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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jaiden Montgomery (ranked 3787 p4p, 2806 weight class) and Booby Soul (ranked 438 p4p, 338 weight class). Both these guys are coming into the fight with injuries so let's see if that has a bearing on the fight. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jaiden Montgomery!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Booby Soul!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Richard Clark and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body punch from Montgomery.
Soul looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Montgomery is breathing heavily.
Soul uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Montgomery.
Soul swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Soul jabs Montgomery to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Soul misses with a hook. Montgomery ducked under it nicely.
Soul with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Montgomery to score with a decent uppercut.
Montgomery misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Soul counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Montgomery thinking.
Soul cracks Montgomery with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Soul takes the fight into the clinch.
Soul working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Soul as the two fighters clinch.
Soul throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Soul lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Soul lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Soul throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Montgomery jumps guard but Soul stands there with Montgomery around his waist. Montgomery gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Soul throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Soul lands a shot to the body.
Soul works on Montgomery's body with a couple of short punches.
Montgomery's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short left from Soul.
Montgomery is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Soul to keep the fight standing.
Montgomery tries to pull guard but Soul won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jaiden Montgomery. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Montgomery is trying to pull guard but Soul turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Soul.
A body shot lands from Soul.
Soul stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Soul's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Soul lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soul scores with a shot to the side of Montgomery's head.
Montgomery tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Soul smiles and moves away.
Montgomery throws a hook to the side of Soul's head but Soul sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Soul's corner calls for a 1-2. Soul obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Soul misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Montgomery looks to land a left hand but Soul moved out of range nicely.
The fighters circle momentarily. Soul darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Montgomery rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Soul counters with a nice uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Soul. Montgomery does a little dance to reset his feet.
Soul lands with an uppercut that bounces Montgomery off the cage and back into range.
Montgomery seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Montgomery throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Soul moves into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montgomery fails to pull guard.
Soul lands a right hand that snaps the head of Montgomery backwards.
Soul scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Soul works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Soul is leaning against Montgomery and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Soul presses Montgomery against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Montgomery jumps guard but Soul stands there with Montgomery around his waist. Montgomery gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Soul lands a left hand.
Montgomery is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Soul to keep the fight standing.
Montgomery tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Soul cracks Montgomery with a nice body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Soul creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Soul lands a body shot.
A right hook to the body lands for Soul.
Soul scores with a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soul scores with a shoulder strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Soul lands a hook that snaps the head of Montgomery backwards.
Montgomery tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Soul smiles and moves away.
Soul fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Montgomery manages to avoid it.
Soul connects with a body shot that sends Montgomery's belly button to the back.
Soul 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.
Soul throws the left hand but Montgomery avoids the punch easily.
Soul just misses with a punch to the body.
Soul connects with a body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Montgomery. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Montgomery.
Montgomery uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Soul.
Soul scores with a sloppy right hand. Montgomery should have avoided that one.
Soul bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Montgomery's head.
Montgomery avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Montgomery tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Soul was well out of range. Poor timing from Montgomery.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Booby Soul dominated that round.
That's time! Montgomery's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Soul takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Soul lands with a nice body punch.
Booby Soul seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Montgomery slips under a jab from Soul.
Soul throws a jab when Montgomery was well out of range.
Soul has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Montgomery misses with an uppercut. Soul saw that one coming.
Jaiden Montgomery seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Montgomery lands a nice hook to Soul's body. Soul takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Soul uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Montgomery connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Soul's hands.
Montgomery throws the left hand but Soul avoids the punch easily.
Montgomery takes a jab right on the kisser.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Montgomery fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Soul throws a jab but it's blocked by Montgomery.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Soul throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Montgomery sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Montgomery throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Soul looks to land a right hand but Montgomery moved out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Montgomery throws the left hand but Soul avoids the punch easily.
Soul is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Montgomery with a body shot.
Montgomery misses the shot to the body.
Soul drives through and clinches with Montgomery against the cage.
A body shot lands from Soul.
Montgomery throws a head punch that misses.
Soul cracks Montgomery with a nice body shot.
Still in the clinch, Soul scores with a nice short uppercut.
Soul scores with a shot to the side of Montgomery's head.
Nice body punch from Montgomery.
Soul lands a right hand.
Soul cracks Montgomery with a nice body shot.
Montgomery tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Soul smiles and moves away.
Montgomery throws a shot from downtown. Soul moves away and avoids it.
A big left from Soul misses.
Montgomery walks into a left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Montgomery moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Soul shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Montgomery eats them both and turns towards Soul to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Soul ducks under a wild hook from Montgomery.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Soul! But no joy.
Soul walks into a straight right hand from Montgomery.
Soul throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Montgomery seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Montgomery slips a jab from Soul.
Montgomery uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Soul.
Soul on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Soul lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Montgomery backs up against the cage.
Montgomery ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Soul moves away.
Montgomery swinging wildly here.
Soul fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Montgomery manages to avoid it.
Soul slips under a jab from Montgomery.
Montgomery bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Soul's head backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Montgomery lands a right hook to the body.
Montgomery uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Soul.
Montgomery lands a nice looking body shot.
Soul avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Montgomery takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Soul uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Montgomery.
Montgomery scores with a crisp jab that stopped Soul in his tracks.
Soul staying out of range there.
A shot to the liver by Montgomery. Beautiful body shot.
Soul throws out a loose jab but Montgomery uses good head movement to avoid it.
Montgomery throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Soul throws a body shot but no joy.
Montgomery misses with a looping left.
Soul throws a jab but it's blocked by Montgomery.
A little feinted left hand from Montgomery on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Montgomery scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Montgomery uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Soul.
Montgomery appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Montgomery is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Soul.
A looping hook to the body misses from Montgomery. Soul does a little dance to reset his feet.
Montgomery looks to land a left hand but Soul moved out of range nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Soul bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Montgomery connects with a looping right hand.
Soul dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Montgomery pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Montgomery connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Soul slips a jab from Montgomery.
Montgomery connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Soul momentarily.
The fighters circling - Soul throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Soul lands with a hook. Montgomery tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Montgomery doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Montgomery looks to land a left hand but Soul moved out of range nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Jaiden Montgomery will probably get the nod.
That's time! Montgomery's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Soul throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Montgomery sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Montgomery lands a body shot.
Soul lands with a good body shot.
Montgomery scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Jab by Soul.
Montgomery swings for the body but Soul moves out of range.
Soul looks to score with a jab to the body but Montgomery is just out of range.
Montgomery sizes up Soul with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Montgomery throws a body punch but Soul moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Soul! But no joy.
Montgomery looks to land a right hand but Soul moved out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Soul misses with a straight right.
Montgomery moves forwards but Soul connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Montgomery waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Soul.
Montgomery moves out of range as Soul strikes.
Montgomery lands a really nice looking cross but Soul seems unphased.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Montgomery loads up on a big right hand but Soul slips the punch.
Soul dips to his left and cracks Montgomery with an uppercut!
Soul connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Montgomery connects with a body shot that sends Soul's belly button to the back.
No joy there for Soul, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Montgomery looks to score with a jab to the body but Soul is just out of range.
Montgomery lands with a good body shot.
Soul throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Soul tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Montgomery was well out of range. Poor timing from Soul.
Soul takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Soul catches Montgomery with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Soul ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Soul throws out a counter right but Montgomery avoids it with no problem.
Montgomery just misses with a punch to the body.
Soul forces Montgomery back against the cage and clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Soul pushes off an throws an elbow but Montgomery leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Soul lands a right hand.
Soul lands a right hand.
Montgomery fails to pull guard.
Soul works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Soul lands a body shot.
Soul stalling.
Soul lands a right hand that snaps the head of Montgomery backwards.
Montgomery fails to pull guard.
Soul blocking some punches.
Soul lands a body shot in the clinch.
Montgomery is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Soul to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jaiden Montgomery. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Soul lands an elbow inside that Montgomery shrugs off.
Soul lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Montgomery backwards.
Montgomery avoids the elbow strike from Soul, against the cage.
Montgomery fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Soul lands a left hand that snaps the head of Montgomery backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Montgomery.
Soul scores with a nice hook to the head.
Soul is working Montgomery over against the cage.
Montgomery tries to pull guard but Soul holds him up against the cage and eventually Montgomery drops back down to his feet.
Soul cracks Montgomery with a nice body shot.
Soul works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Soul avoiding damage.
Montgomery misses with some punches.
Soul scores with a shoulder strike.
Stalling in the clinch from Soul.
Soul lands a left hand.
Montgomery blocks the elbow strike.
Montgomery swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Soul slowing the pace effectively.
Montgomery tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Soul just stands there and leans against the cage.
Montgomery is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Soul to keep the fight standing.
A head punch on the inside from Montgomery fails to land.
Soul softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Soul lands a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Montgomery is trying to pull guard but Soul turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Montgomery misses with some punches.
Montgomery's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Soul gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Soul.
Soul lands with a short shot to the head.
Montgomery fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Soul working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Soul scores with a shot to the side of Montgomery's head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Booby Soul comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Soul has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 James Atkins scores the fight 28:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Booby Soul!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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