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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mason Love (ranked 91 p4p, 529 weight class) and Yaroslav Rurik (ranked 6 p4p, 38 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Love might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to HonestKey- Music. Mason Love has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mason Love!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Yaroslav Rurik!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Gregory Folan and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rurik keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Love throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Love scores with a jab to the jaw.
Rurik rushes Love and presses him up against the cage.
Rurik has a couple of punches blocked by Love.
A body shot lands from Rurik.
Rurik lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rurik tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rurik goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rurik lands a shoulder strike.
Rurik misses with a body punch.
Love blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Love has had enough of the clinch but Rurik keeps him there for the moment.
Love misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Love working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rurik is leaning against Love and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Rurik lands a hook to the side of the head.
Love breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rurik misses with a wild body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Rurik.
Rurik blocks a jab.
Love rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rurik counters with a lovely straight right hand!
It looks like Mason Love has been cut.
Love checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Love falls off balance throwing a combination
and Rurik cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Love misses.
Rurik wants to counter the offense by Love and move into the clinch position.
Love scores with a jab to the jaw.
Rurik fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rurik rushes Love and presses him up against the cage.
Love tries to throw a body punch but Rurik avoids it by throwing Love back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Rurik scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rurik can't find room to land a body shot as Love controls the action.
Love lands a left hand.
Love blocks an uppercut.
Rurik pushes Love back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Love blocks an uppercut.
Love tries to work over Rurik's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rurik misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rurik lands a hook that snaps the head of Love backwards.
Rurik goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rurik goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rurik throws a punch but it's blocked by Love.
Rurik can't find room to land a body shot as Love controls the action.
Rurik misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A hook to the body from Rurik.
Rurik swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Rurik.
Love pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Love changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Love takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Love looks to throw the jab but Rurik is out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Love loads up on a big right hand but Rurik slips the punch.
Love dodges the punch combination from Rurik.
Rurik has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Rurik there as he acknowledges the shot.
Rurik jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rurik with a hook.
Rurik throws a jab when Love was well out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Rurik.
Mason Love seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Rurik lands a jab to the head.
Rurik throws a hook but Love avoids it easily.
Love misses with a hook. Rurik ducked under it nicely.
Rurik swings widly with a right hand
and Rurik takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Love avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Love throws a shot from downtown. Rurik moves away and avoids it.
Rurik wants to clinch.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Love throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rurik sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rurik lands with a good body shot.
Rurik tries to clinch up.
Love swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Rurik closes the distance and pushes Love back into the cage.
Love's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Love misses with an uppercut
and Rurik counters with a nice uppercut.
Love is rocked!
Love misses with a straight right.
Rurik throws out a counter right but Love avoids it with no problem.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Love misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rurik.
Love throws a lazy uppercut
and Rurik counters with a body kick that stops Love in his tracks momentarily.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Rurik misses with a hook to the ribs.
Love tries to break the clinch but Rurik is controlling the position.
Rurik tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rurik misses with a punch on the inside.
Love blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rurik tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rurik keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Love's efforts to push away.
Love blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Love.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Rurik struggles to land a body shot inside as Love controls his hands.
Love manages to break the clinch.
Rurik tries to clinch
and Love counters with a straight right hand.
Rurik tries to clinch but Love is having none of it.
Rurik has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Rurik there as he acknowledges the shot.
Love scores with a shot to the body.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Love takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Love with a body punch. A glancing blow.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Love.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
A left and a right from Love both land. Nice combination.
Rurik is rocked!
Rurik throws an off balance right hand
and Love counters with a massive hook, right on the button! He's out cold! Damn, that was naaaaaasty! Hopefully he'll be OK.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mason Love!
Mason Love retains his bantamweight title!
Mason Love thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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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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