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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mason Love (ranked 1647 p4p, 2929 weight class) and Eric Fassett (ranked 115 p4p, 184 weight class). Love's entrance music is HonestKey- Music. A fine choice. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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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 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mason Love!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Eric Fassett!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Dillan Fox and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fassett closes the distance and clinches up with Love, looking for a takedown. Fassett pushes Love against the cage but Love circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Love staying out of range there.
Love misses with a straight right.
Fassett tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Love cracks Fassett with a right hand to the side of the head.
Love swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fassett misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Love.
Love was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Love lands a lovely overhand right.
Love avoids the body shot from Fassett.
Love with a hook.
Fassett throws a body punch but Love moves out of range.
Fassett misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Love throws a hook but Fassett blocks it.
Love keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fassett.
Fassett changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Love tries to avoid it but Fassett manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Love to the ground. Love escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Love looks to land a combination but Fassett avoids it well.
Love throws a hook but Fassett avoids it easily.
Love definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fassett lands a lovely overhand right.
Love misses with a right hand
and Fassett counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Love throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Love throws a lazy uppercut
and Fassett decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Love's guard.
Love wants to get back to his feet but Fassett passes into half guard.
Fassett working the head and body with strikes.
Fassett takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The fighters are battling for position here. Love manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Fassett throwing strikes but missing.
Love working a defensive guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Love escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Fassett gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Fassett trying to control the position from guard on top but Love is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Love is adopting a defensive guard.
Fassett wants to control from the top but Love keeps moving.
Fassett working some strikes from top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love can't keep his opponent in guard - Fassett advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Fassett thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Love's head.
Fassett wants to take a breather but Love is having none of it.
Fassett looking for a submission but Love manages to get full guard, putting an end to that submission attempt.
Love uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Fassett ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It seemed like Fassett was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Fassett is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Love rather than just go for the knockout.
Love checks a low kick from Fassett.
A cross from Love lands.
Fassett shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Love napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fassett landing strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Love is trying to control Fassett's posture but Fassett avoids it.
Fassett lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Love down.
Love is trying to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Love is not content to let Fassett control the position.
Love tries to bench press Fassett off him but Fassett keeps the position.
Fassett tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fassett landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Love tries to buck Fassett off but Fassett is having none of it.
Fassett is looking to take a break and control but Love is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Love wants to get back to his feet but Fassett drags him back down.
Fassett fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Fassett throws an elbow but Love slips to the side and avoids it well.
Check out the look on Fassett's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Love avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Fassett.
Fassett sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Love is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Love is looking to regain half guard here but Fassett keeps moving and retains side control.
Love is working hard here to advance position.
Love regains half guard there - taking advantage of Fassett's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Fassett looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Love with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Fassett working over Love with some ground and pound. Love looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Fassett throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Fassett scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Love scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Fassett manages to mount him!
Fassett is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Fassett content just to control the position here.
Fassett with the ground and pound from mount.
Fassett dominating with strikes here.
Fassett lands a nice shot to the head.
Fassett avoids the attempt from Love to control.
Fassett trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Fassett is landing with some decent strikes but Love is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Love is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Fassett working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Love is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Fassett putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fassett in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Love is trying desperately to improve position.
Love is squirming around, avoiding Fassett's attempts to control the action.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Fassett landing strikes, looking to finish!
Love wants to control but Fassett is having none of it.
The referee warns Love that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Fassett in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Fassett trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Love tries to hold on but Fassett postures up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Eric Fassett dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Love lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Fassett changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Love loads up on a big right hand but Fassett slips the punch.
Love slips a jab from Fassett.
Fassett dives in and grabs Love's left leg, looking for a takedown. Love pushes down on Fassett's head and hops out.
Fassett moves out of range as Love strikes.
Fassett lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Fassett takes a swing at Love's ribcage but misses.
Fassett just misses with a punch to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Love misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fassett bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Love can't do much from the bottom here.
The ground and pound from Fassett seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Love can't do much from the bottom here.
Love is letting Fassett control him for a moment.
Love tries to buck Fassett off but Fassett is having none of it.
Eric Fassett has got the better of the ground game so far.
Fassett landing strikes.
Love is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Love parries the strikes from Fassett easily there. Fassett is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Love to escape.
Fassett tries to move into full mount but can't pass Love's legs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Fassett has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fassett trying to control the position but Love is working away.
You can see the frustration on Love's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Love prevents Fassett from moving into mount.
Fassett tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Fassett working away.
Fassett is looking to take a break and control but Love is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love gets back to half guard.
Love is refusing to be controlled, as Fassett sits in half guard.
Fassett drops an elbow to the side of Love's head.
Fassett landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Love is not content to let Fassett control the position.
Love controlling the position well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Fassett throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Fassett throws an overhand right that lands on Love's shoulder, as Love tries to avoid the shot.
Love is looking to counter punch.
Love misses the shot to the body.
Love throws a big shot that misses.
Fassett is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Love throws a hook to the side of Fassett's head but Fassett sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mason Love is winning the standup battle so far.
Love throws a body punch but Fassett moves out of range.
Fassett tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Fassett is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Love.
Fassett misses with a straight left.
Love is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Love misses the jab.
Fassett tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Fassett misses with a lunging right hand
letting Love counter with a right hand.
Love stuffs the takedown attempt from Fassett. Fassett gets slowly back to his feet.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Fassett fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Mason Love has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eric Fassett.
Fassett misses the shot to the body.
Fassett on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Fassett throws a shot from downtown. Love moves away and avoids it.
Love connects with the punch.
Fassett ducks under a wild hook from Love.
Fassett throws a hook but Love blocks it.
Love uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fassett.
Fassett misses with an uppercut.
A quick step to the side and Love tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Love throws a jab but it's blocked by Fassett.
Love jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fassett takes a jab right on the kisser.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Love throws a jab but it's blocked by Fassett.
Fassett is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Love with a body shot.
Love bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Fassett throws a hook to the side of Love's head but Love sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Love was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Love dips to his left and cracks Fassett with an uppercut!
Love cracks Fassett with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fassett throws a hook but Love avoids it easily.
Nice takedown defense from Love. No joy for Fassett on that attempt.
A little feinted left hand from Love on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Fassett misses with a wild body shot.
Fassett looks to score with a jab to the body but Love is just out of range.
Fassett fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Love manages to avoid it.
Fassett looks to score with a jab to the body but Love is just out of range.
Fassett misses with a hook to the body
and Fassett takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fassett is trying hard to land a takedown here. Love sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Fassett scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Love can't do much from the bottom here.
Fassett trying to control the action but Love is working from the bottom.
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Love is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Fassett cracks Love with an elbow. That is naaassty.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Fassett tries to advance to mount but can't.
Fassett throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Love parries the strikes from Fassett easily there. Fassett is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Love to escape.
Fassett lands a nice forearm strike.
Fassett landing a few strikes.
You can see the frustration on Love's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Fassett throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Love struggling a bit here.
Fassett working the strikes but Love uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Fassett thows a huge punch but Love dodges it nicely.
Love keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Fassett is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Love!
Fassett throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Fassett with shots to the head and body - Love looks very uncomfortable down there.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Fassett lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Love hang on?
Love wants to control but Fassett is having none of it.
Fassett dominating with strikes here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Eric Fassett 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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Fassett shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Love as he jumps to the side.
Love takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Fassett walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Love slips a jab from Fassett.
Fassett misses with a takedown
enabling Love to counter with a crisp jab.
Fassett closes the distance and clinches up with Love, looking for a takedown. Fassett pushes Love against the cage but Love circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Mason Love has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eric Fassett.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Love throws a lazy right hand but Fassett sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice defenses there by Love.
Fassett throws a looping overhand right but Love ducks down to avoid it.
Love ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Fassett goes for a double leg but Love avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Love continues to drive forward.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fassett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Love moves away.
Fassett throws a hook to the side of Love's head but Love sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fassett shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Fassett takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fassett fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Love manages to avoid it.
Love fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fassett manages to avoid it.
Fassett looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Love gets caught flat footed, as Fassett shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Fassett throws a strike but Love rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Love sitting in guard here, content to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Love is pushing down on Fassett's leg trying to pass to half guard. Fassett is fighting to maintain full guard but Love has managed to sneak the leg through.
Love is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Love continues to stall.
Fassett felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Fassett preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Fassett looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Love trying to control the pace.
Love is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Fassett being controlled here, momentarily.
That's four 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.
Love wants to get up but he can't break Fassett's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Love keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fassett displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Love throws out the jab.
Love cracks Fassett with a right hand to the side of the head.
Fassett tries to move into range but Love moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Fassett shoots in looking for a takedown. Love tries to sprawl out of it but Fassett keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Love manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Love was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Nice sprawl there from Love as Fassett shoots in.
Fassett is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Love does it's job there.
Love throws a jab when Fassett was well out of range.
Mason Love is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Love moves out of range of the strikes.
Fassett drops his hands momentarily and Love takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
A slow jab from Fassett misses its intended target.
Fassett walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fassett. Love does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fassett tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Love was well out of range. Poor timing from Fassett.
Love swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Fassett moves away from the strike by Love.
Love throws a hook but Fassett avoids it easily.
Love fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fassett manages to avoid it.
Fassett with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Love ducks under a wild hook from Fassett.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fassett. Love does a little dance to reset his feet.
Love dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Love misses the shot to the body.
Fassett darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fassett lands with an uppercut that bounces Love off the cage and back into range.
Fassett uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Love.
Love cracks a nice hook into Fassett's ribs.
Fassett misses with an uppercut
and Love connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Love scores with a shot to the body.
Fassett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Love takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Love keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fassett.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Fassett.
Love scores with a nice right hand.
Fassett shoots in for a takedown but Love shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
It looked like Love wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Fassett scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Fassett throws a hook to the side of Love's head but Love sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Love scores with a punch to the head.
Love moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Love misses with an uppercut.
Fassett misses with a straight right.
Love misses the jab.
Fassett feints the counter takedown.
Fassett throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Love counters with a right hand to the body.
Fassett misses with a looping right.
Eric Fassett is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Love dodges the punch combination from Fassett.
It looked like Love was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Fassett.
Love throws a body punch but Fassett moves out of range.
Fassett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fassett misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Love.
Love swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Fassett looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Love lands a jab to Fassett's midsection.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fassett misses with a jab to the body
and Fassett takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fassett looks to throw the jab but Love is out of range.
Love scores with a three punch combo!
Fassett looks to score with a jab to the body but Love is just out of range.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Fassett throws a hook but Love avoids it easily.
Love looks to score with a jab to the body but Fassett is just out of range.
Fassett fails to land the takedown.
Fassett drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Love scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Mason Love has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Love throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Fassett counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Jab from Love.
Fassett uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Love.
A telegraphed right hand from Love misses the target.
It seemed like Fassett was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Love comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mason Love showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Fassett 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eric Fassett!
Post fight, an emotional Eric Fassett said 'Pekka Pouta is a very nice and respectable person, glad I had the honor to kick his ass! (:'.
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