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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Quinton St Pierre (ranked 3024 p4p, 1750 weight class) and Rick Ness (ranked 377 p4p, 252 weight class). St Pierre's entrance music is 3 6 Mafia - Move B!tch. A fine choice. Ness is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Cocaine. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced |
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Quinton St Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rick Ness!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Robert Douchet and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ness closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. St Pierre quickly recovers to half guard.
St Pierre makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Ness drives through with a takedown into guard.
St Pierre is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ness tries to pull guard but St Pierre holds him up against the cage and eventually Ness drops back down to his feet.
Ness tries to pull guard but St Pierre won't allow it.
Ness gets control of St Pierre's arms and successfully pulls guard. Ness will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ness tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ness is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
St Pierre has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Ness is proving hard to escape from.
St Pierre has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
St Pierre wants to stand and escape but instead Ness has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Ness content to stall in guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ness distracts St Pierre with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
We've been hearing good reports from St Pierre's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Ness postures up and lands a big shot to St Pierre's brow.
Ness wants to pass the guard but St Pierre is keeping the position.
Ness is in close to St Pierre's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Ness is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Ness chips away with some ground and pound.
Ness won't allow St Pierre to get back to his feet.
Ness controls from within his opponent's guard.
Ness looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
St Pierre has momentary wrist control but Ness slips an elbow through the middle.
Ness is stalling in the full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre keeping moving, preventing Ness from controlling successfully.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
St Pierre is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Ness with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Ness is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
It looks like Quinton St Pierre has been cut.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ness not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Ness has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ness wants to control from the top but St Pierre keeps moving.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
St Pierre misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ness.
Ness with the counter takedown but St Pierre avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ness moves out of range of the strikes.
Ness misses with a takedown
and St Pierre counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Ness thinking.
Quinton St Pierre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rick Ness.
Ness misses with a takedown attempt - St Pierre sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
St Pierre with a body punch. A glancing blow.
St Pierre stuffs the takedown attempt from Ness. Ness gets slowly back to his feet.
Ness shoots for a takedown but St Pierre saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Ness shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
St Pierre throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Ness shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and St Pierre counters with a left to the body.
Ness changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. St Pierre tries to avoid it but Ness manages to keep hold of a leg and drag St Pierre to the ground. St Pierre escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
A little feinted left hand from St Pierre on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
St Pierre lands a jab to Ness's midsection.
Ness looks winded!
St Pierre fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ness manages to avoid it.
Rick Ness seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ness showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from St Pierre.
St Pierre throws a right hand that Ness ducks under and follows up with a left that Ness also avoids with ease.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ness fails with the takedown
and St Pierre counters with a lovely shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ness fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
St Pierre goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Ness slips a jab from St Pierre.
Ness is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in St Pierre's half guard.
St Pierre is trying to stand back up but Ness is controlling him
Ness working St Pierre over with strikes.
Ness is nestled in close to St Pierre, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
St Pierre scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Ness manages to mount him!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Quinton St Pierre dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Quinton St Pierre's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Ness tries for a takedown but St Pierre sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
St Pierre slaps away a takedown attempt from Ness, before circling back to the center of the mat.
St Pierre lands a slapping body shot.
Ness tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but St Pierre defends well and Ness ends up having to push St Pierre into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
St Pierre seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Quinton St Pierre has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rick Ness.
Ness will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Ness dodges the punch combination from St Pierre.
St Pierre works over Ness's head and body with a nice combination.
Ness shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has St Pierre pinned against the cage. St Pierre gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St Pierre swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rick Ness is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ness uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from St Pierre.
Ness moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
St Pierre moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
St Pierre is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ness can do to turn this around?
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!
Ness darts in looking for a takedown but St Pierre gets double underhooks and turns Ness into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ness misses with a takedown attempt - St Pierre sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
St Pierre with a body punch. A glancing blow.
St Pierre swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ness is trying hard to land a takedown here. St Pierre sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
St Pierre connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Ness closes the distance and clinches up with St Pierre, looking for a takedown. Ness pushes St Pierre against the cage but St Pierre circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Good standup being displayed there by St Pierre as he connects with a hook.
St Pierre slaps away a takedown attempt from Ness, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Quinton St Pierre is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ness bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Ness is breathing heavily.
St Pierre wants to get back to his feet.
Ness lands a few punches from side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
St Pierre takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Ness prevents St Pierre from escaping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ness in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Ness working the head and body with strikes.
St Pierre is rocked!
St Pierre takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Oh St Pierre is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
St Pierre is trying to get back to his feet.
Ness scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh St Pierre is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Ness can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rick Ness!
During a confident post fight interview, Rick Ness 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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