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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between John St Clair (ranked 3965 p4p, 4059 weight class) and Christian Gillet (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for John St Clair has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, John St Clair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Christian Gillet!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Jonathan Paton and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick by Gillet misses
and St Clair counters with a thumping low kick.
Gillet throws a big shot that misses.
St Clair throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Gillet looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gillet looks to land a left hand but St Clair moved out of range nicely.
A counter left hand to the body from St Clair misses its target.
A head kick by Gillet misses
and St Clair counters with a flying knee. Nice.
St Clair misses with a body shot.
Gillet pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gillet goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Gillet takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
St Clair throws a head kick that misses.
A head kick misses from St Clair.
Gillet misses with an uppercut
letting St Clair counter with a right hand.
St Clair lands a nice shot that snaps Gillet's head back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gillet throws a nice outside leg kick.
A head kick from St Clair lands but Gillet takes it in his stride.
Gillet closes the distance and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Clair working some nice short punches in the clinch.
St Clair misses with some punches.
Gillet breaks the clinch.
Gillet swings widly with a right hand
and Gillet takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gillet lands an overhand right.
St Clair swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Gillet.
Gillet throws a leg kick but St Clair checks it.
St Clair changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Gillet dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on St Clair. That did some damage!
No joy there for Gillet, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nice uppercut there from St Clair.
St Clair has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Brooklyn Mixed Martial Arts in the buildup to the fight.
A left lands for Gillet.
It looks like John St Clair has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
St Clair tries to keep at a distance but Gillet has taken the fight into the clinch.
St Clair throws an elbow but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for St Clair.
St Clair pushes Gillet back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gillet works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gillet breaks the clinch.
Gillet pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Gillet.
Gillet clinches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gillet.
A short right hand to the side of the head by St Clair.
Gillet misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from St Clair.
Gillet tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
St Clair avoiding damage as Gillet throws knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Gillet scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gillet lands a knee to the head.
Gillet working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gillet misses with a punch to the body.
Gillet lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
St Clair misses with an elbow strike.
St Clair tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gillet avoids it.
Gillet avoids the elbow strike from St Clair, against the cage.
St Clair tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gillet avoids it.
St Clair blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gillet blocks a punch to the side of the head.
St Clair is trying to maintain a safe position but Gillet gets an underhook and turns St Clair into the cage.
Gillet lands with a short shot to the head.
Gillet tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
St Clair is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, St Clair throws an elbow but misses.
Gillet lands a body punch.
St Clair misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gillet escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gillet misses with a head kick.
St Clair scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
St Clair cracks Gillet with a nasty uppercut that draws ooohs from the crowd and sends Gillet tumbling backwards onto the mat. He tries to recover but St Clair pounces and lands a hail of unanswered strikes that forces the referee to step in to end the fight! Gillet is not happy but he gave the referee no choice!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John St Clair!
Our winner, John St Clair, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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