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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gigi Woerner (ranked 414 p4p, 361 weight class) and Gerard Messing (ranked 52 p4p, 50 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gigi Woerner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gerard Messing!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Elvis Blanc and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Woerner slips a straight right by Messing.
Woerner is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Woerner has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Canucks Combat Club in the buildup to the fight.
Woerner rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Messing counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Woerner has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Messing off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Woerner drops his hands momentarily and Messing takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Messing staying out of range there.
Woerner throws a looping overhand right but Messing ducks down to avoid it.
Woerner missing with a left hand there. Messing was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Woerner misses with a hook.
Messing throws a shot from downtown. Woerner moves away and avoids it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Messing swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Woerner looks to land a left hand but Messing moved out of range nicely.
Gigi Woerner seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Messing throws a lazy right hand but Woerner sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Woerner throws a hook to the side of Messing's head but Messing sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A swing and a miss from Messing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Messing misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Woerner to counter with a crisp jab.
It looks like Gerard Messing has been cut.
Messing has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Messing there as he acknowledges the shot.
Woerner misses the shot to the body.
Messing avoids a punch combination nicely.
Woerner swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Messing lands a glancing blow to the side of Woerner's head.
Woerner looks to land a left hand but Messing moved out of range nicely.
Messing uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Woerner has time to react.
Messing looks to score with a jab to the body but Woerner is just out of range.
Woerner connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Woerner takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Messing lands an overhand right.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Messing ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Woerner moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Woerner throws a shot from downtown. Messing moves away and avoids it.
Messing with the counter takedown but Woerner avoids it easily.
Messing uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Woerner.
Messing with the counter takedown but Woerner avoids it easily.
Messing ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Messing displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Woerner throws out the jab.
Woerner waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Messing.
Messing feints the counter takedown.
Woerner throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Messing throws out a powerful jab.
Decent striking displayed by Messing there.
Woerner misses with a few strikes there.
Messing throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Messing thuds a left hand into Woerner's body.
Jab, jab by Woerner - just one landing.
Woerner throws an overhand right that lands on Messing's shoulder, as Messing tries to avoid the shot.
Messing with the counter takedown but Woerner avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Messing lands with an uppercut that bounces Woerner off the cage and back into range.
Messing misses with an uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Messing.
Messing shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Woerner manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Messing trying to control the position from guard on top but Woerner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Messing stands up over Woerner, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Messing working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Messing is stalling in the full guard.
Messing trying to control but Woerner is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Messing tries to free his leg and advance position but Woerner is retaining full guard.
Woerner keeping moving, preventing Messing from controlling successfully.
Messing controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Messing throws a shot from downtown. Woerner moves away and avoids it.
Woerner looks to score with a jab to the body but Messing is just out of range.
Woerner rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Messing decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Woerner's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Messing won't allow Woerner to get back to his feet.
Messing throws a big right hand that misses.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Messing throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Messing lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Messing has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Woerner utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Messing wants to control from the top but Woerner keeps moving.
Woerner can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Messing controls the pace.
Messing throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Woerner works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Woerner wants to stand and escape but Messing is having none of it.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Messing with a flurry of punches that miss.
Messing cracks Woerner with a solid left hand.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Messing stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Woerner swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Messing looking to sit in guard and control but Woerner gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Woerner being controlled here momentarily.
Woerner won't allow Messing to sweep him here.
Messing escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Woerner gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Woerner decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Woerner moves out of range of the strikes.
Woerner seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Good leg kick by Woerner.
Gigi Woerner is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice defenses there by Messing.
Messing misses with an uppercut.
It looked like Woerner wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Messing swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Woerner stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Woerner wants it to stay on the feet.
Woerner loads up on a big right hand but Messing slips the punch.
Messing tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Woerner throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Woerner looks to score with a jab to the body but Messing is just out of range.
Woerner throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Woerner gets caught flat footed, as Messing shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Messing controls from within his opponent's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Messing accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Woerner has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Messing has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Woerner breaks from the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Woerner jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Messing on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Woerner rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Messing decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Woerner's guard.
Messing wants to control from the top but Woerner keeps moving.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Woerner wants to get back to his feet but Messing is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Messing trying to control the position from guard on top but Woerner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Messing is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Messing trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Messing lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Woerner is looking to stand back up but Messing counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Woerner.
Messing trying to mount his opponent but Woerner defends it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Gerard Messing will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Gerard Messing's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Messing looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Woerner is fending him off so far but Messing persists. Nope, Woerner circles away and we're back to standing.
Woerner looks to land a left hand but Messing moved out of range nicely.
Messing feints the counter takedown.
Messing scores with a jab to the head.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Messing checks a leg kick.
Messing scores with a body shot.
Woerner does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A telegraphed right hand from Woerner misses the target.
Woerner tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Messing was well out of range. Poor timing from Woerner.
Woerner pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Woerner works the jab nicely.
Messing has his takedown stuffed
and Woerner counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Messing.
Messing avoids the body shot from Woerner.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Messing on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Woerner connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Messing is rocked!
That has opened up Gerard Messing's cut even more.
Woerner lands a leg kick that knocks Messing off balance momentarily.
Woerner misses with a straight right.
Woerner throws an uppercut from hell that sends Messing clean off his feet! He's out cold! Woerner stands back and admires his work as he thinks about that KO of the night award that is surely being wrapped up for him back stage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Gigi Woerner!
Gigi Woerner took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Conviction for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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