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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Isai Richmond (ranked 24933 p4p, 3892 weight class) and Wei Chen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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Brawler
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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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Isai Richmond!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Wei Chen!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Alec Ball and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richmond connects with a right hand. Chen shakes it off.
Chen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Richmond fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Chen clinches up against the cage.
Chen keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Richmond's efforts to push away.
Chen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Chen pulls Richmond into guard.
Chen is adopting a defensive guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chen pushes Richmond off and gets back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chen fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Chen throws a jab when Richmond was well out of range.
Richmond wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Chen throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Richmond's waist but Richmond gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Chen off to one side.
Chen shoots in but Richmond avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Isai Richmond has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wei Chen.
Left hook, right uppercut from Richmond.
Richmond rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Chen moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Isai Richmond is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Chen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Richmond.
Chen rushes Richmond and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chen fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Chen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Richmond pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Chen back to the cage. Richmond follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Chen is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Chen has his takedown stuffed
letting Richmond counter with a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Chen takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Chen closes the distance and clinches up with Richmond, looking for a takedown. Chen pushes Richmond against the cage but Richmond circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Chen looks winded!
Chen tries for a takedown but Richmond circles away easily
and Richmond counters with a two punch combo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richmond lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Richmond lands a two punch combo.
Chen swings widly with a right hand
and Richmond counters with a nice uppercut.
Chen takes one on the button.
Richmond misses with a few strikes there.
Wei Chen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Richmond swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice sprawl there from Richmond as Chen shoots in.
Richmond is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Chen.
Richmond scores with a three punch combo!
Richmond misses with a jab, cross combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Richmond connects with a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richmond works over Chen's head and body with a nice combination.
Chen takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Chen drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
A punch combination from Richmond misses.
Richmond throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Chen.
Richmond lands a jab-cross combination.
Richmond will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Richmond scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Isai Richmond dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Richmond lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Richmond misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Richmond misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chen.
Chen changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Richmond tries to avoid it but Chen manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Richmond to the ground. Richmond escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Richmond throws a big counter combination but Chen scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Richmond throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Richmond lands a glancing blow to the side of Chen's head.
Chen scores with a nice right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chen misses with a takedown attempt - Richmond sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Chen is breathing heavily.
Chen clinches with his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chen is working for takedown but Richmond is calmly controlling the position for now.
Isai Richmond has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wei Chen.
Chen is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Richmond to keep the fight standing.
Chen breaks the clinch.
Richmond moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Richmond looks to land a combination. Chen sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Richmond throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Richmond throws a right and a left that Chen avoids nicely.
Chen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chen tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Richmond defends well and Chen ends up having to push Richmond into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Richmond appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Chen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Richmond.
Some wild striking there from Richmond.
Chen wants to clinch up but Richmond keeps it at a distance.
Richmond tries to counter with a takedown but Chen is quick to defend against it.
Sloppy strikes from Richmond. Those never looked like landing.
Richmond catches Chen with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Richmond is working the combinations to good effect here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Richmond throws a nice looking combination but Chen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richmond darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Chen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Chen has Richmond pushed against the cage.
Chen jumps guard but Richmond stands there with Chen around his waist. Chen gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Chen has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Richmond is trying to break free.
Chen has Richmond pressed against the cage, preventing Richmond from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Richmond wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Chen is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Richmond wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Chen has him pressed against the cage.
Chen is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Richmond gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Richmond wants to break free but Chen has control.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Richmond wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Chen has him pressed against the cage.
Chen tries to work over Richmond's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Isai Richmond dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Richmond displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Richmond showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Chen.
Richmond appears to be looking for a big counter.
Richmond stuffs the takedown attempt from Chen. Chen gets slowly back to his feet.
Richmond was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Richmond circles away from the clinch attempt.
As Chen tries to get set, Richmond tries to push him back and clinch up but Chen manages to avoid the attempt.
Richmond connects with a looping right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some wild striking there from Richmond.
Chen throws a fast counter high kick but Richmond manages to duck under it in time.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Chen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Chen looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Richmond appears to be looking for a big counter.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chen scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Richmond tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Chen wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Richmond throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Richmond tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Richmond is looking for a sweep.
Richmond misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Chen is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Richmond will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Richmond is looking to regain half guard here but Chen keeps moving and retains side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chen advances to full mount.
Chen landing strikes, looking to finish!
Richmond swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Chen sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Richmond throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Richmond knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Chen on the ground.
Richmond flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Chen sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Richmond throwing hammer fists to the chest of Chen. What's that going to do exactly?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chen fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Richmond keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Chen is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Richmond can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Chen controlling from mount.
Chen can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Richmond is looking to escape.
Richmond really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Richmond is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Chen locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Richmond is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Wei Chen!
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energy
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hype
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