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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Uriah Small (ranked 2996 p4p, 3087 weight class) and Bruno Souppe (ranked 425 p4p, 435 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Uriah Small has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Uriah Small seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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200
35 - 19 - 2 |
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185 cm
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185
4 - 9 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine |
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Powerful takedowns
Good elbows
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 35 - 19 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Uriah Small!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bruno Souppe!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Chad Campbell and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Small misses with a low kick.
Souppe drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Small defends it well.
Souppe takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Small gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Small misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Small misses with the head strike.
Souppe is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Small misses with a hook from the clinch.
A hook to the body from Small.
Small throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Souppes head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Small fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Small lands a left hand.
Souppe is trying to maintain a safe position but Small gets an underhook and turns Souppe into the cage.
Small lands a body shot.
Small tries to throw a body punch but Souppe avoids it by throwing Small back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Small gets underhooks to prevent Souppe's takedown attempt.
Still in the clinch, Small scores with a nice short uppercut.
Small gets through Souppe's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Souppe pulls guard effortlessly.
Small stopping the sweep attempt from Souppe.
Souppe wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Let's hope that Souppe has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Souppe is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souppe looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Souppe seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Souppe trying to control from half guard but Small is working away.
Souppe is taking a breather. Small says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Small blocking the ground and pound attempt from Souppe.
Souppe throwing shots but Small is blocking nicely.
Souppe moves nicely into side control.
Souppe is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souppe's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Small knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Souppe on the ground.
Sloppy strikes there by Souppe.
Souppe remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Souppe is looking to take a break and control but Small is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Souppe is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Small will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Souppe prevents Small from escaping the position.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Souppe taking a breather here.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Souppe with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Small to score with a decent uppercut.
Small gets tackled into the cage by Souppe. Souppe maintains the clinch.
A short left from Small.
Souppe has Small pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Small manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Uriah Small has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruno Souppe.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Souppe.
Souppe is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Small gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Small is defending well against a takedown attempt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Uriah Small dominated that 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.
A nice leg kick lands there from Small.
Small avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Small works Souppe's body with a nice hook.
A nice inside leg kick there by Small. That's going to slow Souppe down.
Souppe is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Small misses with a right hand
and Souppe counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Souppe perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Souppe thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Small's head.
Souppe thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Small's head.
Souppe throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Souppe thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Small is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Souppe can do to turn this around?
Souppe controlling the pace.
Souppe trying to control from half guard but Small is working away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Souppe is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Souppe misses with a head shot. Small uses the momentum to regain guard.
Souppe content to stall in guard here.
Souppe advances position into side control!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Souppe in side control lands a decent elbow.
Souppe misses with the ground and pound.
Souppe trying to control the position but Small is working away.
Souppe has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Souppe trying to control the position but Small is working away.
Souppe wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Small, who protects the arm well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Small dodges the ground and pound from Souppe.
The ground and pound from Souppe seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Small parries the strikes from Souppe easily there. Souppe is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Small to escape.
Souppe in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The strikes coming from Souppe are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Souppe controls the position from side control.
Souppe wants to lay and pray for a moment but Small keeps working.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Small scores with a crisp jab that stopped Souppe in his tracks.
Souppe on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Small throws a right and a left that Souppe avoids nicely.
Souppe lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Small throws a leg kick but Souppe moved away.
Small fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Souppe is out of range.
Souppe tries to clinch but Small is having none of it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Souppe ducks under a wild hook from Small.
Small is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Uriah Small will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Souppe dives in and grabs Small's left leg, looking for a takedown. Small pushes down on Souppe's head and hops out.
An attempted straight right counter from Small misses the target.
A chopping leg kick lands by Small.
Small circles away from the clinch attempt.
Small lands a jab.
It looks like Bruno Souppe has been cut.
Souppe takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Bruno Souppe is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Souppe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Small swings wildly with an uppercut but Souppe uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Small misses with a short punch on the inside.
Souppe blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Small lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Souppe stalls.
Souppe has Small pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Small manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Souppe is looking to take this one to the mat.
Uriah Small has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruno Souppe.
Souppe blocks a body shot from Small.
Souppe is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Small gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Small tries to work over Souppe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Small tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Souppe tries for a takedown but Small manages to get underhooks.
Small swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Small lands with a short shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Small.
Small fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Small misses with a punch on the inside.
Small goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Small tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Souppe's elbow.
Souppe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Souppe stalling the fight.
Souppe drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Small throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Souppes head.
Souppe blocks an uppercut.
Uriah Small has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Small fails to land.
Souppe gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Souppe trying to control the action but Small is working from the bottom.
Souppe slows the pace down in half guard.
Souppe is trying to work for a kimura but Small is defending well.
Uriah Small is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Souppe is just content to waste time from the top position. Small takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Bruno Souppe has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Souppe throws a big right hand that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souppe trying to control the position from guard on top but Small is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Souppe lands a couple of digs.
Souppe controlling from the top position.
Bruno Souppe has got the better of the ground game so far.
Souppe in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Souppe throwing strikes from guard but Small blocks nicely.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Souppe throwing strikes but missing.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
And that's the end of the fight!
Uriah Small showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Small, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Uriah Small!
Uriah Small thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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