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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Meinard Ansgar (ranked 23442 p4p, 2353 weight class) and Christophe Dupree (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dupree has chosen Eddie Vedder - Society as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Meinard Ansgar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 43 - 38 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Christophe Dupree!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Skip Squint and Topper Green.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dupree moves out of range as Ansgar strikes.
We've been told by Ansgar's head coaches at Sydney Top Team that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Ansgar throws a series of punches but Dupree avoids them all with ease.
Dupree's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ansgar under the eye.
Ansgar lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dupree circles away quickly and effectively.
Ansgar moves into the clinch successfully.
Ansgar breaks from the clinch.
Ansgar scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
It looks like Christophe Dupree has been cut.
Ansgar moves into the clinch.
Ansgar is struggling to control the position.
Dupree has a couple of punches blocked by Ansgar.
Ansgar is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ansgar creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dupree throws a head punch that misses.
Ansgar breaks from the clinch.
Ansgar slips a jab from Dupree.
Dupree smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dupree throws a right and a left that Ansgar avoids nicely.
Dupree scores with a punch to the head.
Ansgar connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Dupree with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Dupree scores with a leg kick.
Ansgar tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ansgar scores with a hook.
Ansgar lands a two punch combo.
Dupree throws a leg kick that is checked
and Ansgar counters with a nice body kick.
Dupree looks winded!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Oh, that's a big right hand from Ansgar and Dupree goes tumbling to the canvas! Ansgar follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.
Dupree gets full guard.
Ansgar gets to his feet - Dupree follows without any prompting.
Ansgar closes the distance and pushes Dupree back into the cage.
Ansgar is stalling here.
A right handed body shot lands from Ansgar.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ansgar avoiding damage.
Dupree tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dupree swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dupree letting Ansgar take a breather here.
Ansgar with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dupree lands a right hand.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Ansgar.
Ansgar stalls.
Dupree lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ansgar has Dupree pushed against the cage.
Dupree goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dupree misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ansgar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ansgar as Dupree tries to tie him up.
Dupree tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ansgar tries a knee to the head but Dupree blocks it.
Ansgar taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Dupree wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ansgar slows down the pace here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ansgar.
Dupree tries to work over Ansgar's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Dupree.
Dupree lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ansgar stalling.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ansgar.
Ansgar taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Ansgar stalls.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Meinard Ansgar.
Ansgar moves out of range of the strikes.
Some wild striking there from Dupree.
Dupree avoids the head kick by Ansgar.
Ansgar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dupree was well out of range. Poor timing from Ansgar.
Ansgar throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Dupree counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice jab there from Ansgar.
Dupree fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ansgar manages to avoid it.
Ansgar scores with a head kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
No joy there for Ansgar, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dupree dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ansgar throws a leg kick that misses.
A little jabbing left from Dupree on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Meinard Ansgar dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Christophe Dupree'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.
Ansgar tests Dupree's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Ansgar needs to keep his hands up - Dupree had a free shot at his head there.
Dupree scores with a nice head shot.
Ansgar connects with a crisp jab.
Ansgar tries to clinch but Dupree is having none of it.
Dupree appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Dupree cracks a nice hook into Ansgar's ribs.
Dupree dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ansgar moves away from the strike by Dupree.
Ansgar looks to land a right hand but Dupree moved out of range.
Dupree jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dupree digs a good hook to Ansgar's body.
Dupree avoids the head kick by Ansgar.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ansgar connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Dupree's hands.
Meinard Ansgar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dupree cracks a nice hook into Ansgar's ribs.
Dupree throws a hook but Ansgar avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ansgar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dupree swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ansgar ducks under a wild hook from Dupree.
A head kick from Ansgar lands but Dupree takes it in his stride.
Ansgar pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dupree throws a nice outside leg kick.
Dupree ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Meinard Ansgar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dupree attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Ansgar misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A nice side step and Dupree releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A swing and a miss from Ansgar.
Ansgar has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Ansgar there as he acknowledges the shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dupree. Ansgar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ansgar lands a two punch combo.
Ansgar gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ansgar tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ansgar is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Dupree.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ansgar lands with a slapping head kick.
Ansgar looks to clinch
and Ansgar takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dupree fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ansgar manages to avoid it.
Dupree throws a shot from downtown. Ansgar moves away and avoids it.
Ansgar throws out a powerful jab.
Dupree scores with a nice right hand.
Dupree scores with a crisp jab that stopped Ansgar in his tracks.
A slow jab from Dupree misses its intended target.
Ansgar throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Dupree counter with a right hand.
Dupree wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Dupree misses with a two punch combination.
Jab from Dupree.
Ansgar fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dupree throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ansgar on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ansgar steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dupree.
An attempted straight right counter from Ansgar misses the target.
Ansgar tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Ansgar crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Dupree - the referee stops the clock and Ansgar gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Dupree. Ansgar manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Dupree 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.
A punch combination from Ansgar misses.
A slow jab from Dupree misses its intended target.
A slow jab from Dupree misses its intended target.
Dupree fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ansgar looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ansgar fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dupree has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Christophe Dupree seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ansgar misses with an uppercut.
Dupree connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Ansgar's hands.
Ansgar misses with an uppercut. Dupree saw that one coming.
It seemed like Dupree was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Dupree throws a quick inside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ansgar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dupree lands a jab to Ansgar's midsection.
Dupree defending well as Ansgar loads up on a big left hand.
Ansgar avoids a punch combination nicely.
A head kick misses from Ansgar.
Dupree swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ansgar misses with the combination.
Ansgar backing away here, and Dupree unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Dupree.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dupree swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dupree cracks Ansgar with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Dupree misses with an uppercut. Ansgar saw that one coming.
Ansgar seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Christophe Dupree showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Christophe Dupree's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Ansgar throws a left and a right that both miss
and Dupree counters with a leg kick.
Dupree scores with a shot to the body.
Ansgar takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ansgar takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Good standup being displayed there by Dupree as he connects with a hook.
Dupree connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ansgar avoids the body shot from Dupree.
Dupree lands with a right hand.
Ansgar pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dupree appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Dupree. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Dupree misses with an uppercut.
Ansgar clinches with his opponent.
Dupree is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Ansgar is keeping busy.
Ansgar throws an elbow but it misses.
Ansgar tries to land knees in the clinch but Dupree avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ansgar looking to slow down the pace here.
Stalling in the clinch from Ansgar.
Dupree displaying some good clinch control by pressing Ansgar up against the cage.
Dupree misses with a body punch.
Ansgar looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ansgar tries a knee to the head but Dupree blocks it.
Ansgar tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dupree breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ansgar misses with a right hand
and Dupree counters with a nice kick to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ansgar misses with a double jab.
Dupree lands with an uppercut that bounces Ansgar off the cage and back into range.
Dupree scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ansgar doesn't seem bothered though.
Dupree throws the left hand but Ansgar avoids the punch easily.
As Dupree looks to move away, Ansgar throws a big counter combo but Dupree just gets out of the way.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dupree scores with a jab.
Dupree blocks a low kick nicely.
Good shot there by Dupree.
Dupree looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dupree cracks Ansgar with a right hand to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dupree avoids the head kick by Ansgar.
Ansgar has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dupree.
Dupree comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Dupree moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Dupree connects with a right hand. Ansgar shakes it off.
Dupree connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ansgar tries to clinch there but Dupree circles away.
As Ansgar backs off Dupree throws a huge counter combo but Ansgar manages to avoid it all.
Ansgar throws a lazy right hand but Dupree sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Ansgar is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Dupree cracks Ansgar with a good jab.
Ansgar wants to clinch.
It seemed like Dupree was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dupree scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ansgar throws a right and a left that Dupree avoids nicely.
Dupree doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Ansgar fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ansgar has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dupree.
Dupree blocks a head kick by Ansgar.
Dupree throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ansgar stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Dupree fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Dupree takes a swing at Ansgar's ribcage but misses.
Ansgar fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dupree throws a hook but Ansgar blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ansgar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dupree fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ansgar looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ansgar takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dupree misses with a wild body shot.
Ansgar takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ansgar throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dupree scores with a jab. Ansgar acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Dupree with a jab.
Dupree fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ansgar looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Dupree dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Ansgar. That did some damage!
Dupree lands a slapping body shot.
Jab by Dupree.
Ansgar misses with a combination
and Dupree counters with a flying knee that drops Ansgar! Dupree dives in and finishes the fight with a flurry of strikes from the mount!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Christophe Dupree!
A relieved looking Christophe Dupree thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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