl blocks with his arms.
Chas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Chas obliges.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Chas missing with knees to the body.
Chas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rohl avoids it.
Come on Rohl - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Rohl stalls.
Rohl tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chas avoids it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chas leaning against his opponent.
Rohl with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Chas is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Rohl is keeping busy.
Rohl is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Chas is defending well for now.
Rohl will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Chas up against the cage.
Chas tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Rohl just stands there and leans against the cage.
Chas wants to stall.
Rohl misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chas.
Chas pushes off an throws an elbow but Rohl leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rohl is looking to control Chas's arms but Chas gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rohl has his back to the cage.
Rohl lands a good knee to the midsection. Chas won't want to take too many of those.
Rohl tries to land knees in the clinch but Chas avoids the damage to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Chas just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rohl's brow.
Rohl tries a knee to the head but Chas blocks it.
Chas tries to pull guard but Rohl won't allow it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Reza Chas will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Chas throws a half hearted mid kick.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Chas wants to slow Rohl down by chopping away at his legs.
Rohl with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A nice leg kick lands there from Rohl.
Chas rushes Rohl and presses him up against the cage.
Chas blocks an elbow strike.
Chas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rohl taking a breather.
Chas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rohl.
Rohl is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Chas trying to control the position but instead, Rohl has worked for underhooks and has pushed Chas into the cage.
Rohl slows down the pace here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chas is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rohl is defending well for now.
Knees to the body from Chas.
Rohl throws an elbow but it misses.
Rohl stalls.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chas trying to control the position but instead, Rohl has worked for underhooks and has pushed Chas into the cage.
Rohl avoiding damage as Chas throws knees to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Rohl has Chas pushed against the cage.
Rohl seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Rohl blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rohl with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Chas comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Reza Chas seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Chas blocks an elbow strike.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Chas.
Rohl lands an elbow inside.
Chas trying to land knees to the body.
Rohl tries to land knees in the clinch but Chas avoids the damage to the body.
Chas comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rohl is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Chas is defending well for now.
Chas avoiding damage as Rohl throws knees to the body.
Rohl gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rohl lands an elbow inside that Chas shrugs off.
Rohl taking a breather.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rohl pushes off an throws an elbow but Chas leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Chas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rohl.
Chas managing to block the knees to the body from Rohl.
Rohl tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chas avoids it.
Chas is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rohl is defending well for now.
Rohl is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Rohl stalling against the cage.
Rohl trying to land knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rohl throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Chas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rohl throws an elbow but misses.
Chas with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Chas taking a breather.
Rohl avoids the elbow strike from Chas, against the cage.
Rohl stalling in the clinch but Chas improves position.
Chas avoids a wild elbow strike from Rohl.
Rohl is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Chas misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Rohl.
Rohl is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Chas is defending well for now.
Chas landing knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Chas avoids a wild elbow strike from Rohl.
Rohl tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chas avoids it.
Chas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rohl avoids it.
Rohl looking to slow down the pace here.
Rohl pushes off an throws an elbow but Chas leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rohl throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rohl tries to land a knee to the head but Chas blocks with his arms.
Chas trying to control the position but instead, Rohl has worked for underhooks and has pushed Chas into the cage.
Chas blocks an elbow strike.
Rohl is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Chas is keeping busy.
Chas pressing his opponent against the cage.
Rohl stalls.
Rohl lands an elbow that stopped Chas in his tracks for a moment.
Chas misses with a knee strike.
Chas missing with knees to the body.
Rohl is looking to control Chas's arms but Chas gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rohl has his back to the cage.
Chas pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Chas is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rohl is defending well for now.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Curtis Rohl 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. This is the final round!
Rohl closes the distance and pushes Chas back into the cage.
Rohl just leaning against Chas, taking a breather.
Rohl lands an elbow inside.
Chas trying to land knees to the body.
Chas stalling in the clinch but Rohl improves position.
Chas lands an elbow inside.
Rohl scores a nice knee to the body.
Rohl controlling the action here for a moment.
Chas unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Rohl trying to land knees to the body.
Chas content to slow the pace in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A bit of stalling here from Rohl.
Chas wants to stall.
Chas takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rohl tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chas avoids it.
Chas managing to block the knees to the body from Rohl.
Chas tries to land knees in the clinch but Rohl avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chas throws an elbow that misses.
Rohl blocks an elbow strike.
Rohl lands a nice elbow.
Chas taking a breather.
Rohl stalling in the clinch but Chas improves position.
Rohl misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chas.
Chas dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Rohl stalling the fight.
Rohl misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chas.
Chas with a knee to the head.
Rohl wants to stall.
Chas trying to land knees to the body.
Rohl trying to land knees to the body.
Chas trying to land knees to the body.
Chas taking a breather.
Rohl lands an elbow inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chas is looking to control Rohl's arms but Rohl gets an underhook and turns him. Now Chas has his back to the cage.
Chas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rohl takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Chas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rohl pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Rohl throws an elbow but misses.
Chas avoiding damage as Rohl throws knees to the body.
Chas misses with an elbow strike.
Chas is trying to stall.
Rohl throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Chas dodges an elbow strike from Rohl.
Rohl on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rohl trying to land knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chas throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rohl avoiding damage as Chas throws knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rohl looking to stall.
Rohl is trying to stall.
Rohl controlling the action here for a moment.
Chas dodges an elbow strike from Rohl.
Rohl tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Chas avoids it.
Rohl lands a nice elbow.
Chas landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Rohl trying to land knees to the body.
Chas taking a breather.
Chas avoiding damage as Rohl throws knees to the body.
Rohl throws an elbow but it misses.
Rohl on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rohl crunches a lovely knee into Chas's ribcage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Chas obliges.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rohl managing to block the knees to the body from Chas.
Rohl gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Chas misses with an elbow strike.
Rohl blocks the elbow strike.
Rohl with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Chas throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Chas using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Rohl has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Rohl throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Chas tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rohl avoids it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stalling in the clinch from Rohl.
Rohl misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Chas.
Chas misses with a knee strike.
Chas tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Rohl smiles and moves away.
Rohl closes the distance and clinches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Curtis Rohl showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Rohl 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Curtis Rohl!
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