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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Patrice Devereaux (ranked 1603 p4p, 1703 weight class) and Dakota Maynard (ranked 101 p4p, 104 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Patrice Devereaux!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dakota Maynard!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Ivan Kurochkin and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Devereaux closes the distance and clinches.
Devereaux ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Devereaux no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Devereaux working for a triangle but Maynard defends it easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Maynard throwing strikes but missing.
Maynard got a little sloppy there for a moment and Devereaux has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Maynard has managed to get both his arms back between Devereaux's legs - danger averted.
Maynard in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Maynard with a flurry of punches that miss.
Devereaux is adopting a defensive guard.
Devereaux working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Maynard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Devereaux has his foot on Maynard's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Maynard works his way back into a safe position though.
Maynard missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Devereaux has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Maynard can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Maynard with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Maynard accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Devereaux looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Maynard accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Devereaux throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Maynard accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Maynard trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Devereaux working for a triangle but Maynard defends it easily.
Devereaux is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Devereaux looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Devereaux utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Maynard working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Devereaux trying to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Devereaux looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Maynard is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Maynard trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Maynard throws a big elbow that misses.
Maynard with a flurry of punches that miss.
Maynard throws a big right hand that misses.
Devereaux working for a triangle but Maynard defends it easily.
Maynard must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Devereaux managing to control the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Maynard accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Maynard throwing strikes but missing.
Devereaux working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Maynard.
Devereaux has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Devereaux preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Devereaux is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Devereaux working for a triangle but Maynard defends it easily.
Devereaux avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Devereaux is trying to control the position but Maynard postures up.
Maynard working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Maynard with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Devereaux avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Maynard throws a big elbow that misses.
Maynard avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Maynard is looking to work some ground and pound but Devereaux has wrist control.
Maynard in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Maynard postures up in Devereaux's guard and throws a big left but Devereaux blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maynard throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Devereaux looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Maynard throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Devereaux works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Devereaux working a defensive guard here.
Maynard throwing strikes from guard but Devereaux blocks nicely.
Maynard working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Maynard throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Devereaux works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Devereaux is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Maynard is aware though and is defending well.
Devereaux had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Maynard defends it easily.
Devereaux looking for a guillotine here but Maynard defends easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Devereaux wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Dakota Maynard 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.
Maynard tries to keep at a distance but Devereaux has taken the fight into the clinch.
Maynard gets control of Devereaux's arms and successfully pulls guard. Maynard will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Maynard trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Maynard tries to strike from the bottom.
Devereaux showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Maynard tries to land a sweep but no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maynard striking off his back but it's not causing Devereaux any problems.
Maynard trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Maynard tries to strike from the bottom.
Maynard throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Devereaux is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Devereaux closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Devereaux wants to control but Maynard is keeping him busy.
Maynard is looking to reverse the position.
Devereaux tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Devereaux has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Maynard has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here as Devereaux stalls from top position.
Maynard throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Devereaux wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Maynard, who protects the arm well.
Devereaux avoids the strikes from the bottom by Maynard.
Maynard is not content to let Devereaux control the position.
Devereaux takes advantage of some sloppy striking from Maynard to pass into mount.
Devereaux trying to control but Maynard is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maynard gets back to half guard.
Devereaux passes to side control.
Maynard manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Devereaux keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Maynard missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Maynard not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Nice strikes from Maynard there.
Maynard missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Devereaux looking for submissions off his back.
Devereaux keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maynard thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Maynard missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Maynard not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Maynard throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Maynard thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Devereaux's head.
Devereaux trying to control here.
Devereaux keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Devereaux avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Maynard.
Devereaux avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Maynard.
Devereaux keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Maynard is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Devereaux trying to control but Maynard postures up.
Dakota Maynard has got the better of the ground game so far.
Devereaux wants to get back to full guard.
Maynard thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Devereaux avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Maynard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Dakota Maynard will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Devereaux closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Maynard did well to prevent Devereaux getting side control.
Maynard missing with punches from the bottom.
Maynard tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Maynard is staying active underneath Devereaux, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Maynard punching from the bottom.
Devereaux is trying to control the action in half guard but Maynard is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Maynard moves into full guard.
Maynard doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Maynard trying to strike off his back.
Devereaux wants to control from the top but Maynard keeps moving.
Maynard striking off his back but it's not causing Devereaux any problems.
Devereaux is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maynard wants to sweep but no luck.
Devereaux stays in close to Maynard's body and controls the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Devereaux decides to pull guard.
Maynard is fighting to break Devereaux's control of his arms but Devereaux is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Maynard throwing strikes from guard but Devereaux blocks nicely.
Maynard postures up.
Devereaux preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maynard throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Devereaux works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Devereaux is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Maynard is aware though and is defending well.
Devereaux working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Maynard.
Devereaux is trying to keep Maynard in close.
Maynard missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Maynard working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Devereaux working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Maynard.
Maynard throws a big elbow that misses.
Devereaux avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Devereaux is trying to keep Maynard in close.
Devereaux avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Devereaux is trying to keep Maynard in close.
Maynard throwing strikes from guard but Devereaux blocks nicely.
Maynard working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maynard postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Maynard avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Maynard throws a big elbow that misses.
Maynard throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Devereaux works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Maynard loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Patrice Devereaux has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Maynard postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Maynard working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Devereaux preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Devereaux working for a triangle but Maynard defends it easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Maynard loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Devereaux working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Maynard.
Maynard postures up in Devereaux's guard and throws a big left but Devereaux blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Devereaux working for a triangle but Maynard defends it easily.
Devereaux escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Maynard gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Devereaux preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Maynard accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Devereaux throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Maynard works over Devereaux with some ground and pound from guard.
Maynard got a little sloppy there for a moment and Devereaux has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Maynard has managed to get both his arms back between Devereaux's legs - danger averted.
Maynard with a flurry of punches that miss.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Devereaux looking for a guillotine here but Maynard defends easily.
Maynard throws a big elbow that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Patrice Devereaux.
I think Maynard has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Sergei Dronov scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
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