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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Felix Sasuage (ranked 3780 p4p, 3091 weight class) and Christophe Pouliot (ranked 466 p4p, 396 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Felix Sasuage!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Christophe Pouliot!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, John Kavanagh and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pouliot throws a looping overhand right but Sasuage ducks down to avoid it.
Sasuage tries to counter with a takedown but Pouliot is quick to defend against it.
Horrible takedown attempt by Sasuage or perhaps it was just good defense by Pouliot, which made it look bad.
Pouliot leaves Sasuage with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Sasuage uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pouliot.
Sasuage looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Pouliot is fending him off so far but Sasuage persists. Nope, Pouliot circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Felix Sasuage. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Sasuage lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pouliot circles away quickly and effectively.
Pouliot throws a body punch but Sasuage moves out of range.
Sasuage fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sasuage uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pouliot.
Pouliot misses with a left hand
and Sasuage counters by clinching up.
Sasuage slows down the pace here.
Pouliot lands a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sasuage blocks a body shot from Pouliot.
Pouliot doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sasuage jumps guard but Pouliot stands there with Sasuage around his waist. Sasuage gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Pouliot tries to throw a body punch but Sasuage avoids it by throwing Pouliot back against the cage.
Sasuage wants to take the fight to the mat but Pouliot manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Pouliot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sasuage.
Sasuage breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pouliot misses with a straight right.
Pouliot misses the jab.
Pouliot tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sasuage was well out of range. Poor timing from Pouliot.
The fighters circling - Pouliot throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sasuage fails to land the takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sasuage closes the distance and pushes Pouliot back into the cage.
Pouliot misses with a punch on the inside.
Sasuage tries to pull guard but Pouliot holds him up against the cage and eventually Sasuage drops back down to his feet.
Sasuage is trying to maintain a safe position but Pouliot gets an underhook and turns Sasuage into the cage.
Sasuage manages to break the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Sasuage.
Sasuage clinches.
Sasuage blocking some punches.
Pouliot misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pouliot content to slow the pace in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sasuage pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sasuage drives through and clinches with Pouliot against the cage.
Pouliot tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sasuage misses with a body punch.
Sasuage breaks the clinch.
Sasuage has taken the fight to the clinch.
Sasuage blocking some punches.
Sasuage is trying to stall.
Pouliot misses with the head strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pouliot.
Sasuage looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Pouliot controlling the action here for a moment.
Pouliot manages to pull guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pouliot manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Sasuage manages to get himself to full guard.
Sasuage keeping moving, preventing Pouliot from controlling successfully.
Sasuage has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Pouliot throwing strikes from guard but Sasuage blocks nicely.
Sasuage utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Christophe Pouliot dominated that round.
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.
Pouliot pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sasuage changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Pouliot tries to avoid it but Sasuage manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Pouliot to the ground. Pouliot escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Sasuage tries to keep at a distance but Pouliot has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sasuage is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Pouliot can't fight it off and eventually Sasuage manages to take the fight to the floor. Pouliot looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Pouliot throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Sasuage slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Pouliot is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pouliot looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sasuage trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pouliot is trying to control the position but Sasuage postures up.
Pouliot wants to control but Sasuage passes easily into half guard.
Sasuage controlling the action here.
Sasuage is thwarting Pouliot's attempts to control the position.
Pouliot wants to improve his position but Sasuage is controlling well.
Pouliot wants to get back to full guard but Sasuage has mounted him!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sasuage wants to control the pace but Pouliot is squirming around nicely.
Sasuage controlling from mount.
Sasuage avoids the attempt from Pouliot to control.
Sasuage controlling the position easily from mount.
Pouliot tries to hold on but Sasuage postures up.
Pouliot is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Sasuage prevents Pouliot from getting the reversal.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
We've been informed that Pouliot has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Pouliot slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Pouliot is looking to control Sasuage's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Pouliot avoid being mounted?
Sasuage sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sasuage is thwarting Pouliot's attempts to control the position.
Sasuage keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Pouliot punching from the bottom.
Pouliot is looking for a sweep. Sasuage is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
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.
Pouliot is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Pouliot is trying to maintain the position but Sasuage is very close to passing his half guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Pouliot just misses with a punch to the body.
Pouliot misses the jab.
No luck for Sasuage with that takedown attempt.
Pouliot throws an off balance right hand
and Sasuage counters with a nice double leg into side control. Pouliot won't be happy with that.
Sasuage working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Pouliot can't do much from the bottom here.
Sasuage working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Felix Sasuage dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!
Sasuage has Pouliot up against the cage in a clinch.
Sasuage tries to land knees in the clinch but Pouliot avoids the damage to the body.
Sasuage successfully pulls guard.
Pouliot working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Sasuage is pulling down on Pouliot's head. It's preventing any offense from Pouliot, at least for the moment.
Pouliot trying to control but Sasuage is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pouliot landing some decent shots from guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pouliot won't allow Sasuage to sweep him here.
Sasuage has his hands on Pouliot's head, controlling the position.
Sasuage tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sasuage is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Sasuage is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Pouliot is looking to work some ground and pound but Sasuage has wrist control.
Pouliot won't allow Sasuage to sweep him here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Pouliot makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Pouliot lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Pouliot passes Sasuage's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Sasuage is refusing to be controlled, as Pouliot sits in half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Pouliot lands a nice short elbow.
Sasuage trying to control here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pouliot is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Pouliot has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Pouliot throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pouliot looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sasuage with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Pouliot working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Pouliot working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Pouliot seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Sasuage does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Felix Sasuage overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Pouliot lands strikes from half guard.
Sasuage tries to get to full guard but Pouliot has control of the leg.
Pouliot is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Pouliot is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Pouliot seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pouliot scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Pouliot lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pouliot is looking to pass Sasuage's guard but actually Sasuage recovers to full guard.
Sasuage avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sasuage trying to keep a closed guard but Pouliot is proving a slippery customer.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Pouliot trying to control the position from guard on top but Sasuage is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pouliot works over Sasuage with some ground and pound from guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Christophe Pouliot comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Pouliot has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Christophe Pouliot!
After winning the bout, Christophe Pouliot thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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RATING
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