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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Randle Floyd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mac Readen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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140 lbs
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140 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Randle Floyd!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mac Readen!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, William Peck and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Floyd uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Readen.
Readen looks to score with a jab to the body but Floyd is just out of range.
A swing and a miss from Readen.
Readen scores with a hook to the body. Floyd takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
A swing and a miss from Readen.
Readen lands a jab to the nose.
Readen circles away from the clinch attempt.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Floyd is defended easily by Readen.
Floyd takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Floyd shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Readen sprawls well. Readen wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Floyd gets slowly back to his feet.
Floyd has Readen up against the cage in a clinch.
Floyd wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Randle Floyd. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Readen trying to stall but Floyd improves his position.
Readen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Readen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Readen tries to break free but Floyd pushes him back against the cage.
Readen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Floyd stalling.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Floyd gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Floyd breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Floyd tries to close the distance and clinch but Readen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Floyd throws a series of punches but Readen avoids them all with ease.
Readen throws the left hand but Floyd avoids the punch easily.
Readen looks to throw the jab but Floyd is out of range.
Floyd uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Readen.
Readen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Floyd keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Floyd throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Floyd shoots in for a takedown but Readen shows good takedown defense.
Floyd fails to land the takedown.
Readen just misses with a punch to the body.
Readen's corner calls for a 1-2. Readen obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Readen looks to score with a jab to the body but Floyd is just out of range.
Floyd tries to clinch up.
A telegraphed right hand from Floyd misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Readen throws out a loose jab but Floyd uses good head movement to avoid it.
Floyd closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Readen prevents the takedown attempt.
Floyd putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Readen in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Readen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Floyd jumps into guard, dragging Readen to the mat.
Floyd preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Readen missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Floyd has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Readen can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Floyd is breathing heavily.
Readen looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Readen wants to control from the top but Floyd keeps moving.
Readen with a flurry of punches that miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Floyd had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Readen is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Floyd Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Readen's back instead.
Floyd has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Readen can't escape the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Readen manages to reverse the position and now he's in Floyd's guard. Nice work there by Readen.
Readen working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Floyd's head.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Readen trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Floyd working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Readen.
Readen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Readen's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Readen changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Floyd tries to close the distance and clinch up but Readen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Readen blocks a head kick by Floyd.
Readen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Floyd moves away.
Readen throws a shot from downtown. Floyd moves away and avoids it.
Nice shot by Readen.
The crowd cheers as Readen lands an impressive looking overhand right. Floyd doesn't seem phased though.
Readen throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Floyd.
Readen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Floyd.
Floyd closes this distance looking for a takedown but Readen circles away.
Jab from Readen.
Mac Readen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Readen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Readen thuds his right hand into Floyd's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Readen blocks a low kick nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mac Readen dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Readen jabs at Floyd's body.
Mac Readen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Readen digs a good hook to Floyd's body.
Floyd shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Readen sprawls well. Readen wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Floyd gets slowly back to his feet.
Randle Floyd is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nice defenses there by Floyd.
Floyd drives through and clinches with Readen against the cage.
Readen is looking to control Floyd's arms but Floyd gets an underhook and turns him. Now Readen has his back to the cage.
Readen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Readen blocks the body kick.
Floyd keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Readen takes a swing at Floyd's ribcage but misses.
Floyd shoots in and bounces Readen off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Readen trying to keep a closed guard but Floyd is proving a slippery customer.
Readen wants to stand but Floyd is controlling the position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Readen striking from the bottom.
Floyd wants to control from the top but Readen keeps moving.
Readen throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Floyd is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Readen wants to sweep but no luck.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Floyd moves away from the strike by Readen.
Floyd 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.
Floyd tries to clinch up but Readen circles away and keeps his distance.
Readen steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Floyd. That one must have hurt.
A big left from Readen misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Readen slips a jab from Floyd.
Floyd looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Floyd ducks under a wild hook from Readen.
Readen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Floyd.
Readen blocks a head kick by Floyd.
An inside leg kick lands from Floyd.
Floyd moves into the clinch.
Readen gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Floyd.
Floyd is trying to drag Readen to the mat but Readen just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Randle Floyd. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Floyd fails to pull guard.
Readen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Readen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Floyd tries to pull guard but Readen holds him up against the cage and eventually Floyd drops back down to his feet.
Readen stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Readen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Floyd throws a knee to the head but misses.
Floyd jumps guard and drags Readen to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Floyd wants to sweep here but Readen controlling him for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Readen with a nice head shot there.
Floyd throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Floyd looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Readen passes into side control.
Readen lands a decent elbow from side control.
Readen connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Floyd some visible discomfort.
Floyd taking a bit of punishment here - Readen scoring with strikes.
Floyd is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Readen scoring with punches from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Floyd wants to get back to his feet but Readen drags him back down.
Readen lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Readen working away.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Readen is working Floyd over with some ground and pound from side control.
Readen is chipping away with strikes.
Readen is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Floyd wants to control but Readen postures up.
Readen really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Floyd. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Floyd tries to get back to half guard but can't.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Readen misses with a wild body shot.
Readen stuffs the takedown attempt from Floyd. Floyd gets slowly back to his feet.
Readen scores with the left hand. Floyd knows he should have avoided that one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Randle Floyd will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Readen works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Floyd takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Floyd decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Readen missing with punches from the bottom.
Floyd scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Readen is trying to control but can't.
Floyd looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
The fighters are battling for position here. Readen manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Readen holds on and takes a little breather.
Readen lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Floyd!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Floyd taking shots to the head.
Readen blocks Floyd's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Readen scoring with strikes but Floyd is staying in there.
Floyd is trying desperately to improve position.
Readen dominating with strikes here.
Floyd regains half guard.
Floyd throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Floyd wants to get back to full guard.
Floyd is staying active underneath Readen, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Floyd is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Readen pulls his head out easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Readen scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Floyd wants to control but Readen is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Floyd looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Readen uses his free foot to push down on Floyd's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Floyd.
Floyd is working to get back to half guard.
Readen landing strikes from the mount.
Floyd wants to control but Readen is having none of it.
Floyd is looking to get to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Floyd throwing hammer fists to the chest of Readen. What's that going to do exactly?
Readen with good strikes from the mount here!
Floyd tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Floyd in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Floyd is desperately trying to improve his position but Readen has a good base and remains in mount.
Readen landing strikes, looking to finish!
Readen is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Readen prevents Floyd from getting the reversal.
Readen dominating with strikes here.
Readen is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Floyd can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Floyd is desperately trying to improve his position but Readen has a good base and remains in mount.
Readen has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Floyd's face.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Floyd is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Floyd working to try and regain half guard.
Readen with shots to the head and body - Floyd looks very uncomfortable down there.
Readen looking to finish Floyd with some ground and pound. This is bad for Floyd!
Floyd tries to lock up and control but Readen gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Floyd in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Floyd flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Floyd really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Readen lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mac Readen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Readen has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Peck scores the fight 28:29
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mac Readen!
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