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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jack Dawson (ranked 1923 p4p, 3204 weight class) and Zhandouji Quantou (ranked 230 p4p, 361 weight class). Jack Dawson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Decent wrestler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jack Dawson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zhandouji Quantou!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Ron Honeybunn and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quantou is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Dawson's half guard.
Ground and pound from Quantou.
Dawson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Dawson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Quantou is looking to take a break and control but Dawson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dawson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quantou is trying to control. Dawson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Quantou stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Quantou gets a double leg takedown into Dawson's guard.
Quantou postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dawson controls Quantou momentarily but Quantou frees himself.
Quantou not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Quantou with a nice head shot there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dawson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Quantou stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dawson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Quantou preventing the sweep.
Quantou passes Dawson's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Quantou is looking to stall here but Dawson recovers full guard.
Quantou stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Quantou throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Dawson tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Quantou is in Dawson's guard.
Dawson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Dawson tries to get out of the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quantou trying to control but Dawson is working from the bottom.
Dawson controls Quantou momentarily but Quantou frees himself.
Quantou throwing strikes but missing.
Quantou wants to control from the top but Dawson keeps moving.
Quantou wants to stand but Dawson has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Dawson definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Quantou postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Quantou wants to control from the top but Dawson keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Quantou sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Dawson gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Dawson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Quantou stopping the sweep attempt from Dawson.
Dawson has a closed guard, preventing Quantou from standing up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Zhandouji Quantou dominated that round.
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.
Quantou closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Dawson quickly recovers to half guard.
Dawson controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Quantou is trying to control the action in half guard but Dawson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Quantou is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Dawson sees it coming and defends easily.
Quantou is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Dawson doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Quantou.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dawson wants to control the action here but instead Quantou manages to pass to full mount!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quantou lands a couple of good shots and Dawson has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dawson tries to break free.
Quantou wants to control but Dawson is keeping busy.
Quantou is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Quantou struggling to land strikes to the head as Dawson covers up.
Quantou scores with punches from the back.
Quantou throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Dawson's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Dawson manages to reverse the position and now he's in Quantou's guard. Nice work there by Dawson.
Dawson won't allow Quantou to sweep him here.
Quantou working a defensive guard here.
Quantou looking for a sweep. Not yet Quantou, not yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dawson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Quantou swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Quantou holds on and takes a little breather.
Quantou wants to sweep here but Dawson controlling him for the moment.
Quantou is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Quantou wants to free his trapped foot but Dawson is holding on for dear life with his legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Dawson is positioning himself well to prevent Quantou advancing to mount.
Quantou is looking to advance position but Dawson won't allow it.
Quantou wants to stand up but Dawson is controlling the position.
Quantou is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Dawson looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Dawson is trying to get back to full guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Zhandouji Quantou showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Quantou shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Dawson napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Quantou grinds an elbow into Dawson's temple.
Dawson struggling a bit here.
Dawson is not content to let Quantou control the position.
Quantou stands up and we're back to a striking position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dawson gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Jack Dawson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quantou trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Dawson manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Quantou looking for a sweep. Not yet Quantou, not yet.
Quantou has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Quantou is trying to control the position but Dawson postures up.
Quantou working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Dawson has passed into half guard!
Dawson prevents Quantou from improving his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quantou felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Dawson wants to work for an arm triangle but Quantou is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Dawson is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Quantou is trying to maintain the position but Dawson is very close to passing his half guard.
Quantou slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Quantou working for a triangle but Dawson defends it easily.
Quantou has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quantou wants to stand and escape but Dawson is having none of it.
Dawson stopping the sweep attempt from Quantou.
Dawson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Quantou's head.
Quantou managing to control the position.
Dawson stopping the sweep attempt from Quantou.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Quantou looking to control.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Quantou closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Dawson is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
You can see the frustration on Dawson's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Zhandouji Quantou has got the better of the ground game so far.
Dawson is not content to let Quantou control the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that's the end of the fight!
Zhandouji Quantou comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Quantou 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 Francis DeMontford scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 27:30
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Zhandouji Quantou!
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