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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Blair Turton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Les Roughneck (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Turton might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Working full time - The constantines. Roughneck is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Roughest Neck Around - Corb Lund. Les Roughneck is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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173 cm
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160 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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184 cm
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160 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Blair Turton! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Les Roughneck! The judges for this bout are William Peck, Trevor Gratis and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Roughneck looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Turton! Roughneck swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Turton is now in Roughneck's guard. A big mistake from Roughneck there, giving up the dominant position! Turton wants to stand but Roughneck is controlling his posture from full guard. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Roughneck manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Turton is looking to improve his position but Roughneck isn't that keen on the idea. Roughneck with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Turton wants to get back to his feet.
Turton is trying to escape the mount.
Roughneck thowing shots but they're missing.
That's one minute gone in the round. Roughneck misses with a head shot. Turton squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Roughneck scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Roughneck looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet. Roughneck is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Turton has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Turton! Hammerfist, elbow! yells Turton's corner. There ya go! There ya go! Turton might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground. Roughneck is looking for a triangle here but Turton uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Roughneck regains half guard. Roughneck looks gassed! Roughneck makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Roughneck. Roughneck keeping moving, preventing Turton from controlling successfully. Roughneck has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Turton can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Turton controls the pace of the fight for a moment. Turton wanted to stand there but Roughneck had control of the position. Roughneck bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Turton's guard. Roughneck won't allow Turton to sweep him here. Turton is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle. Turton had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Roughneck is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Turton Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Roughneck's back instead. Roughneck tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell! Roughneck regains half guard. Roughneck regains full guard. Nicely done. Roughneck looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Turton trying to control the position from guard on top but Roughneck is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Turton drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Turton jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position. Turton decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Roughneck, up you get! Les Roughneck seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Turton has managed to clinch.
Turton stops a takedown attempt from Roughneck.
Turton jumps into guard, dragging Roughneck to the mat.
Turton is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Roughneck is controlling him. Turton is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent. Roughneck stopping the sweep attempt from Turton. Turton will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Turton is on top in guard.
Roughneck keeping moving, preventing Turton from controlling successfully. Turton working some strikes from top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Turton trying to control the position from guard on top but Roughneck is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Turton gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent. Roughneck closes this distance looking for a takedown but Turton circles away. Turton moves in looking to clinch but Roughneck pushes him off. Turton throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. Turton wants to clinch up but Roughneck keeps it at a distance. Turton tries to work over Roughneck's front leg with a kick but Roughneck checks it. Turton misses with a head kick.
Roughneck shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Roughneck was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure! Roughneck looking for a guillotine from mount but Turton is having none of it. Roughneck wants to take his opponent's back but Turton doesn't allow it. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Turton somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet! Roughneck avoids the head kick by Turton.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Les Roughneck 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.
Roughneck shoots in but no luck this time. Roughneck throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Turton's waist but Turton gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Roughneck off to one side. Turton will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Roughneck looks for a takedown but Turton sprawls well. Blair Turton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Les Roughneck. Roughneck shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away. Roughneck throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Turton because Roughneck loaded up on that one. Turton is writhing around trying to get back to his feet. Roughneck goes for an armbar but Turton turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Turton. Both fighters really going for it on the ground here! Turton wanted to stand there but Roughneck had control of the position. Roughneck manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Roughneck thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage. Turton taking shots to the head. Les Roughneck has got the better of the ground game so far. Roughneck trying to control but he's not successful this time. Turton is looking to improve his position but Roughneck isn't that keen on the idea. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round. Turton avoids a series of strikes thrown by Roughneck.
Roughneck looking to secure an arm triangle but Turton defends it well. Roughneck jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Turton manages to avoid the submission attempt. Roughneck working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it. Turton is positioning himself to get back to half guard. Turton prevents Roughneck from improving position. Roughneck is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Turton knows the correct defense though, so he's OK. Turton wants to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Roughneck is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Turton is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now. Turton wants to get back to his feet. Turton manages to work his way to half guard, despite Roughneck's best efforts. Turton is pressing down on Roughneck's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Turton is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Turton is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle. Turton is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive. Turton is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a tringle but Roughneck frees his head nicely. Oh but Turton has switched to an armbar! Roughneck is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Blair Turton!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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