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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Saint Pierre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Who (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Who's choice of entrance music: Let the body hit the floor. Johnny Who will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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184 lbs
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202 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Saint Pierre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Johnny Who!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Robert Douchet and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pierre closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Pierre cracks Who with a big elbow.
Who tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Pierre presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Who is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Who working to try and regain half guard.
Who trying desperately to get to his feet.
Pierre landing strikes from the mount.
Pierre stands up from mount. Strange move.
Pierre drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Who looks gassed!
Who stops Pierre from passing to mount.
Pierre controlling the position.
Who throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Who takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Pierre advances nicely into full mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pierre works his way to his opponent's back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Who controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierre lands a shot to the body.
Who tries to break free.
Pierre biding his time, controlling Who.
Pierre keeps control of the position as Who tries to break free.
Who is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Who trying to control but not successfully.
Pierre has the hooks in. Who is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Pierre is landing with strikes from the back.
The referee is taking a good look at Who as he is on the wrong end of some big shots from Pierre!
cage is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Who.
Pierre is punishing Who with strikes - can he finish him?!
Can Who hold on?! Pierre is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Who is trapped and Pierre is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Pierre is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Who knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Who for a finish.
Pierre scores with punches and elbows.
Who is trying to get back to his feet but Pierre has full control of the position and if anything, Who has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Who is taking damage to the body and head.
You can see the frustration on Who's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Pierre biding his time, looking for the opening.
Pierre doesn't have the hooks in and Who manages to turn into his guard.
Pierre controlling the position.
Pierre trying to strike off his back.
Pierre keeping busy, throwing shots from the bottom.
Who is looking to work some ground and pound but Pierre has wrist control.
Who wanted to stand there but Pierre had control of the position.
Pierre looking for a sweep. Not yet Pierre, not yet.
Pierre might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Who wants to stand but Pierre has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Pierre changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Who looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Who is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Pierre asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Pierre connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Who some visible discomfort.
Who takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Who is trying to buck Pierre off.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Pierre moves into full mount!
Who tries to hold on but Pierre pushes him away.
Who wants to try and get back to his feet.
Pierre controlling from mount.
Pierre putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Who is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Who is in a horrible position here. Pierre smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Who is rocked!
It looks like Johnny Who has been cut.
Who wants to hold on but Pierre pushes him away.
Who is still on wobbly legs! Can Pierre finish him?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierre controlling the position easily from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pierre lands with some strikes.
Who looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Pierre cracks Who with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Who from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Pierre lands punches and elbows.
Who covers up after that shot from Pierre.
Pierre controls the position.
Pierre is landing with strikes from the back.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Pierre keeps control of the position easily here as Who tries to buck him off.
Pierre is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Who up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Saint Pierre dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Who's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Pierre jumps into guard, dragging Who to the mat.
Pierre has control of Who's left arm, preventing Who from doing any damage.
Who seems to have recovered his senses.
Pierre wants to sweep but no luck.
Who lands a couple of elbows.
Pierre looking for a guillotine here but Who defends easily.
Who is looking to work some ground and pound but Pierre has wrist control.
Pierre looking for a sweep. Not yet Pierre, not yet.
Who has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Pierre is proving hard to escape from.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Who accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Who trying to control the position from guard on top but Pierre is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Who won't allow Pierre to sweep him here.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Who shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Pierre's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pierre has his feet on Who's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Who with a lazy takedown attempt
and Pierre decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Who's guard.
Pierre postures up and lands a big shot to Who's brow.
Pierre has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Pierre controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Pierre advances to half guard.
Pierre scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Who tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Pierre is working for a kimura but Who is defending it quite comfortably.
Pierre slips a nice elbow through Who's hands, connecting with Who's forehead.
Pierre seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Pierre working over Who with some ground and pound. Who looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Who wants to improve his position but Pierre is controlling well.
Still in half guard, Pierre seems content to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pierre working over Who with some ground and pound. Who looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Pierre slows the pace down in half guard.
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!
Pierre decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Pierre darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Who tries to get to full guard but Pierre has control of the leg.
Pierre is controlling the pace.
Who wants to get back to his feet.
Who is trying to control but Pierre passes into side control!
Who manages to get back to half guard.
Who is refusing to be controlled, as Pierre sits in half guard.
Who slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pierre postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Saint Pierre overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Pierre stops Who from standing up.
Pierre working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Who's head.
Pierre distracts Who with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Pierre tries to free his leg and advance position but Who is retaining full guard.
Pierre won't allow Who to sweep him here.
Pierre postures up and lands a big shot to Who's brow.
Pierre lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Pierre advances position into side control!
Pierre is putting a hurting on Who here, landing some big shots from side control.
Who is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Pierre lands a few punches from side control.
Pierre cracks Who with a big elbow.
Who being controlled for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pierre has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Who on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Who manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Who trying to control but Pierre postures up.
Pierre perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Pierre is tying to control. Who wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Pierre stops Who from getting back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pierre stalling.
Pierre is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Pierre passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Who!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Saint Pierre dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Who's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Pierre decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Who has one foot on Pierre's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Who is looking to clinch.
Who with a poor takedown
and Pierre counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Who!
Who is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Pierre tries to control but Who wriggling away.
Who working to try and regain half guard.
Who gets back to half guard.
Who is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Pierre scores with a couple of nice shots.
Pierre is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Who can do to turn this around?
Pierre is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Who on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Pierre trying to mount his opponent but Who defends it.
Pierre wants to lay and pray for a moment but Who keeps working.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Who has hold of Pierre's hands but Pierre slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Pierre prevents Who from improving his position.
Pierre wants to control but Who is keeping him busy.
Who is trying to stand.
Who takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Pierre content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Who wants to get back to his feet.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Who tries to keep at a distance but Pierre has taken the fight into the clinch.
Who can't get the takedown.
Pierre breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pierre 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.
Pierre is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Who is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Pierre dives into side control.
You can see the frustration on Who's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Who is pushing Pierre's head away, looking to escape. Pierre manages to hold on to the position though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Who manages to work his way to half guard, despite Pierre's best efforts.
Pierre prevents Who from standing back up.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Who is trying to control but can't.
Pierre tries to pass to full mount but Who defends it.
Pierre lands strikes from half guard.
Pierre controlling the action here.
Pierre prevents Who from standing back up.
Pierre slows the pace down in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Who tries to kick Pierre off but Pierre keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Pierre controlling the pace.
Nice strikes from Pierre there.
Who is not content to let Pierre control the position.
Who is trying to stand back up but Pierre is controlling him
Who is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Pierre scores with a couple of nice shots.
Who scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Pierre manages to mount him!
Who throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Who wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Pierre looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Pierre dominating with strikes here.
Pierre has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Who's face.
Pierre controlling from mount.
Pierre prevents Who from getting the reversal.
Johnny Who has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Who is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Pierre landing shots from mount.
Who really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Who really wants to buck Pierre off and get back to his feet.
A nice elbow there by Pierre.
Who tries to reverse the position but Pierre maintains control.
Who is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Pierre with the ground and pound from mount.
Pierre looking to control but Who is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Who keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Who sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Who flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Saint Pierre showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pierre 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 30:26
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:26
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Saint Pierre!
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hype
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