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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Joel Bailey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Nolan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bailey kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Never Gonna Give You Up. Nolan has chosen Ice Cream Paint Job-Lil Wayne as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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BJJ Purple Belt
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joel Bailey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Robert Nolan!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Yves DeLean and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nolan closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Bailey managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Nolan.
Nolan tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Bailey might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Nolan wants to stand but Bailey has his arm trapped.
Bailey regains half guard, as Nolan was trying to land strikes.
Nolan thows a huge punch but Bailey dodges it nicely.
Bailey tries to roll over but Nolan keeps him under control.
Nolan thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bailey's head.
Nolan is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Bailey moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Bailey wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nolan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nolan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Nolan tries to free his leg and advance position but Bailey is retaining full guard.
Nolan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Nolan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bailey is keeping the position for now.
Bailey utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nolan accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nolan takes the fight into the clinch.
Bailey has hold of one of Nolan's legs. Nolan is fighting the takedown attempt but Bailey gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Nolan trying to control the position.
Bailey won't allow Nolan to sweep him here.
Bailey is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nolan looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Bailey scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Bailey stands and throws Nolan's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Bailey scores with a couple of short elbows.
Bailey landing a few strikes.
Bailey landing strikes.
Bailey working the ground and pound.
Nolan throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Bailey creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Nolan is trying to improve his position.
Bailey in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Bailey lands an elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bailey in side control lands a decent elbow.
Bailey landing strikes.
Nolan is looking to regain half guard here but Bailey keeps moving and retains side control.
Nolan gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bailey lands a nice short elbow.
Nolan is looking to control Bailey's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Nolan avoid being mounted?
Bailey landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Nolan missing with punches from the bottom.
Bailey seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Nolan punching from the bottom.
Nolan flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Nolan is looking for a sweep. Bailey is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Nolan looks gassed!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nolan has hold of Bailey's hands but Bailey slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Nolan on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Nolan wants to get back to his feet.
Nolan tries to get to full guard but Bailey has control of the leg.
Nolan is trying to stand up here but Bailey is controlling him well.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Some wild striking there from Bailey.
Bailey closes the distance and clinches.
Nolan drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Bailey gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Nolan tries to stall but Bailey uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bailey gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Bailey stopping the sweep attempt from Nolan.
Bailey won't allow Nolan to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joel Bailey dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Bailey feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Bailey landing with the ground and pound.
Bailey 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.
Bailey preventing the sweep.
Bailey postures up and lands a big shot to Nolan's brow.
Bailey sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Nolan's guard.
Bailey seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Bailey takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Bailey working the head and body with strikes.
Nolan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Nolan tries to get to full guard but Bailey has control of the leg.
Nolan punching from the bottom.
Bailey lands strikes from half guard.
Nolan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Nolan is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bailey lands a nice short elbow.
Joel Bailey overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bailey looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Nolan with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nolan wants to improve his position but Bailey is controlling well.
The fighters are battling for position here. Nolan manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Nolan trying to control the position.
Bailey works over Nolan with some ground and pound from guard.
Bailey is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Bailey distracts Nolan with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bailey pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nolan is keeping the position for now.
Nolan is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bailey landing with the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bailey chips away with some ground and pound.
Bailey landing with the ground and pound.
Bailey thows a big elbow that misses.
Nolan manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Bailey manages to get himself to full guard.
Bailey seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Bailey has a closed guard, preventing Nolan from standing up.
Bailey manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Nolan manages to get himself to full guard.
Nolan looking for a sweep. Not yet Nolan, not yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nolan tries to strike from the bottom.
Bailey keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Nolan's head.
Nolan bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bailey's guard.
Bailey trying to control the position here.
Nolan pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bailey is keeping the position for now.
Bailey is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Bailey is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Nolan must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Bailey is trying to control the position but Nolan postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Nolan looking to pass the guard.
Bailey pulls Nolan in close to prevent any damage.
Nolan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Nolan throwing strikes from guard but Bailey blocks nicely.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Nolan is looking to clinch.
Nolan drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Bailey bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Nolan's guard.
Bailey lands a couple of elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joel Bailey dominated that second round.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Bailey looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Nolan!
Bailey lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Nolan is looking to improve his position but Bailey isn't that keen on the idea.
Nolan is trying to stand.
Bailey raining down shots from the mount!
It looks like Robert Nolan has been cut.
Bailey with the ground and pound from mount.
Bailey lands a nice shot to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bailey landing punches.
Nolan tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Nolan throwing hammer fists to the chest of Bailey. What's that going to do exactly?
Bailey with good strikes from the mount here!
Nolan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bailey looking to finish Nolan with some ground and pound. This is bad for Nolan!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bailey working the ground and pound effectively.
Bailey landing strikes, looking to finish!
Nolan is rocked!
Bailey in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Nolan is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Nolan taking shots to the head.
Bailey postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Nolan looks a forlorn figure.
Nolan tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Nolan is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Bailey scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Nolan in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Nolan is looking to get to half guard.
A nice elbow there by Bailey.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bailey working the ground and pound effectively.
Bailey with good strikes from the mount here!
Nolan tries to reverse the position but Bailey maintains control.
Bailey landing strikes from the mount.
Bailey landing shots from mount.
Nolan is still in real trouble! Can Bailey finish him?
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Bailey putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Nolan is wriggling around trying to escape.
Nolan seems to have recovered his senses.
Bailey is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nolan can do to turn this around?
Nolan is trying to stand.
Nolan is in a horrible position here. Bailey smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Bailey scoring with strikes but Nolan is staying in there.
Bailey fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Nolan is trying to escape the mount.
Nolan throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bailey scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Nolan is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Nolan is trying desperately to improve position.
Bailey blocks Nolan's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Bailey lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Bailey punishing his opponent with strikes.
Nolan flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Bailey lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Nolan is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Bailey scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Nolan?
Nolan is looking to improve his position but Bailey isn't that keen on the idea.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bailey blocks Nolan's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Bailey lands a big elbow.
Bailey lands a nice shot to the head.
Bailey looking to finish Nolan with some ground and pound. This is bad for Nolan!
Bailey postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Nolan looks a forlorn figure.
Bailey cracks Nolan with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Nolan is in a horrible position here. Bailey smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Nolan flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nolan working to try and regain half guard.
Robert Nolan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nolan takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joel Bailey showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bailey has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 30:26
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:26
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joel Bailey!
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RATING
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