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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Junior St Clair (ranked 3656 p4p, 4192 weight class) and Alexei Sayle (ranked 414 p4p, 453 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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181 cm 18 185 1 - 0 - 0 |
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182 cm 22 188 1 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling Basic striking Big heart |
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Good wrestler Counter fighter Granite chin |
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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Junior St Clair! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alexei Sayle! The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Percy O'Donnell.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Sayle punishes St Clair's body with a nice straight punch. St Clair swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sayle! But no joy. Sayle scores with a shot to the body.
Jab from Sayle. Sayle ducks under a wild hook from St Clair. Sayle looks to land a right hand but St Clair moved out of range. Sayle lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
St Clair connects with a body shot. St Clair just misses with a punch to the body.
Sayle throws a jab but it's blocked by St Clair. St Clair throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
St Clair swings widly with a right hand
and Sayle counters with a straight punch to the midsection. Sayle throws a body shot but no joy. Sayle has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout. St Clair works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! St Clair swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Sayle throws out a counter right but St Clair avoids it with no problem.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Jab, jab by Sayle - just one landing. St Clair tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sayle swats him away and circles back towards the center. Sayle jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Sayle moves into range and connects with a jab. St Clair needs to keep his hands up - Sayle had a free shot at his head there.
 St Clair is rocked! Sayle fakes high and swings low for a body shot but St Clair manages to avoid it. An attempted straight right counter from St Clair misses the target. Oh St Clair is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! St Clair throws a hook but Sayle blocks it. St Clair seems to have got his legs back now. St Clair misses with an uppercut
and Sayle counters with a crisp right hand that drops St Clair! Sayle lets St Clair back up to his feet, looking for a finish! Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Sayle throws a body punch but St Clair moves out of range. St Clair swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect. Sayle looks to throw the jab but St Clair is out of range. St Clair misses with a straight left. Sayle circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sayle lands with a nice body punch.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. St Clair misses with an uppercut. Sayle saw that one coming. St Clair swings for the body but Sayle moves out of range.
St Clair throws a right hand that misses
letting Sayle counter with a right hand. St Clair definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight. Sayle thuds his right hand into St Clair's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters. Sayle steps to the side to avoid the strikes from St Clair. Sayle connects with a body shot. A jab from St Clair misses. St Clair blocks a jab. Sayle misses with a straight left. Sayle throws a body shot but no joy. St Clair swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect. St Clair misses with a hook to the body
and Sayle counters with a straight right hand. Sayle getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Sayle on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot. The fighters circling - St Clair throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Sayle appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body. St Clair misses the body punch and Sayle counters with a huge left! St Clair is in big trouble! He's backing up but Sayle isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save St Clair from any more damage. A dominating finish by Sayle!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alexei Sayle!
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hype
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