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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between David King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Bourque (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Paul Bourque has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with David King's chin.

King
vs
Bourque

180 cm
22
182 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

194 cm
21
174 lbs
5 - 6 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, David King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Paul Bourque!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Yves DeLean and Ian Loll.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bourque throws a nice inside leg kick.
King throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bourque.
Bourque blocks a jab.
King misses with a series of wild punches.
King slow jab from Bourque misses its intended target.
A swing and a miss from King.
King just misses with a punch to the body.
King misses with a double jab.
King pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bourque is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
King slow jab from Bourque misses its intended target.
King swats away the attempt to clinch by Bourque.
King swinging wilding here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bourque tries to clinch there but King circles away.
Bourque doesn't manage to clinch there - King circles away.
David King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
King throws a looping overhand right but Bourque ducks down to avoid it.
Bourque lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King throws out a loose jab but Bourque uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bourque is looking to slow King down with leg kicks.
King misses with a straight left.
King is really struggling to find his range with his punches. King's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
King looks to score with a jab to the body but Bourque is just out of range.
King keeps the fight on the outside.
Bourque slips a straight right by King.
King cracks Bourque with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Nice defenses there by Bourque.
King keeps the fight on the outside.
King slips a jab and a cross from Bourque.

Bourque gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
King wants to break free but Bourque has control.
Bourque misses with a knee strike.
Bourque with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bourque with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
King avoiding damage as Bourque throws knees to the body.
Bourque lands a knee to the head.
King wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bourque just leaning against King, taking a breather.
King wants to break free but Bourque has control.
King can't break the clinch.
King wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bourque unloads a knee to the mid-section. King lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bourque.
King is breathing heavily.
Bourque is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Bourque misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from King.
Bourque lands a nice knee to the body.
Bourque throws a knee to the head but misses.
King on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bourque unloads a knee to the mid-section. King lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bourque tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bourque tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A knee to the head by Bourque.
King wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bourque taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Bourque lands a shoulder strike.
Nice elbow from Bourque.
Bourque cracks King with a nice body shot.
Bourque keeps control of King as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.

King breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
King throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bourque counters with a series of strikes. King will be more careful next time no doubt.

King is rocked!
Bourque is looking to slow King down with leg kicks.
Bourque tries to close the distance and clinch but King swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from King. Bourque shrugs it off though.
King misses with a body shot

and Bourque counters by clinching up.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
King can't break the clinch.
Bourque misses with a knee to the head.
Bourque landing knees to the head.
Bourque misses with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bourque prevents King from breaking the clinch.
Bourque throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but King blocks it with crossed arms.
King wants to get back to striking at distance but Bourque won't allow it.
King avoids the elbow strike from Bourque, against the cage.

King breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
King swings for the body but Bourque moves out of range.
King swats away the attempt to clinch by Bourque.
Bourque moves in looking to clinch but King pushes him off.
King avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
King misses with a lunging right hand
and Bourque counters with a body kick.
King is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bourque.
King is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Bourque.
King throws a left and a right that both miss

and Bourque moves into the clinch.
Bourque lands a damaging elbow.
King on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bourque throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bourque lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Bourque tries to land a knee to the head but King blocks with his arms.
Bourque misses with a knee to the head.
Bourque prevents King from breaking the clinch.
Bourque lands with a short shot to the head.
Bourque lands a body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bourque with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bourque misses with a knee to the head.
Bourque missing with knees to the body.
Bourque throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bourque connects with a nasty looking knee right to King's face.
Oh King is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bourque tries a knee to the head but King blocks it.
Bourque misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from King.
King avoiding damage as Bourque throws knees to the body.
Bourque looking to throw knees to the head but King is blocking nicely.
A nice left hand lands by Bourque.
Bourque using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
King wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
King wants to break free but Bourque has control.

King breaks from the clinch.
Bourque gets cracked with a nice right hand there by King.
King scores with a spinning back kick!
King seems to have got his legs back now.
King misses with a lunging right hand
and Bourque counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bourque throws a leg kick which misses King's front leg but catches the back leg as King tries to avoid it.
King swings widly with a right hand

and Bourque counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
King wants to break the clinch but can't.
King is trying to break free.
Bourque throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but King blocks it with crossed arms.

King escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bourque doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bourque steps to the side to avoid the strikes from King.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Bourque dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

King misses with a looping right.
Bourque moves in looking to clinch but King pushes him off.
Bourque takes one on the button.
King fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
King keeps the fight on the outside.
Bourque takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
King misses with a head kick.
The fighters circling - King throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
King keeps the fight on the outside.
Bourque wants to clinch.
Bourque tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King misses with a hook
and Bourque counters with a thumping low kick.
King swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Bourque counters with a solid body kick.
Bourque scores with a three punch combo!
Bourque lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
King throws a left and a right that both miss
and Bourque counters with a solid body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
King rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bourque counters with a head kick.
Bourque tries to clinch up.
King misses with a body shot
and Bourque makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. King really felt that one!
Bourque wants to clinch up but King keeps it at a distance.
Bourque slips a jab and a cross from King.
King throws a lazy head kick
and Bourque counters with an inside leg kick.
Paul Bourque seems to be getting the better of the standup.
King throws a combination that misses
and Bourque counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Good shot there by King.
King throws a series of punches but Bourque moves out of range.
King throws a looping overhand right but Bourque ducks down to avoid it.
King misses with a body shot.

Bourque gets a clinch.
Bourque swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The referee calls for Bourque to work.

King breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bourque is looking to clinch.
King darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Bourque is rocked!
King throws a left and a right that both miss

and Bourque moves into the clinch.
Bourque is still on wobbly legs! Can King finish him?
Bourque tries to land knees in the clinch but King avoids the damage to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bourque trying to land knees to the body.
Bourque seems to have recovered his senses.

King breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
King throws a push kick but Bourque slaps the foot to one side.
A combination from King does no damage.
King lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A big right from King misses.
King pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
King looks to score with a jab to the body but Bourque is just out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Bourque checks a leg kick.
King thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bourque is looking to clinch but King is avoiding it.
Bourque tries to clinch but King is having none of it.
A big left from King misses.
Bourque doesn't manage to clinch there - King circles away.
King misses with a wild body shot.

Bourque moves into range and clinches up with King.

King breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
David King is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
King misses with a straight left.
King throws an off balance right hand

and Bourque counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Bourque stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bourque lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Bourque lands a nice knee to the body.
Bourque tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bourque keeps control of King as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bourque misses with a knee to the head.

King escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bourque plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
King misses with a body shot
and Bourque counters with an outside leg kick.
King swings widly with a right hand

and Bourque holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Knees to the body from Bourque.
King wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bourque tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bourque tries a knee to the head but King blocks it.
Bourque prevents King from breaking the clinch.
Bourque connects with a nasty looking knee right to King's face.
King wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bourque landing some nice looking knees to the body.

King breaks the clinch.
Bourque tries to close the distance and clinch up but King swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Bourque has King up against the cage in a clinch.

King breaks from the clinch.
King fails with the takedown

and Bourque moves into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bourque is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Bourque misses with a knee strike.
King tries to break the clinch but Bourque is controlling the position.

King escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bourque moves away from the strike by King.
King misses with a looping left.

Bourque pushes King up against the cage in a clinch.
Bourque with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bourque tries to land a knee to the head but King blocks with his arms.
Bourque lands a knee to the body.
King wants to break free but Bourque has control.
King tries to break the clinch but Bourque is controlling the position.
A short body shot lands from Bourque as the two fighters clinch.
Bourque tries to land knees in the clinch but King avoids the damage to the body.
King wants to get back to striking at distance but Bourque won't allow it.
King takes a shot to the head.
Bourque tries a knee to the head but King blocks it.
King avoiding damage as Bourque throws knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
King tries to break the clinch but Bourque is controlling the position.
Bourque tries to land a knee to the head but King blocks with his arms.
Bourque missing with knees to the body.
Bourque digs a right hand into King's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on King's gas tank.
King tries to break the clinch but Bourque is controlling the position.
King is trying to break free.
Bourque tries to land a knee to the head but misses.

King manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Bourque showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

King lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
King scores with a three punch combo!
King throws out a loose jab but Bourque uses good head movement to avoid it.
King throws a series of punches but Bourque avoids them all with ease.
King swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and Bourque counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
King wants to break free but Bourque has control.
Bourque lands a shoulder strike.
Bourque prevents King from breaking the clinch.
Bourque is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Bourque tries to stall but King uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bourque tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bourque scores with a hook to the body.
Bourque landing knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Bourque.
Bourque landing knees to the head.
Bourque landing knees to the head.
Bourque takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
King tries to break the clinch but Bourque is controlling the position.

King escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Oooh a lovely combination from King sends Bourque down but not out. King dives into side control looking to finish.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

King is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Bourque is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Bourque is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bourque can't do much from the bottom here.

King decides to stand back up.
Bourque tries to clinch up.
Bourque is looking to clinch.

Bourque closes the distance and clinches.
Bourque has a couple of punches blocked by King.
Bourque lands an elbow that stopped King in his tracks for a moment.
King wants to break free but Bourque has control.
Bourque lands a knee to the head.
Bourque tries to land knees in the clinch but King avoids the damage to the body.
Bourque trying to land knees to the body.
Bourque lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bourque landing knees to the head.
Bourque with a knee to the head.
King letting Bourque take a breather here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bourque using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
King wants to get back to striking at distance but Bourque won't allow it.
Bourque misses with a knee to the head.
King wants to get back to striking at distance but Bourque won't allow it.
Bourque throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but King blocks it with crossed arms.
King wants to get back to striking at distance but Bourque won't allow it.
King can't break the clinch.
Bourque looking to throw knees to the head but King is blocking nicely.
King tries to break the clinch but Bourque is controlling the position.
Bourque lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
King on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bourque with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bourque using the Thai plumb to throw knees but King has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bourque with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
King is trying to break free.
Bourque lands a hook that snaps the head of King backwards.
Bourque lands an elbow inside.
Bourque lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bourque misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from King.
Bourque scores with a knee to the head.
Bourque lands a shot to the body.
Paul Bourque seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bourque tries to land a knee to the head but King blocks with his arms.
King wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bourque with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bourque lands a left hand.
with the fighters clinched against the cage, Bourque creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
King throws a jab when Bourque was well out of range.
King fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Bourque on the side of the head.
David King has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
King misses with a body punch
and Bourque counters with a body kick.

Bourque closes the distance and clinches.
Bourque lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

King breaks the clinch.
King misses with a double jab

and Bourque counters by clinching up.
Bourque looking to throw knees to the head but King is blocking nicely.
Bourque tries to land a knee to the head but King blocks with his arms.
King wants to break the clinch but can't.

King breaks from the clinch.
King will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
King avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bourque takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
A big left from King misses.
Bourque blocks a jab.
Bourque goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
King looks to score with a jab to the body but Bourque is just out of range.
King looks to land a right hand but Bourque moved out of range.
Danga de danga de dang - King scores with a four punch combination!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
King keeps the fight on the outside.
King works Bourque's body with a nice hook.

Bourque closes the distance and clinches.
King lands with a short head shot on the inside.

King breaks from the clinch.
Bourque drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Bourque dodges the punch combination from King.
King throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A low kick from King is predictable there
and Bourque counters with a nice body kick.
King thuds his right hand into Bourque's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
King misses with a right hand
and Bourque counters with a flying knee. Nice.
King cracks Bourque with a hook to the temple - Bourque is on wobbly legs here! King swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Bourque falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! King wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). David King!