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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jack Waller (ranked 587 p4p, 941 weight class) and Steven Christie (ranked 70 p4p, 103 weight class). Waller comes to the cage accompanied by Snoop Dogg - Murder Was the Case. Christie comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Amityville kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! 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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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jack Waller!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Steven Christie!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Stewart Dunkirk and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Waller moves away from the strike by Christie.
Waller just misses with a punch to the body.
Waller catches Christie with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Christie missing with a left hand there. Waller was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Waller misses with a body shot.
Christie throws a jab but it's blocked by Waller.
Waller lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Christie misses the shot to the body.
Christie just misses with a punch to the body.
Waller lands a nice shot to the body.
Waller connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Christie throws a jab but it's blocked by Waller.
Waller appears to be looking for a big counter.
Christie ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Christie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Waller.
Christie's coach down at Crapollas Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Christie's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Waller's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Waller duly obliges.
Waller 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.
Steven Christie seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice defenses there by Christie.
Christie throws a hook but Waller avoids it easily.
Waller displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Christie throws out the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Christie missing with a left hand there. Waller was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Christie takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
It looks like Jack Waller has been cut.
Christie throws a body punch but Waller moves out of range.
Christie throws out a loose jab but Waller uses good head movement to avoid it.
Waller throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Waller takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A looping hook to the body misses from Waller. Christie does a little dance to reset his feet.
Waller lands a head shot.
Christie takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The fighters circle momentarily. Waller darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Waller ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Christie moves away.
Christie connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Waller momentarily.
Christie misses with a double jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Waller slips a jab from Christie.
Christie has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Christie there as he acknowledges the shot.
Waller showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Christie.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waller keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Waller connects with a looping right hand.
Waller waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Christie.
Christie throws out a counter right but Waller avoids it with no problem.
Nice uppercut there from Waller.
Christie swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A punch combination from Christie misses.
Waller with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Waller swinging wildly here.
Waller shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A slow jab from Christie misses its intended target.
Waller throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Waller avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Waller swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Waller listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Christie throws a lazy right hand but Waller sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Waller was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Christie slips under a jab from Waller.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waller scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Christie doesn't seem bothered though.
Waller connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Waller lands a head shot.
Waller scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Waller misses with an uppercut.
Christie looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Christie walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Christie has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Christie there as he acknowledges the shot.
Christie ducks right into an uppercut from Waller.
Christie swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Waller counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Waller tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Christie was well out of range. Poor timing from Waller.
Christie with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Christie misses with a wild body shot.
Christie cracks Waller with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Christie throws a lazy uppercut
and Waller counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Christie throws a hook but Waller avoids it easily.
Jab by Christie.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christie bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Christie avoids a punch combination nicely.
Christie throws the left hand but Waller avoids the punch easily.
Waller throws a body punch but Christie moves out of range.
Christie fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Waller throws a right hand that misses
and Waller takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Waller slips under a jab from Christie.
Waller scores with a sloppy right hand. Christie should have avoided that one.
Waller connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Waller misses with a body shot.
Christie's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Waller connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Christie scrambles back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Waller misses with a right hand
and Christie counters with a nice uppercut.
Jack Waller's cut is getting worse.
Christie throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Christie ducks under a wild hook from Waller.
Christie moves away from the strike by Waller.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Waller dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jack Waller's cut.
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.
Nice defenses there by Waller.
A jab from Christie misses.
Christie ducks under a wild hook from Waller.
Waller misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Christie.
Waller cracks a nice hook into Christie's ribs.
Waller moves out of range as Christie strikes.
Christie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Waller.
Christie swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Christie throws a shot from downtown. Waller moves away and avoids it.
Waller shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Waller looks to score with a jab to the body but Christie is just out of range.
No joy there for Christie, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Christie misses with a right hand
and Waller counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Waller takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Christie throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Waller just misses with a punch to the body.
Christie misses with a right hand
and Waller counters with a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Waller jabs at Christie's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Christie will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Christie drops Waller with a nice combination! Christie dives into Waller's guard, looking to finish!
Waller is rocked!
Christie stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Good standup being displayed there by Waller as he connects with a hook.
Christie tries to bum rush Waller with a series of wild strikes but Waller uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
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!
Christie lands a head shot.
Oh Waller is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Christie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Waller takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Nice defenses there by Waller.
Christie looks to land a right hand but Waller moved out of range.
Waller connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Waller seems to have got his legs back now.
Waller throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Christie. Waller does a little dance to reset his feet.
No joy there for Waller, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
It seemed like Christie was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Waller was well out of range. Poor timing from Christie.
Jack Waller is winning the standup battle so far.
Christie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Waller.
Christie misses with a hook
and Waller counters with a right hand to the body.
Christie misses with a looping right.
Waller lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Christie just misses with a punch to the body.
Waller moves out of range as Christie strikes.
Christie pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Waller takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Christie staying out of range there.
Christie misses with an uppercut. Waller saw that one coming.
Waller keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Christie.
Christie swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Christie pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
It looked like Waller was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Christie.
Waller misses with a few strikes there.
Christie looks to score with a jab to the body but Waller is just out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waller uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Christie.
Christie pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Waller misses with a hook.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Waller.
Waller tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Christie was well out of range. Poor timing from Waller.
Waller smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Christie just misses with a punch to the body.
Christie scores with a jab.
Christie throws a lazy right hand but Waller sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Waller throws a looping overhand right but Christie ducks down to avoid it.
Christie has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Waller throws a lazy uppercut
and Christie counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Jack Waller's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Christie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Waller was well out of range. Poor timing from Christie.
Christie misses with a hook. Waller ducked under it nicely.
Christie misses with a body punch
and Waller counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Waller scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Christie doesn't seem bothered though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Donk. Waller catches Christie right on the button with a cross.
Christie misses the shot to the body.
Christie connects with a single shot there.
Christie misses with a body shot.
Christie throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Waller takes a swing at Christie's ribcage but misses.
Waller uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Christie has time to react.
Christie misses with a wild combination.
Waller was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Nice uppercut there from Waller.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Christie just misses with a punch to the body.
Christie looks to throw the jab but Waller is out of range.
Waller misses the jab.
A countering left hand to the body from Christie misses.
Waller swings for the body but Christie moves out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Steven Christie showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jack Waller's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Waller gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Waller uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Christie.
Christie lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Waller circles away quickly and effectively.
Waller is looking to counter punch.
A jab lands there for Waller.
Christie takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Waller lands a right hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Waller. Christie does a little dance to reset his feet.
Christie slips under a jab.
Christie misses with a few strikes there.
Waller throws a body shot but no joy.
Christie looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Christie cracks Waller with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A big right from Waller misses.
Waller tries to clinch but Christie moves out of range.
Waller takes one to the side of the head.
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!
Christie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Waller moves away.
Christie ducks under a wild hook from Waller.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Christie throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Waller slips a straight right by Christie.
Christie throws an overhand right that lands on Waller's shoulder, as Waller tries to avoid the shot.
Waller shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Waller scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Christie doesn't seem bothered though.
Waller fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Christie manages to avoid it.
Waller tries to move into range but Christie moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Waller looks to score with a jab to the body but Christie is just out of range.
Christie looks to score with a jab to the body but Waller is just out of range.
Waller connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Christie's hands.
Waller takes one on the button.
No joy there for Christie, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Christie misses with an uppercut.
A big right from Christie misses.
Waller uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Christie.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waller avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters circle momentarily. Waller darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Christie rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Waller counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Christie on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Waller scores with a sloppy right hand. Christie should have avoided that one.
Christie works the jab nicely.
Waller moves away from the strike by Christie.
Christie takes one to the chin there.
Waller ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Christie moves away.
The crowd cheers as Waller lands an impressive looking overhand right. Christie doesn't seem phased though.
Christie jabs Waller to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Waller throws a jab but it's blocked by Christie.
Christie misses with a straight left.
Waller was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Waller scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Christie rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Waller moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Waller.
Christie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Waller misses with a straight right.
Waller fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Christie manages to avoid it.
Christie swings widly with a right hand
enabling Waller to counter with a crisp jab.
Christie misses with a straight left.
Waller takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Christie misses with the combination.
Waller works the jab nicely.
Waller misses with the combination.
It seemed like Christie was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Christie misses with a looping right.
A looping hook to the body misses from Christie. Waller does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Christie lands with a hook. Waller tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Christie tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Waller was well out of range. Poor timing from Christie.
Waller lands a jab to the nose.
Christie swings and misses with a hook to the body.
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!
Christie takes one to the side of the head.
Waller scores with a shot to the body.
Christie closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Nice defenses there by Waller.
Waller wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Waller changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Christie darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Waller keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Christie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Waller.
Waller misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Christie.
It seemed like Christie was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Jack Waller did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on Jack Waller's cut.
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.
Christie misses with a lunging right hand
and Waller makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Christie misses with a lunging right hand
and Waller counters with a nice body shot.
Christie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Waller.
Christie is looking for the big counter here.
Christie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Christie throws out a counter right but Waller avoids it with no problem.
Waller gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Waller throws a shot from downtown. Christie moves away and avoids it.
The fighters circling - Christie throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Waller misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Christie.
Christie looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Waller looks to land a right hand but Christie moved out of range.
Christie misses with a left hand
and Waller cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Waller does it's job there.
Christie steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Waller.
Christie throws a looping overhand right but Waller ducks down to avoid it.
Christie lunges at Waller with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Waller's hand.
Waller lands with a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Waller throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Christie uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Christie throws a big shot that misses.
Christie throws a nice looking combination but Waller bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nice straight punches there by Waller. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Waller.
Waller lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Waller.
Christie misses with a looping right.
Waller is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Waller avoids the body shot from Christie.
Christie misses with a double jab.
Christie thows a left - swing and a miss!
A left lands for Waller.
Christie uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Waller.
Waller digs a good hook to Christie's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Waller misses with a wild body shot.
Christie swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Waller lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Christie backs up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christie uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Waller.
Waller throws a hook to the side of Christie's head but Christie sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Christie feints a jab promting Waller to slip. Christie then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Waller slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Christie needs to keep his hands up - Waller had a free shot at his head there.
Waller throws out a loose jab but Christie uses good head movement to avoid it.
Christie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Waller moves away.
Waller slips a jab and a cross from Christie.
Christie throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Waller.
Waller appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Christie is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Christie throws a lazy uppercut
and Waller counters with a straight right hand.
Christie misses with a looping right.
Christie walks into a stiff left hand from Waller.
Waller shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christie lunges at Waller with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Waller's hand.
Waller displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Christie throws out the jab.
Christie throws a right and a left that Waller avoids nicely.
Waller jabs Christie to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Waller feints a jab promting Christie to slip. Waller then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Christie slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Christie looks to land a right hand but Waller moved out of range.
Waller lands with an overhand left.
Christie slips under a jab from Waller.
Waller takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Christie swings widly with a right hand
and Waller counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Waller is looking to clinch but Christie is avoiding it.
Christie throws out a counter right but Waller avoids it with no problem.
Nice defenses there by Waller.
Waller ducks under a wild hook from Christie.
It looked like Waller was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Christie.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Waller throws a nice looking combination but Christie bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Waller misses with a looping right.
Waller throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A jab-cross combination lands for Christie and sends Waller crashing to the mat! Christie follows him down to the mat - Waller regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!
Jeez, Jack Waller's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Waller tries to roll over but Christie keeps him under control.
Christie decides to stand and escape the position.
Christie moves into range and connects with a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Christie lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Waller falls backwards - clearly groggy! Christie dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Steven Christie!
Steven Christie is the new featherweight champion!
A relieved looking Steven Christie thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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