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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ben Lauzon (ranked 2564 p4p, 2703 weight class) and Paul Proctor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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170 cm 20 180 3 - 3 - 0 |
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180 cm 27 178 3 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling Brawler Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt Decent boxing Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Ben Lauzon! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Proctor! The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Steven Brown and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Lauzon closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Proctor did well to prevent Lauzon getting side control. Lauzon trying to control the pace. Lauzon working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that. Lauzon lands with a punch from half guard. Lauzon lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt. Lauzon is nestled in close to Proctor, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure. Lauzon is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound. Proctor wants to get back to full guard. Lauzon landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent. Proctor wants to control but Lauzon is keeping busy.
Lauzon is nestled in close to Proctor, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure. Lauzon has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Lauzon lands strikes from half guard. Proctor slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work. Lauzon scoring with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round. Lauzon landing with the ground and pound. Lauzon works over Proctor with some ground and pound from guard. Lauzon working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Proctor's head. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. There's a bit of a scramble here and now Proctor is on top in guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Proctor working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though. Proctor won't allow Lauzon to sweep him here. Lauzon is pulling down on Proctor's head to control his posture. Proctor wants to stand up, so he's looking to wriggle free of Lauzon's closed guard. He's half up but Lauzon has locked on to an arm! Uh oh! Lauzon pivots and extends the arm, Proctor falls face first to the mat and taps??... does he?? YES! He's tapping! Excellent counter grappling there by Lauzon! Well done that man!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ben Lauzon!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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60% |
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