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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jacques Bollomard (ranked 1333 p4p, 1337 weight class) and Raleigh St. Clair (ranked 148 p4p, 150 weight class). Bollomard comes to the cage accompanied by Mysterium. Raleigh St. Clair has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jacques Bollomard's chin.
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Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Powerful takedowns
World class boxer
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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 19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jacques Bollomard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Raleigh St. Clair!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St. Clair scores with a leg kick.
St. Clair throws a jab when Bollomard was well out of range.
St. Clair shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Bollomard swings for the body but St. Clair moves out of range.
Bollomard takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
St. Clair throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
St. Clair scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bollomard misses the shot to the body.
Bollomard lands a slapping body shot.
St. Clair throws an overhand right that lands on Bollomard's shoulder, as Bollomard tries to avoid the shot.
A lazy left from Bollomard finds it's target.
Bollomard blocks a jab.
Bollomard drops down looking for a counter takedown but St. Clair sprawls and moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bollomard sizes up St. Clair with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bollomard connects with a body shot that sends St. Clair's belly button to the back.
A swing and a miss from St. Clair.
St. Clair scores with a hook.
Bollomard darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
St. Clair is looking for a sweep. Bollomard is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bollomard looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
St. Clair is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bollomard slips a nice elbow through St. Clair's hands, connecting with St. Clair's forehead.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
St. Clair gets full guard.
Bollomard has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bollomard forces his way into half guard.
Bollomard throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
St. Clair is defending against the submission attempts here by Bollomard.
Bollomard missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
St. Clair wants to improve his position but Bollomard is controlling well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bollomard works his way into side control.
Bollomard looking to punish the body of his opponent here but St. Clair is avoiding damage well.
St. Clair tries to get back to half guard but can't.
St. Clair is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
St. Clair is working to avoid the ground and pound but Bollomard connects with a decent elbow.
St. Clair tries to buck Bollomard off but Bollomard is having none of it.
Bollomard is chipping away with strikes.
Bollomard working the head with strikes.
Check out the look on Bollomard's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Bollomard creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
St. Clair is looking to reverse the position.
Bollomard connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused St. Clair some visible discomfort.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St. Clair is trying to get back to half guard.
Bollomard looking to control but instead St. Clair has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
Bollomard moves into full mount! St. Clair won't be happy about that!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bollomard landing strikes from the mount.
Bollomard breaks from St. Clair's wrist control and lands an elbow.
St. Clair tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bollomard lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Bollomard lands a nice shot to the head.
St. Clair is rocked!
Bollomard pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
St. Clair is still in real trouble! Can Bollomard finish him?
Bollomard dominating with strikes here.
A nice elbow there by Bollomard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jacques Bollomard dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
St. Clair tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bollomard manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
St. Clair seems to have recovered his senses.
St. Clair looks to throw the jab but Bollomard is out of range.
Bollomard closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
St. Clair tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bollomard can't find room to land a body shot as St. Clair controls the action.
Bollomard scores with a shot to the side of St. Clair's head.
Bollomard tries to throw a body punch but St. Clair avoids it by throwing Bollomard back against the cage.
I was talking to Bollomard's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Bollomard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Bollomard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from St. Clair on the inside.
Bollomard lands a left hand.
Bollomard is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that St. Clair can do to turn this around?
Bollomard misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St. Clair can't find room to land a body shot as Bollomard controls the action.
Bollomard looking to slow down the pace here.
Bollomard can't find room to land a body shot as St. Clair controls the action.
Bollomard misses with a body punch.
St. Clair throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Bollomards head.
St. Clair takes a shot to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Bollomard as the two fighters clinch.
St. Clair prevents a body shot from Bollomard.
Bollomard ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Bollomard no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
St. Clair landing with the ground and pound.
Bollomard working a defensive guard here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as St. Clair accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
St. Clair is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Bollomard has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. St. Clair is looking to defend but Bollomard has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for St. Clair! Bollomard pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, St. Clair taps out and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Jacques Bollomard!
During a confident post fight interview, Jacques Bollomard thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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