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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Obama Filth (ranked 1274 p4p, 1065 weight class) and Dexter Roussel (ranked 160 p4p, 137 weight class). Filth comes into the arena with Beat the Bastards blaring out of the sound system. Roussel has chosen Manau - J'ai laissé là bas as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!
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11 - 7 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Obama Filth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Dexter Roussel!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Alec Ball and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Filth throws a series of punches but Roussel avoids them all with ease.
Filth misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Filth tries to clinch but Roussel moves away
and Roussel counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Roussel trying to control but Filth is working from the bottom.
Roussel content to stall in guard here.
Filth preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Filth wants to stand and escape but Roussel is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roussel postures up in Filth's guard and throws a big left but Filth blocks it.
Roussel sitting in guard here, content to control.
Roussel postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Roussel accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roussel with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Roussel missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Roussel working some strikes from top position.
Roussel stops Filth from standing up.
Roussel with a flurry of punches that miss.
Roussel working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Filth's head.
Roussel won't allow Filth to get back to his feet.
Roussel wants to pass the guard but Filth is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Roussel stops Filth from standing up.
Roussel with a flurry of punches that miss.
Roussel throws a big elbow that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Filth wants to get back to his feet but Roussel is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Roussel loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Roussel is looking to work some ground and pound but Filth has wrist control.
Roussel is looking to work some ground and pound but Filth has wrist control.
Roussel passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Filth on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Filth on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Roussel prevents Filth from escaping the position.
Roussel lands a nice forearm strike.
Filth explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Filth shoots for a takedown but Roussel saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Filth gets tackled into the cage by Roussel. Roussel maintains the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roussel lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Filth taking a breather.
Filth looking to stall.
Roussel stalling the fight.
Roussel lands a left hand.
Filth blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Filth fails to land.
Roussel works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Roussel stays in close to Filth's body and controls the position.
Roussel with a flurry of punches that miss.
Roussel throwing strikes but missing.
Roussel trying to control but Filth is working from the bottom.
Roussel won't allow Filth to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Filth pushes Roussel off and scrambles back to his feet.
Roussel staying out of range there.
Roussel lunges at Filth with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Filth's hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Filth doesn't manage to clinch there - Roussel circles away.
Roussel tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Filth was well out of range. Poor timing from Roussel.
Roussel has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Filth is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Roussel connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Roussel throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Filth sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Roussel looks to land a right hand but Filth moved out of range.
Roussel swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dexter Roussel dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Roussel slips a jab and a cross from Filth.
Filth ducks under a wild hook from Roussel.
Roussel lands a nice shot that snaps Filth's head back.
Roussel has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Roussel looks to score with a jab to the body but Filth is just out of range.
Filth misses with a few strikes there.
Filth moves in looking to clinch but Roussel pushes him off.
Roussel swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
No joy there for Filth, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Roussel throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Filth sees it coming and avoids it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Filth moves away from the strike by Roussel.
Filth fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Roussel misses with a straight right.
Filth went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Filth throws a left and a right that both miss
and Roussel counters with a nice double leg into side control. Filth won't be happy with that.
Roussel has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roussel misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Roussel in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Roussel cracks Filth with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Roussel cracks Filth with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Filth is rocked!
Roussel lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Oh Filth is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
A big shot lands for Roussel! That's hurt Filth! Will he recover? Roussel fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dexter Roussel!
Dexter Roussel tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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