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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nori Voluspa (ranked 712 p4p, 1191 weight class) and George Pierre (ranked 95 p4p, 151 weight class). Pierre has chosen O Canada as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Solid boxing
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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 12 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nori Voluspa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, George Pierre!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Steven Brown and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pierre misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Voluspa.
Voluspa moves out of range as Pierre strikes.
Voluspa misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Pierre ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Pierre swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pierre has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Pierre tests Voluspa's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Pierre connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Pierre keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Voluspa looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nori Voluspa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pierre misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pierre misses with an uppercut.
Voluspa forces Pierre back against the cage and clinches.
A short right from Pierre.
Voluspa has Pierre pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Pierre manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Pierre scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Voluspa has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Pierre after a bit of a struggle.
Voluspa is trying to drag Pierre to the mat but Pierre just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierre lands with a short shot to the head.
Pierre misses with a short punch on the inside.
Voluspa has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Pierre avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Voluspa jumps into guard, dragging Pierre to the mat.
Pierre postures up.
Pierre wants to stand but Voluspa is controlling his posture from full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Voluspa doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Pierre wants to stand but Voluspa is controlling his posture from full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Voluspa wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Pierre is now in half guard.
Voluspa regains full guard. Nicely done.
Voluspa had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Pierre defends it easily.
Voluspa is looking for a triangle but Pierre pushes his legs off easily.
We've been hearing good reports from Voluspa's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Voluspa throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierre wants to stand but Voluspa has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Voluspa is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Voluspa looking for a guillotine here but Pierre defends easily.
Pierre wanted to stand there but Voluspa had control of the position.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
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.
Voluspa looking to control.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Voluspa darts in looking for a takedown but Pierre gets double underhooks and turns Voluspa into the cage.
Pierre lands a hook to the side of the head.
Voluspa jumps guard but Pierre stands there with Voluspa around his waist. Voluspa gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Voluspa gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Pierre regains guard.
Pierre keeping moving, preventing Voluspa from controlling successfully.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pierre wants to stand up but Voluspa is controlling him.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
George Pierre dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
A left and a right from Pierre both land. Nice combination.
A big left from Pierre misses.
Voluspa closes this distance looking for a takedown but Pierre circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Pierre! But no joy.
Pierre throws a lazy right hand but Voluspa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pierre has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Voluspa fails with a takedown attempt.
Pierre looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Voluspa closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Pierre to the mat! Pierre manages to get full guard.
Pierre utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Voluspa postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Voluspa throws a big elbow that misses.
Voluspa controls from within his opponent's guard.
Voluspa throwing strikes from guard but Pierre blocks nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Voluspa throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Voluspa content to stall in guard here.
Voluspa advances to half guard.
Pierre blocking the ground and pound attempt from Voluspa.
Voluspa misses with a head shot. Pierre uses the momentum to regain guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Pierre keeping moving, preventing Voluspa from controlling successfully.
Voluspa with a flurry of punches that miss.
Voluspa might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Voluspa throws a big elbow that misses.
Voluspa throwing strikes from guard but Pierre blocks nicely.
Voluspa advances to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierre is trying to stand.
Voluspa sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Pierre defending well though.
Voluspa throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Pierre tries to kick Voluspa off but Voluspa keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Voluspa shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Pierre defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nori Voluspa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Pierre misses the shot to the body.
Voluspa tries to counter with a takedown but Pierre is quick to defend against it.
Nori Voluspa is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Voluspa shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Voluspa showed some decent athleticism there.
Voluspa is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Pierre doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Voluspa.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierre is trying to escape back to his feet but Voluspa uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Pierre is trying to get back to his feet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Voluspa wants to control for a moment but Pierre uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Voluspa lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Nori Voluspa dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Voluspa looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Voluspa gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Pierre counters with a nice uppercut.
Pierre lands a lovely overhand right.
Pierre throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Pierre throws a right hand that Voluspa ducks under and follows up with a left that Voluspa also avoids with ease.
Voluspa fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nori Voluspa. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Voluspa scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Pierre regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Voluspa.
Pierre keeping moving, preventing Voluspa from controlling successfully.
Pierre is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Voluspa works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Voluspa is looking to stall here but Pierre recovers full guard.
Voluspa working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Pierre's head.
Voluspa won't allow Pierre to get back to his feet.
Pierre keeping moving, preventing Voluspa from controlling successfully.
Voluspa not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Voluspa pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Pierre is keeping the position for now.
Voluspa stops Pierre from standing up.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Pierre misses with the combination.
Voluspa gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Voluspa tries to pull guard but Pierre won't allow it.
Pierre throws a punch but it's blocked by Voluspa.
Pierre digs a right hand underneath Voluspa's ribcage. Voluspa let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A right hand to the body from Pierre.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Voluspa can't get the takedown.
Voluspa jumps guard.
Voluspa has a closed guard, preventing Pierre from standing up.
Voluspa working for a triangle but Pierre defends it easily.
Pierre wants to stand and escape but instead Voluspa has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Voluspa lands a couple of digs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierre wants to get back to his feet but Voluspa is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Pierre can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Voluspa controls the pace.
Pierre is looking to stand up but Voluspa isn't so interested in that idea.
Voluspa passes Pierre's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Voluspa wants to control but Pierre is keeping him busy.
Voluspa is working for a submission of some sort.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to George Pierre.
I think Pierre 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 James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:28
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... George Pierre!
Our winner, George Pierre, 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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hype
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RATING
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