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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andor Seres (ranked 39 p4p, 168 weight class) and A. Mere Con (ranked 5 p4p, 18 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andor Seres!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, A. Mere Con!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, William Gold and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good work by Con as he checks the leg kick.
Con walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A decent looking cross lands there for Con.
A looping hook to the body misses from Seres. Con does a little dance to reset his feet.
Con takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Con is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Seres.
Con cracks Seres with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Con throws a hook but Seres blocks it.
Con throws a shot from downtown. Seres moves away and avoids it.
Con ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Seres comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Seres looks to land a left hand but Con moved out of range nicely.
Seres swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Seres misses with a wild body shot.
Seres wants to slow Con down by chopping away at his legs.
Con throws a big shot that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Seres scores with a spinning back kick!
Seres misses with a left hand
and Con connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Seres shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Seres slips a jab from Con.
Seres keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Seres misses.
Seres pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Con chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Seres can pounce on him.
A swing and a miss from Seres.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Con! But no joy.
Con swings for the body but Seres moves out of range.
Seres turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Con misses with a straight right.
Seres misses with a body kick.
It seemed like Con was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Con is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Seres on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Seres takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Con ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Seres moves away.
Con takes one on the chin but seems OK.
We've been hearing reports that Seres has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Seres works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Seres connects with a looping right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nice jab there from Con.
Seres swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Seres motions for Con to come forward. Seres throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Seres fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Con on the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Seres.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Con throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Seres lands with a straight right. Con didn't see that one coming.
Con lands a jab to the nose.
Seres pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Seres throws a body kick that misses
and Con counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Con ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Seres moves away.
Seres drops down looking for a counter takedown but Con sprawls and moves away.
Seres tries to score with a low kick but Con moves his leg out of the way.
Con thows a left - swing and a miss!
Seres was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Seres gets tackled into the cage by Con. Con maintains the clinch.
A body shot lands from Seres.
Seres manages to break the clinch.
A clash of legs there as Con blocks the low kick.
A big right from Con misses.
Con takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Con is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Seres had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
A big left from Con misses.
Seres fails to land the takedown.
Con scores with a hook to the body. Seres takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seres misses the shot to the body.
It seemed like Con was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Con misses with a hook
and Seres counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Con misses with a left hand
and Seres counters with a good low kick that Con was not able to check.
Seres moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Seres looks to land a left hand but Con moved out of range nicely.
Con just misses with a punch to the body.
Con takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Seres fails with a takedown attempt.
Seres fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andor Seres. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Con looks to throw the jab but Seres is out of range.
Seres changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Con takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Con scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Seres doesn't seem bothered though.
Seres throws a leg kick
and Con connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Seres fails with the takedown
and Con counters with a nice body shot.
Con misses with a straight right.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seres pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Con back to the cage. Seres follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Seres misses with a wild body shot.
Seres misses with a few strikes there.
Con lands a lovely overhand right.
Con needs to keep his hands up - Seres had a free shot at his head there.
A low kick from Seres is predictable there
and Con cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A. Mere Con is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Seres misses with a takedown attempt - Con sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Con walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Con throws a lazy right hand but Seres sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Con has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
A jab from Con finds it's way through Seres's defenses.
Seres throws a right and a left that Con avoids nicely.
Con scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Seres is trying hard to land a takedown here. Con sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Con takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Seres bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Con misses with an uppercut
and Seres counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Seres misses with a low kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Andor Seres will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Seres has a takedown stuffed.
Seres misses with a hook.
Con moves out of range of the strikes.
Con lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Seres moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Con looks to land a right hand but Seres moved out of range.
Seres jabs at Con's body.
Seres uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Con.
Seres half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Andor Seres is winning the standup battle so far.
Seres throws a hook but Con blocks it.
Seres fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Con has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Con looks to land a right hand but Seres moved out of range.
Seres looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some bone on bone action there as Con checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A big right from Seres misses.
Con scores with a sloppy right hand. Seres should have avoided that one.
Seres throws a nice outside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Seres moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Con connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
The fighters circling - Con throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Con's corner calls for a 1-2. Con obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Con connects with a crisp jab.
Con connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Seres momentarily.
Seres takes one to the chin there.
Con drops his hands momentarily and Seres takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Seres misses the shot to the body.
Con lands with a straight right. Seres didn't see that one coming.
Seres walks into a jab.
Con uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Seres.
Seres closes this distance looking for a takedown but Con circles away.
Con's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A slow jab from Con misses its intended target.
A swing and a miss from Con.
Seres has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Con finds it's way round the side to connect with Seres's 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!
Seres lands a head kick!
Con is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Seres.
Seres fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Con looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A nice inside leg kick there by Seres. That's going to slow Con down.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Seres.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Con lands a really nice looking cross but Seres seems unphased.
Seres tries to score with a low kick but Con moves his leg out of the way.
Seres closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Con quickly recovers to half guard.
Con is concentrating on defense, preventing Seres from advancing position.
Con keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Seres prevents Con from improving his position.
Con is trying to maintain the position but Seres is very close to passing his half guard.
Con is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Seres's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Seres's back!
Con keeps control of the position as Seres tries to break free.
Seres prevents Con from getting a body triangle.
I really don't envy Seres right now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seres is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Con.
Seres can't escape the position.
Con is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Seres tries to escape but Con has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Con trying to control.
I really don't envy Seres right now.
Con has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Seres's body.
Seres trying to control the action but Con just sinks the hooks in.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Con controls the action.
Seres wants to escape the position.
Con keeps control of the position easily here as Seres tries to buck him off.
Con's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Con wants to control but Seres is keeping busy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A. Mere Con showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Seres wants to slow Con down by chopping away at his legs.
Seres throws a looping overhand right but Con ducks down to avoid it.
Seres fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Con manages to avoid it.
Con throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Seres throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Seres looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Con throws a hook to the side of Seres's head but Seres sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Seres ducks under a wild hook from Con.
Seres appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Seres takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Seres looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Con rushes Seres and presses him up against the cage.
Con throws a punch but it's blocked by Seres.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seres blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Seres pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Con misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Seres.
Con tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Seres was well out of range. Poor timing from Con.
Seres uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Con.
Con throws a body punch but Seres moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Con throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Seres sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Con misses with a looping right.
Seres clobbers Con with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Seres throws a big shot that misses.
Seres delivers a nice body kick.
Con fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Seres misses with a looping right.
Con throws a series of punches but Seres moves out of range.
Con misses with an uppercut
and Seres counters with a left to the body.
Seres misses the jab.
Con throws a nice looking combination but Seres bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Seres misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
It seemed like Con was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Seres chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Con throws a lazy right hand but Seres sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Seres half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Con throws a body punch but Seres moves out of range.
Con looks to land a right hand but Seres moved out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Seres there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Seres takes one to the chin there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seres throws the left hand but Con avoids the punch easily.
Seres fails to land the takedown.
Con slips under a jab.
Seres avoids a punch combination nicely.
Con misses with a straight right.
Seres misses with a lunging right hand
and Con counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Con scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Seres throws a leg kick but Con checks it.
A little jabbing left from Con on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Seres shoots in for a takedown but Con shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andor Seres. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Con lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Seres blocks a jab.
Seres throwing a counter right hand but Con manages to avoid it.
Seres lands a nice leg kick that just misses Con's sensitive parts.
A jab from Con does it's job there.
Con misses with a hook. Seres ducked under it nicely.
Con ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Seres lands an impressive looking overhand right. Con doesn't seem phased though.
Con tries to clinch
letting Seres counter with a right hand.
Con connects with a body shot that sends Seres's belly button to the back.
A left lands for Con.
Con just misses with a punch to the body.
Con thuds his right hand into Seres's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Seres defending well as Con loads up on a big left hand.
Con throws a hook but Seres avoids it easily.
Seres wants to land a leg kick but Con is out of range.
Seres looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Con!
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!
Con manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Seres trying to control from the bottom.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Seres is pressing down on Con's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Con controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Con won't allow Seres to sweep him here.
A. Mere Con has got the better of the ground game so far.
Con avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Con is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Seres keeping moving, preventing Con from controlling successfully.
Con stays in close to Seres's body and controls the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A. Mere Con really dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A telegraphed right hand from Con misses the target.
Con misses with a straight left.
Seres looks to land a right hand but Con moved out of range.
Seres throws a hook but Con avoids it easily.
Con bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Seres takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Con swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Con misses with an uppercut
and Seres counters with a right hand to the body.
Seres fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Con on the side of the head.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Con checks a leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Con blocks the leg kick.
Seres will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Con misses with a body shot.
Seres scores with a takedown into Con's guard.
Con is trying to keep Seres in close.
Con looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Seres scoring with punches to the head and body.
Seres stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Con swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Seres wants to control from the top but Con keeps moving.
Seres with a flurry of punches that miss.
Con preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Con looking to hit a scissor sweep but Seres is one step ahead there.
Con keeping moving, preventing Seres from controlling successfully.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Con is on top in guard.
Con looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Seres not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Seres throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Con showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Con trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Con not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Seres keeping full guard, as Con tries to pass.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Seres is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Con must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Con trying to control the position from guard on top but Seres is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Seres trying to control the position here.
Con got a little sloppy there for a moment and Seres has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Con has managed to get both his arms back between Seres's legs - danger averted.
Seres not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
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.
Con is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Con throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Con lands a really nice looking cross but Seres seems unphased.
Seres looking to score a takedown here. Con is defending well but Seres drives through and ends up in Con's guard.
Seres trying to control the position from guard on top but Con is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Con holds on and takes a little breather.
Con looking for a sweep. Not yet Con, not yet.
Con has Seres pulled in close to control his posture.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Seres trying to control but Con is working from the bottom.
Seres pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Con is keeping the position for now.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Andor Seres will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Con misses with a straight left.
Seres tried to counter with a leg kick but Con avoided it.
Con throws a lazy uppercut
and Seres counters with a straight right hand.
Con misses with a looping right.
Seres ducks under a wild hook from Con.
Con lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Horrible takedown attempt by Seres or perhaps it was just good defense by Con, which made it look bad.
Con blocks a head kick by Seres.
Seres misses with a jab, cross combination.
It seemed like Con was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Con throws a big shot that misses.
Con connects with a body shot.
Nice uppercut there from Con.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seres lands an overhand right.
Con lands a two punch combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Con misses with a straight left.
Seres scores with a leg kick.
Seres throws a lazy uppercut
and Con counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Con throws a big shot that misses.
Con swings widly with a right hand
and Seres counters with a low kick, right behind Con 's knee.
Nice defenses there by Seres.
Seres half committed to a counter leg kick.
Seres keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Con.
Con moves out of range of the body kick from Seres.
Seres throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Con lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Seres lets loose with a powerful body kick. Con will feel that in the morning.
Seres slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Con throws a lazy right hand but Seres sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Seres on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Con blocks a jab.
Seres takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Seres fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Con to the ground. Seres is now in Con's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Con is pulling down on Seres's head to control his posture.
Seres missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Con utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Con bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Seres's guard.
Con controlling from the top position.
Seres working for submissions but it's allowed Con to get to half guard.
Con is controlling the pace.
Seres is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Con is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Seres!
Seres wants to control but Con is having none of it.
Seres is looking to get to half guard.
Seres sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Seres trying to control here.
Seres tries to get to full guard but Con has control of the leg.
Seres trying to control here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Seres actively working from the bottom here.
Seres trying to control from the bottom.
Con slows the pace down in half guard.
Con tries to pass to full mount but Seres defends it.
Seres is trying to maintain the position but Con is very close to passing his half guard.
Con prevents Seres from improving his position.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Con in particular looking to stall.
And that's the end of the fight!
A. Mere Con comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Con 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 47:48
Judge William Gold scores the fight 47:48
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 47:48
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... A. Mere Con!
A. Mere Con is the new welterweight champion!
A. Mere Con thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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