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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Little Justine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Richards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ryan Richards looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!
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215 lbs
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205 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Little Justine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ryan Richards!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Ian Loll and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richards defending well as Justine loads up on a big left hand.
Justine throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Justine missing with a left hand there. Richards was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Richards blocks a head kick by Justine.
Justine throws a sloppy head kick and Richards moves out of range easily.
Richards looks to land a left hand but Justine moved out of range nicely.
Richards closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Richards tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Justine just stands there and leans against the cage.
Richards is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Richards decides to pull guard.
Justine with a flurry of punches that miss.
Richards escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Justine gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Justine thows a big elbow that misses.
Justine stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Richards swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Justine has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Richards working a defensive guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Justine trying to control but Richards is working from the bottom.
Justine postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Richards is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Justine, into his guard.
Richards trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Justine wants to sweep here but Richards controlling him for the moment.
Richards trying to control but Justine is working from the bottom.
Justine wants to get back to his feet but Richards is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Justine looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Richards puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Justine is looking for a sweep. Richards is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Richards is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Justine doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Richards.
Richards looks gassed!
Justine trying to control from the bottom.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Justine with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Justine dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Richards. That did some damage!
Richards uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Justine.
A shot to de liver by Justine. Beautiful body shot.
Justine scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Justine lands a nice leg kick that just misses Richards's sensitive parts.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richards avoids a punch combination nicely.
Nice shot lands for Justine.
Richards steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Justine.
Richards stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Justine.
Justine throws a quick inside leg kick.
Justine lands a nice leg kick that just misses Richards's sensitive parts.
Justine dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Richards. That did some damage!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Justine bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Richards tries to move into range but Justine moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Richards misses with a wild combination.
Justine lands with a slapping head kick.
Richards ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Justine misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Justine lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Justine fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Justine throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Justine lands a nice looking kick to the body. Richards takes a step back to recover.
Richards takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Richards avoids a punch combination nicely.
Justine scores with a jab to the jaw.
Justine misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Richards's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Justine throws a leg kick which misses Richards's front leg but catches the back leg as Richards tries to avoid it.
Justine misses with a double jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Justine jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Richards closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Justine cracks Richards with an open hand slap.
Justine punishes Richards's body with a nice straight punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Little Justine dominated that 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.
Richards on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Little Justine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Justine throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Richards stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Justine follows into mount!
Richards is rocked!
Richards tries to hold on but Justine postures up.
Richards is still in real trouble! Can Justine finish him?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Justine landing punches.
Justine working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Justine punching from mount but Richards doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Richards seems to have recovered his senses.
Justine is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Richards can do to turn this around?
Justine throws some wild stikes that Richards manages to avoid easily.
Richards can't escape the position.
Justine misses with a head shot.
Richards blocking the ground and pound.
Justine will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Poor strikes thrown by Justine there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Justine looking to finish with strikes here!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Richards is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Richards blocking the ground and pound.
Justine punching from mount but Richards doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Justine looking to finish with strikes here!
Poor strikes thrown by Justine there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Richards is working to get back to half guard.
Richards blocking the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Justine misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Justine swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Richards is now in Justine's guard. A big mistake from Justine there, giving up the dominant position!
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.
Justine is trying to control the position but Richards postures up.
Richards looking to sit in guard and control but Justine gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Justine throwing strikes from guard but Richards blocks nicely.
Richards has his foot on Justine's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Justine works his way back into a safe position though.
Richards working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Justine doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Justine manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Richards is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Justine sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Richards's guard.
Justine is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Richards is looking to control Justine's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Richards avoid being mounted?
Justine sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Richards defending well though.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Oooh a lovely combination from Justine sends Richards down but not out. Justine dives into side control looking to finish.
Justine is looking to take a break and control but Richards is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Richards is looking to regain half guard here but Justine keeps moving and retains side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Justine decides to stand back up.
Justine scores with a jab. Richards acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Justine connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Richards takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Justine is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Justine fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Richards.
Justine lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nice shot lands for Justine.
Justine is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Justine is looking to slow Richards down with leg kicks.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Justine throws a jab when Richards was well out of range.
Justine just misses with a punch to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Justine misses the target.
A jab from Justine misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Little Justine 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. This is the final round!
A solid leg kick lands there for Justine.
Justine misses the shot to the body.
Justine plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Justine throws a right hand that Richards ducks under and follows up with a left that Richards also avoids with ease.
Justine scores with a jab.
Justine lands a really nice looking cross but Richards seems unphased.
Richards tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Richards looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Justine fails to land with a series of punches.
Justine throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Richards.
Richards takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Richards throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Justine counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Justine throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Richards.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Richards steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Justine. That one must have hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Richards closes the distance and clinches.
Justine is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Justine pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Justine throws a low kick but Richards avoids it.
Justine misses with a jab, cross combination.
Justine gets caught flat footed, as Richards shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Richards trying to control the position from guard on top but Justine is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Richards won't allow Justine to sweep him here.
Richards wants to control from the top but Justine keeps moving.
Justine working for a triangle but Richards defends it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Justine is working an open guard so Richards takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Justine defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Richards.
Nice body kick from Justine.
Justine lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Justine scores with a kick to the midsection.
Richards wants to clinch.
Justine throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Richards.
A head kick from Justine lands but Richards takes it in his stride.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Justine misses with a two punch combination.
Richards drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Justine doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Justine trying to control the position.
Richards stands up and waves to Justine to follow him.
Justine will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Justine's corner calls for a 1-2. Justine obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Justine throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Richards on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Justine. Justine obviously looking to wear him down.
Justine attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Justine throws the kick towards the body but Richards avoids it.
Little Justine is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Richards darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Richards trying to control the pace.
Justine gets back to full guard.
Justine looking to hit a scissor sweep but Richards is one step ahead there.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
And that's the end of the fight!
Little Justine showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Justine, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 30:26
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Little Justine!
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RATING
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