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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Louis Masson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gary noel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Masson comes to the cage accompanied by Iron Man. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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178 lbs
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180 lbs
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Good takedowns
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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
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Louis Masson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gary noel!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Trevor Gratis and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Masson gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Masson managing to control the position.
noel working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Masson manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
noel is looking to get to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Masson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Masson landing punches.
BOOM! Masson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
noel holds on, trying desperately to control.
noel is desperately trying to improve his position but Masson has a good base and remains in mount.
noel tries to hold on but Masson pushes him away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
noel is working to get back to half guard.
noel defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Masson.
Masson tries to control but noel wriggling away.
noel really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Masson. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
noel is trying to escape the mount.
noel tries to hold on but Masson pushes him away.
Masson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if noel can do anything to dispel that myth.
noel takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
noel is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Masson lands a heavy elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
noel looks gassed!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masson wants to control the pace but noel is squirming around nicely.
noel is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Masson landing strikes from the mount and noel is in trouble!
noel tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Masson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
noel tries to reverse the position but Masson maintains control.
Masson with good strikes from the mount here!
Masson landing shots from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
BOOM! Masson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Masson landing strikes, looking to finish!
noel taking shots to the head.
noel tries to hold on but Masson postures up.
Masson could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masson lands a nice shot to the head.
Masson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
noel can't escape the position.
Masson raining down shots from the mount!
Masson lands a big elbow.
noel tries to hold on but Masson pushes him away.
Masson with the ground and pound from mount.
noel is squirming around, avoiding Masson's attempts to control the action.
Masson takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Masson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
noel is wriggling around trying to escape.
A nice elbow there by Masson.
Masson looking to control but noel is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
noel flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
noel tries to reverse the position but Masson maintains control.
Masson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Masson controlling from the full mount.
Masson landing strikes from the mount and noel is in trouble!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Masson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Louis Masson dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
noel 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.
noel takes a swing at Masson's ribcage but misses.
Nice sprawl there from noel as Masson shoots in.
Masson checks a low kick from noel.
noel gets caught flat footed, as Masson shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
noel looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Masson throwing strikes from guard but noel blocks nicely.
Masson throwing strikes but missing.
noel wants to sweep but no luck.
Masson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Masson won't allow noel to get back to his feet.
Masson advances position into side control!
That's one minute gone in the round.
noel tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Masson wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Jab by noel.
Masson misses with a head kick.
noel misses with a series of wild punches.
Masson misses with a takedown
and noel counters with a single leg into guard. Masson didn't expect that.
noel's corner is telling him to maintain position.
noel won't allow Masson to sweep him here.
noel makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Masson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
noel stopping the sweep attempt from Masson.
Masson lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for noel!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masson scoring with strikes but noel is staying in there.
noel really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Louis Masson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Masson looking to control and managing it successfully.
noel is working to get back to half guard.
Masson avoids the attempt from noel to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Masson can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as noel is looking to escape.
noel is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
noel is in a horrible position here. Masson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Masson with good strikes from the mount here!
noel throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
noel tries to lock up and control but Masson gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Masson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
noel really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Masson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
noel regains half guard.
noel is looking for a sweep. Masson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Masson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
noel is looking for a sweep. Masson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Masson wants to pass the guard but noel is defending well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gary noel showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Good shot there by noel.
Masson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Masson decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
noel is not content to let Masson control the position.
noel punching from the bottom.
Masson stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows noel to get to his feet.
A bone on bone clash there as Masson blocks the leg kick.
noel misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
noel looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
noel content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Masson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but noel scores with a couple of nice shots.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
noel blocks the strikes from Masson.
noel wants to take a breather but Masson is having none of it.
noel is stalling here. Masson is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! noel seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Masson has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
noel is looking for a sweep.
Masson passes to full mount! That's big trouble for noel!
noel is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Masson has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of noel's face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
noel keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Masson blocks noel's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Masson prevents noel from getting the reversal.
Masson landing shots from mount.
noel is desperately trying to improve his position but Masson has a good base and remains in mount.
A nice elbow there by Masson.
noel tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Masson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
noel tries to hold on but Masson postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
noel is looking to get to half guard.
noel wants to hold on but Masson pushes him away.
Masson dominating with strikes here.
Masson prevents noel from getting the reversal.
Masson with shots to the head and body - noel looks very uncomfortable down there.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Masson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
noel wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
noel is working to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Masson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can noel hang on?
noel prevents any damage by holding on tight.
noel is looking to improve his position but Masson isn't that keen on the idea.
Masson avoids the attempt from noel to control.
noel really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Masson unloading with bombs!
Masson lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Louis Masson.
I think Masson has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Louis Masson!
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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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