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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dave Wilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and james austin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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155 cm
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145 lbs
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173 cm
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149 lbs
0 - 0 - 1 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced |
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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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
2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dave Wilson! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, james austin! The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Trevor Gratis and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! austin connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Wilson's hands. james austin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Wilson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Wilson defending well as austin loads up on a big left hand. Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by austin.
Wilson misses with a wild combination.
austin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Wilson tries to clinch but austin is having none of it. austin pushes Wilson up against the cage in a clinch. austin breaks the clinch.
austin shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Wilson is trying to defend but austin finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further. austin tries to stand but can't do so whilst Wilson controls his leg. Wilson makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work! The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. austin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Wilson takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
That's one minute gone in the round. Wilson misses with a takedown attempt and austin counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt. austin misses with a series of wild punches.
austin tries to clinch there but Wilson circles away.
Wilson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head. austin is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range. austin lands a jab to the head.
Wilson is breathing heavily. Wilson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him. Wilson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot. Some wild striking there from austin.
Wilson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross. austin drops Wilson with a beautiful combination! Wilson stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - austin is looking for the KO!
Wilson is rocked! The crowd are loving this. Great action here. austin connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt. Oh Wilson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Wilson stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from austin. Wilson moves forwards but austin connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round. austin works the jab nicely. Wilson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily. Wilson takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming. austin is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!Wilson had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté. austin lands a nice shot to the body.
Wilson seems to have got his legs back now. austin wants to clinch and Wilson counters with a good low kick that austin was not able to check. A jab lands there for austin. austin darts in and clinches Wilson up against the cage. A short right from austin. austin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. A right-left combo lands from austin. austin displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination. austin lands with an overhand left. Wilson moves forwards but austin connects with a nice, crisp jab. Wilson fails with the takedown and austin counters with a low kick, right behind Wilson 's knee.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Wilson takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
austin swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wilson moves in looking to clinch but austin pushes him off. austin feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Wilson's calf. austin tries to close the distance and clinch but Wilson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Wilson looks for a takedown but austin sprawls well. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dave Wilson. That's going to take a lot out of him. Wilson takes a kick to the side of the head. Wilson clinches. austin escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
austin lands a two punch combo.
Wilson shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it. A punch combination from austin misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Wilson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
austin misses with a double jab.
austin fails to land with a series of punches.
austin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
austin looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. austin misses with a low kick. austin scores to the head and body with a nice combination! Wilson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away. austin's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Wilson breaks from austin's wrist control and lands an elbow. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
james austin dominated that round. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
austin clinches up against the cage. austin lands a right hand. Wilson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. A battle for position here, against the cage. austin's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Some wild striking there from austin.
Wilson shoots and misses and austin counters with a left and a right that stings Wilson. austin throws a nice looking combination but Wilson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. austin lands with a cross. Wilson fails to land the takedown. austin rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Wilson moves out of range and avoids them all easily. austin throws a sloppy head kick and Wilson moves out of range easily. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. A lazy left from austin finds it's target. austin lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That's one minute gone in the round. austin looks to land a left hand but Wilson moved out of range nicely. austin scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard. A nice combination there by austin.
Wilson misses with the combination.
austin gets a clinch. austin letting Wilson take a breather here. austin pushes off an throws an elbow but Wilson leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. austin lands with a short punch from the clinch.
austin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Wilson in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body. austin manages to break the clinch.
austin wants to clinch but Wilson slips to the side and Wilson counters with a straight punch to the midsection. Wilson throws a wild combination but nothing lands. austin misses with the combination.
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. austin throws a right and a left that both miss. Wilson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Wilson misses with a takedown attempt - austin sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dave Wilson. That's going to take a lot out of him. austin throws a wild body kick that Wilson sees coming a mile off. Wilson closes the distance and clinches. Wilson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that. The pace really dropping off here, momentarily. austin manages to break the clinch.
austin thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Wilson if he has to take too many more of those.
Wilson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling austin to score with a decent uppercut. austin misses with a double jab
and Wilson counters with a nice double leg into side control. austin won't be happy with that.
That's three minutes gone in the round. austin is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Wilson is controlling him well. Wilson tries to land with some ground and pound but misses. austin is trying to get back to his feet. Wilson misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
austin taking a bit of punishment here - Wilson scoring with strikes. austin wants to get back to his feet.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground. austin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wilson circles away quickly and effectively. austin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless. austin swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Wilson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch. austin breaks the clinch.
Wilson doesn't succeed with the takedown and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick. A nice combination there by austin.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Wilson. austin throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
austin tests Wilson's chin there with a solid looking shot. Wilson moves into the clinch. austin tries to circle away but Wilson has him pinned against the cage. austin pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. austin thows a left - swing and a miss! Wilson tries to close the distance and clinch but austin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. 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 Dave Wilson will probably get the nod. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
austin jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Wilson shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard. austin wants to get back to his feet.
Wilson wants to lay and pray for a moment but austin keeps working. Wilson wants to stand up but austin has a hold of him and won't allow it. Both fighters are breathing heavily. austin pushes Wilson off looking to stand but Wilson dives back in and keeps control.
That's one minute gone in the round. Wilson wants to take a breather but austin is having none of it. Wilson prevents austin from standing back up.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up. austin has taken the fight to the clinch.
austin is trying to break the clinch but Wilson is controlling him. Wilson goes for a takedown in the clinch but austin prevents it.
austin breaks from the clinch.
james austin seems to be getting the better of the standup. austin connects with a looping right hand.
Wilson is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in austin's half guard. austin is trying to stand.
That's two minutes gone in the round. austin keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound. Wilson stops austin from getting back to his feet.
Wilson missing with the ground and pound from half guard. austin kicks Wilson off and gets back to his feet. Wilson with a poor takedown and austin counters with a stiff right hand. Wilson closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard. austin is staying active underneath Wilson, who seems content to just control the action from this position. austin looks like he's trying to stand up.
austin makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
That's three minutes gone in the round. austin clinches up against the cage. Wilson goes for a takedown in the clinch but austin prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dave Wilson. That's going to take a lot out of him. austin looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Wilson wants to get back to striking at distance but austin won't allow it.
austin has Wilson pressed against the cage.
Wilson drops down looking for an ankle pick but austin pulls his leg out and moves away.
austin cracks Wilson with a right hand to the side of the head. austin will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
austin scores with the left hand. Wilson knows he should have avoided that one. Wilson tries to clinch but austin moves away and austin counters with a nice leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless. Wilson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away. Dave Wilson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far. austin is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Wilson 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. Wilson tries to control but austin wriggling away. austin trying desperately to get to his feet.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if austin can do anything to dispel that myth. Wilson jumps to the side looking to secure the arm triangle…. Ooooh, that looks tight… austin is gargling but he's managed to escape! Nice work there by austin and Wilson has given up the dominant position trying to land that submission.
And that's the end of the fight! Dave Wilson showed his dominance in that final round. I think Wilson 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 Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28 Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28 Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dave Wilson!
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energy
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RATING
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