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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Faulk (ranked 2082 p4p, 1975 weight class) and Jean Cristopher La Vellei (ranked 296 p4p, 279 weight class). The key to victory for Kevin Faulk has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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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 15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kevin Faulk!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 10 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jean Cristopher La Vellei!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Dillan Fox and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some wild striking there from Faulk.
Faulk lands a left and a right that send La Vellei crashing to the mat, dazed. Faulk thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
It looks like Jean Cristopher La Vellei has been cut.
La Vellei shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Faulk defends it nicely.
Faulk displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from La Vellei.
La Vellei catches Faulk with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Faulk cracks a nice hook into La Vellei's ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Faulk looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Faulk throws a series of punches but La Vellei moves out of range.
La Vellei shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Kevin Faulk has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jean Cristopher La Vellei.
Faulk misses with a body kick.
As Faulk backs off La Vellei throws a huge counter combo but Faulk manages to avoid it all.
La Vellei fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
La Vellei shoots in looking for a takedown. Faulk tries to sprawl out of it but La Vellei keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Faulk manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
We've been told by Faulk's head coaches at Sparks gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La Vellei fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Faulk scores with a jab to the head.
La Vellei is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
La Vellei gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Faulk takes a kick to the side of the head.
Faulk misses the shot to the body.
La Vellei shoots for a double leg takedown but Faulk sprawls well. He's pushed La Vellei's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
La Vellei fails with a takedown attempt.
Jean Cristopher La Vellei seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
La Vellei tries to bum rush Faulk with a series of wild strikes but Faulk uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Faulk misses with a head kick.
Faulk fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faulk throws a right hand that La Vellei ducks under and follows up with a left that La Vellei also avoids with ease.
La Vellei shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Faulk misses with a jab, cross combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
La Vellei lands with a nice body kick.
La Vellei looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Faulk appears to be looking for a big counter.
Faulk looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
La Vellei avoids a punch combination nicely.
La Vellei will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
A thudding body kick lands there by La Vellei!
La Vellei throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Faulk throws an uppercut from half a mile away. La Vellei sees it coming and avoids it easily.
La Vellei misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
La Vellei fails to land the takedown.
La Vellei has his takedown stuffed
enabling Faulk to counter with a crisp jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Vellei fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Faulk is out of range.
La Vellei lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Faulk looks to land a combination but La Vellei avoids it well.
La Vellei fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Faulk avoids it really well and circles away.
La Vellei misses with a takedown
and Faulk connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Faulk displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from La Vellei.
La Vellei throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A combination from Faulk does no damage.
La Vellei takes a swing at Faulk's ribcage but misses.
Faulk feinted there with a counter leg kick.
La Vellei slips under a jab from Faulk.
La Vellei misses with an attempted mid kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Faulk swinging wildly here.
Faulk throws a right hand that La Vellei ducks under and follows up with a left that La Vellei also avoids with ease.
La Vellei finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Faulk seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Faulk displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from La Vellei.
Faulk throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Faulk throws the left hand but La Vellei avoids the punch easily.
Faulk blocks a head kick by La Vellei.
A swing and a miss from Faulk.
A countering left hand to the body from La Vellei misses.
A combination from Faulk does no damage.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from La Vellei! But no joy.
La Vellei shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Faulk went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
La Vellei misses with a hook.
Faulk gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
La Vellei misses with a low kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kevin Faulk dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jean Cristopher La Vellei's cut.
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.
Faulk avoids a punch combination nicely.
A leg kick checked by La Vellei.
Faulk scores with a leg kick.
La Vellei misses with a few strikes there.
Faulk looks to land a combination but La Vellei avoids it well.
La Vellei throws a body punch but Faulk moves out of range.
Faulk scores with a one two! La Vellei had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Faulk throws a leg kick but La Vellei moved away.
La Vellei works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
La Vellei throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
La Vellei throws a good cross that connects.
Faulk pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A swing and a miss from La Vellei.
Faulk throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
La Vellei looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La Vellei looks to land a combination but Faulk avoids it well.
Oooooh!!! Faulk has knocked La Vellei down with a huge combo! Faulk steps away and waves a wobbly La Vellei back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
La Vellei is rocked!
La Vellei moves out of range as Faulk throws a body kick.
La Vellei is still on wobbly legs! Can Faulk finish him?
Faulk throws a series of punches but La Vellei avoids them all with ease.
La Vellei throws out a counter right but Faulk avoids it with no problem.
La Vellei seems to have recovered his senses.
Kevin Faulk is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
La Vellei stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Faulk.
La Vellei misses with a body shot.
Faulk moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
This has been an exciting period of action!
La Vellei lands with a kick to the temple. Faulk shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
La Vellei misses with a jab, cross combination.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but La Vellei might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Faulk has got the better of the exchanges.
La Vellei on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Faulk. Faulk obviously looking to wear him down.
La Vellei blocks a head kick by Faulk.
La Vellei doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Faulk counters with a lovely straight right hand!
La Vellei throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Faulk fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
La Vellei shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. La Vellei showed some decent athleticism there.
Faulk trying to control from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
La Vellei throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
La Vellei sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Faulk defending well though.
La Vellei is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
La Vellei uses his free foot to push down on Faulk's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Faulk.
Faulk is trying to escape the mount.
Faulk takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
La Vellei is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Faulk is surviving well by controlling La Vellei's body position as best he can.
La Vellei thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
La Vellei has hold of Faulk's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Faulk manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
La Vellei throwing strikes here but Faulk is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Faulk wants to control but La Vellei is having none of it.
Faulk might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The referee warns Faulk that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
La Vellei working away from the top, dropping strikes.
La Vellei has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
La Vellei throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Faulk is in all sorts of trouble here.
La Vellei throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
La Vellei has hold of Faulk's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Faulk manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Faulk wants to control but La Vellei is having none of it.
Faulk is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
La Vellei tries to control but Faulk wriggling away.
La Vellei working for a submission but Faulk is keeping him at bay.
La Vellei looking to finish Faulk with some ground and pound. This is bad for Faulk!
La Vellei trying to control but he's not successful this time.
La Vellei lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jean Cristopher La Vellei will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Jean Cristopher La Vellei's cut.
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!
La Vellei dives in and grabs Faulk's left leg, looking for a takedown. Faulk pushes down on La Vellei's head and hops out.
Faulk lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Faulk throws a sloppy head kick and La Vellei moves out of range easily.
La Vellei swings and misses with a hook to the body.
La Vellei takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
La Vellei changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Faulk tries to avoid it but La Vellei manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Faulk to the ground. Faulk escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
La Vellei swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Faulk scoring well with a low kick there.
La Vellei shoots in for a double leg but Faulk sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Kevin Faulk has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jean Cristopher La Vellei.
La Vellei fails with the takedown.
Faulk went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Oooooh!!! Faulk has knocked La Vellei down with a huge combo! Faulk steps away and waves a wobbly La Vellei back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
This has been an exciting period of action!
A solid leg kick lands there for Faulk.
Faulk chopping away at his opponent's legs.
La Vellei takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Good leg kick by Faulk.
La Vellei loads up on a big right hand but Faulk slips the punch.
Kevin Faulk is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
La Vellei misses with a takedown attempt - Faulk sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Faulk is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that La Vellei can do to turn this around?
Faulk looks for the body kick but La Vellei saw that one coming.
La Vellei shoots in looking for a takedown but Faulk manages to keep the fight standing, pushing La Vellei's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
La Vellei showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Faulk.
Faulk backing away here, and La Vellei unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
A nice leg kick from Faulk, right into the meat of the thigh.
La Vellei goes for a double leg but Faulk avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Faulk continues to drive forward.
Faulk cracks La Vellei with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Faulk has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning La Vellei to stand back up!
La Vellei dodges the punch combination from Faulk.
La Vellei throws out a counter right but Faulk avoids it with no problem.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Faulk rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but La Vellei moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
La Vellei staying out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Faulk throws a quick inside leg kick.
La Vellei shoots for a takedown but Faulk saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
A swing and a miss from La Vellei.
Faulk throws a body kick that misses.
La Vellei's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The fighters circling - Faulk throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
La Vellei shoots for a double leg takedown but Faulk sprawls well. He's pushed La Vellei's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Faulk throws a counter high kick but La Vellei was just alert enough to avoid it.
The crowd cheers as La Vellei lands an impressive looking overhand right. Faulk doesn't seem phased though.
La Vellei throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from La Vellei is defended easily by Faulk.
La Vellei throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Faulk is looking to score with low kicks.
Faulk lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as La Vellei backs up against the cage.
La Vellei shoots for a takedown but Faulk saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Faulk misses with a few strikes there.
A little jabbing left from La Vellei on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
La Vellei shoots in looking for a takedown. Faulk tries to sprawl out of it but La Vellei keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Faulk manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
It appears Faulk was looking to counter with a kick there.
La Vellei tries to score a power double leg takedown but Faulk sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten La Vellei somewhat.
Faulk throws an overhand right that has La Vellei reeling! Faulk follows up with more punches and La Vellei is out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Kevin Faulk!
A very excited looking Kevin Faulk made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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