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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Quinton St Pierre (ranked 3323 p4p, 5134 weight class) and Johnny Dukes (ranked 370 p4p, 460 weight class). St Pierre's entrance music is Del tha Funky Homosapien - Jaw Gymnastics. A fine choice. Dukes comes into a darkened arena with his song building. I saw the Light kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Johnny Dukes told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
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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 - 4 - 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 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Johnny Dukes!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Felipe Paraventi and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown attempt by St Pierre or perhaps it was just good defense by Dukes, which made it look bad.
Dukes throws a body punch but St Pierre moves out of range.
Dukes throws a lazy head kick
and St Pierre makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
St Pierre lands with a nice body punch.
A shot to the liver by St Pierre. Beautiful body shot.
Dukes looks winded!
St Pierre scores with a nice head shot.
It looks like Johnny Dukes has been cut.
St Pierre shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dukes looking to land some kicks to the body here.
St Pierre drops Dukes with a nice combination! St Pierre dives into Dukes's guard, looking to finish!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
St Pierre is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
St Pierre postures up in Dukes's guard and throws a big left but Dukes blocks it.
St Pierre trying to control but Dukes is working from the bottom.
St Pierre sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Dukes's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Dukes is not content to let St Pierre control the position.
St Pierre sitting and controlling from the half guard.
St Pierre seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Dukes does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
St Pierre shoots in looking for a takedown but Dukes manages to keep the fight standing, pushing St Pierre's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Quinton St Pierre. That's going to take a lot out of him.
St Pierre tries for a takedown but Dukes sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Dukes tries to counter by closing the distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
St Pierre fails with the takedown.
A nice inside leg kick there by Dukes. That's going to slow St Pierre down.
Johnny Dukes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
St Pierre lands a slapping body shot.
Dukes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by St Pierre.
St Pierre swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Dukes.
St Pierre shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Dukes sprawls well. Dukes wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. St Pierre gets slowly back to his feet.
Dukes with the counter takedown but St Pierre avoids it easily.
Dukes gets caught flat footed, as St Pierre shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dukes avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
St Pierre tries to free his leg and advance position but Dukes is retaining full guard.
St Pierre is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
St Pierre throws a big right hand that misses.
St Pierre controlling from the top position.
St Pierre trying to control but Dukes is working from the bottom.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
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 Johnny Dukes's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
St Pierre swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Dukes.
Dukes moves into the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dukes throws an elbow but misses.
St Pierre lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
St Pierre with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
St Pierre is trying to control the action in half guard but Dukes is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Well, if St Pierre is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
St Pierre looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Dukes with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Pierre landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Dukes is rocked!
Dukes is breathing heavily.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with St Pierre in particular looking to stall.
Dukes is still in real trouble! Can St Pierre finish him?
St Pierre missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
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.
St Pierre scores with a big shot! Dukes's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Dukes! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Quinton St Pierre!
Quinton St Pierre managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, BANZAI NUTRITION, into his post fight interview.
In defeat, Johnny Dukes stepped up to the mic, saying 'I want a rematch. I deserve that.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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