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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joel Night (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stavros Drivas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Drivas has chosen Rob Hubbard - Commando as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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300 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Joel Night!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Stavros Drivas!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Night ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Drivas moves away.
Drivas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Night swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Night defending well as Drivas loads up on a big left hand.
Drivas tries to clinch there but Night circles away.
Drivas circles away from the clinch attempt
and Drivas counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Drivas keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Night's efforts to push away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Drivas looking to throw knees to the head but Night is blocking nicely.
Drivas throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Night blocks it with crossed arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Night wants to break the clinch but can't.
Drivas keeps control of Night as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Drivas keeps control of Night as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Night has had enough of the clinch but Drivas keeps him there for the moment.
Stalling in the clinch from Drivas.
Night gets underhooks to prevent Drivas's takedown attempt.
Drivas tries to land knees in the clinch but Night avoids the damage to the body.
Drivas drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Night gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Night is trying to break free.
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.
Night has had enough of the clinch but Drivas keeps him there for the moment.
Drivas manages to break the clinch.
Drivas scores with a takedown into Night's guard.
Night is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Drivas defends well.
Drivas got a little sloppy there for a moment and Night has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Drivas has managed to get both his arms back between Night's legs - danger averted.
Night looking for a guillotine here but Drivas defends easily.
Night will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Drivas landing with the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drivas connects with a couple of short punches.
Night is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Drivas is aware though and is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Drivas accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Drivas is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Night had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Drivas defends it easily.
Night is breathing heavily.
Drivas keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Night's head.
Drivas thows a big elbow that misses.
Night looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Drivas is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Drivas is working Night over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Drivas postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Night looking for a guillotine here but Drivas defends easily.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Drivas lands a couple of digs.
Drivas is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Drivas postures up in Night's guard and throws a big left but Night blocks it.
Drivas wants to pass the guard but Night is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Night had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Drivas defends it easily.
Drivas scoring with some ground and pound.
Drivas postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stavros Drivas 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.
Drivas tries to land a front kick but Night steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Drivas closes the distance but Night moves to the side
and Night counters with a straight right hand.
Drivas drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Drivas landing a few strikes.
Drivas landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Drivas scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Night to see if he's OK.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drivas is putting a hurting on Night here, landing some big shots from side control.
Stavros Drivas has got the better of the ground game so far.
Drivas lands a nice forearm strike.
Drivas has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Night!
A nice elbow there by Drivas.
Drivas trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drivas with good strikes from the mount here!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Night is looking to improve his position but Drivas isn't that keen on the idea.
Drivas working Night over with strikes here.
Night taking shots to the head.
Drivas connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Drivas is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Night goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Drivas!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Stavros Drivas!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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