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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Arabic Persian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Bruce (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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BJJ Blue Belt
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BJJ White Belt
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Arabic Persian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, David Bruce!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Yves DeLean and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bruce fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bruce tries to clinch up but Persian circles away and keeps his distance.
Bruce tries to close the distance and clinch up but Persian swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Persian fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bruce looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bruce moves into the clinch successfully.
Bruce manages to pull guard.
Bruce wants to get back to his feet but Persian is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Bruce is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Persian wanted to stand there but Bruce had control of the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bruce has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Persian off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Bruce gets a clinch.
Bruce landing knees to the head.
Persian wants to get back to striking at distance but Bruce won't allow it.
Persian escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Persian swats away the attempt to clinch by Bruce.
Persian shoots in but no luck this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Persian swats away the attempt to clinch by Bruce.
Bruce is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Bruce wants to clinch up but Persian keeps it at a distance.
Bruce tries to clinch up.
Persian shoots in but Bruce avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arabic Persian. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Persian is breathing heavily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bruce looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bruce fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bruce tries to close the distance and clinch up but Persian swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bruce darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Persian blocking the ground and pound attempt from Bruce.
Persian looks like he's trying to stand up.
Persian is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Bruce scores with a couple of nice shots.
Bruce not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Persian is trying to stand back up but Bruce is controlling him
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bruce lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Ground and pound from Bruce.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bruce takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Persian looks like he's trying to stand up.
Bruce looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Persian manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Bruce tries to clinch but Persian is having none of it.
Bruce tries to clinch but Persian is having none of it.
Persian shoots in looking for a takedown. Bruce tries to sprawl out of it but Persian keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bruce manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Bruce moves in looking to clinch but Persian pushes him off.
Bruce clinches up against the cage.
Bruce with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bruce with a knee to the head.
Persian wants to break free but Bruce has control.
A knee to the head by Bruce.
Bruce unloads a knee to the mid-section. Persian lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bruce tries to land a knee to the head but Persian blocks with his arms.
Bruce missing with knees to the body.
Bruce throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bruce breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bruce tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bruce is looking to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruce stuffs the takedown.
Persian looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Bruce!
Persian is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Bruce shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Persian's guard.
Persian uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Bruce tries to clinch up.
Persian shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Bruce pinned against the cage. Bruce gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Bruce shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Persian as he avoids it easily.
Bruce stuffs the takedown.
Bruce shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Persian but Persian pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Bruce takes the fight into the clinch.
Bruce wants a takedown but no success here.
Bruce tries a knee to the head but Persian blocks it.
Bruce with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bruce with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Persian has had enough of the clinch but Bruce keeps him there for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bruce misses with a knee to the head.
Persian dodges an elbow strike from Bruce.
Persian takes a knee right on the jaw!
Persian prevents the takedown attempt.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bruce throws an elbow but misses.
Bruce is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Persian pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Persian is trying to break free.
Bruce tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bruce is working for takedown but Persian is calmly controlling the position for now.
Bruce keeps control of Persian as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bruce is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Persian pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Persian wants to break free but Bruce has control.
Persian wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Bruce misses with a punch on the inside.
Persian wants to break free but Bruce has control.
Persian wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bruce has him pressed against the cage.
Bruce drops down looking for an ankle pick but Persian pulls his leg out and moves away.
Persian closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Persian lands in his opponent's guard.
Persian wants to stand but Bruce has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bruce uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Bruce clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Bruce dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Bruce gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Bruce throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bruce with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bruce can't get the takedown.
Bruce tries to land a knee to the head but Persian blocks with his arms.
Bruce tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Persian just stands there and leans against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Bruce.
Bruce looking for a takedown.
Arabic Persian has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Bruce.
Bruce breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bruce tries to clinch but Persian is having none of it.
Persian circles away from the clinch attempt.
Persian circles away from the clinch attempt.
Persian looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Persian shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bruce but Bruce pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Bruce tries to clinch up but Persian circles away and keeps his distance.
Bruce moves in looking to clinch but Persian pushes him off.
Persian scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Persian decides to stand back up.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Persian drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Persian stands up.
Persian looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruce moves in looking to clinch but Persian pushes him off.
Bruce fails in his attempt to clinch.
David Bruce is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Persian circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bruce has Persian up against the cage in a clinch.
Bruce lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Arabic Persian has been cut.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Bruce. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Bruce prevents Persian from breaking the clinch.
Persian wants to get back to striking at distance but Bruce won't allow it.
Bruce with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bruce looking to throw knees to the head but Persian is blocking nicely.
Bruce unloads a knee to the mid-section. Persian lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bruce misses with a knee strike.
Bruce with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Persian escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bruce is looking to clinch.
Bruce tries to close the distance and clinch up but Persian swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Persian tries to keep at a distance but Bruce has taken the fight into the clinch.
Persian breaks from the clinch.
Persian closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Persian lands in his opponent's guard.
Persian has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Bruce is proving hard to escape from.
Bruce pushes Persian off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Persian shoots in for a takedown but Bruce shows good takedown defense.
Bruce tries to clinch there but Persian circles away.
Persian shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Persian get's back to his feet.
Persian tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Bruce swivels and escapes.
Persian shoots in and bounces Bruce off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Arabic Persian overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Persian wants to stand and escape but instead Bruce has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Bruce lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Bruce stands and steps away. Persian gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Bruce tries to close the distance and clinch but Persian swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bruce tries to clinch but Persian moves out of range.
Bruce doesn't manage to clinch there - Persian circles away.
Persian swats away the attempt to clinch by Bruce.
Bruce tries to close the distance and clinch up but Persian swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bruce closes the distance and clinches up with Persian, looking for a takedown. Bruce pushes Persian against the cage but Persian circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Bruce as Persian shoots in.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bruce tries to clinch but Persian is having none of it.
Bruce doesn't manage to clinch there - Persian circles away.
Bruce fails in his attempt to clinch.
Persian keeps the fight on the outside.
Bruce closes the distance and clinches.
Bruce with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Persian wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bruce throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bruce tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bruce breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Persian misses with a takedown attempt - Bruce sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
David Bruce seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bruce is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bruce tries to clinch there but Persian circles away.
Bruce has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bruce is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Persian gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Bruce scores with a knee to the head.
Persian is rocked!
Bruce wants a takedown but no success here.
Persian wants to break free but Bruce has control.
Bruce throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Persian blocks it with crossed arms.
Bruce tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Persian breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Bruce tries to clinch there but Persian circles away.
Persian circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Persian shoots in but no luck this time.
Bruce tries to clinch up but Persian circles away and keeps his distance.
Bruce tries to clinch up.
Bruce tries to clinch up.
Bruce tries to clinch up but Persian circles away and keeps his distance.
Bruce tries to clinch up.
Bruce tries to close the distance and clinch but Persian swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bruce stuffs the takedown attempt from Persian. Persian gets slowly back to his feet.
Persian shoots in and drives through. Bruce sprawls well.
Bruce fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bruce tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Persian swivels and escapes.
Persian fails with the takedown
and Bruce holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Bruce drops down looking for an ankle pick but Persian pulls his leg out and moves away.
Bruce tries to close the distance and clinch but Persian swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bruce doesn't manage to clinch there - Persian circles away.
Persian fails with a takedown attempt.
Bruce is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but David Bruce will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Arabic Persian's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
The fight stays on the outside here - Bruce looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bruce tries to close the distance and clinch up but Persian swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bruce doesn't manage to clinch there - Persian circles away.
Bruce doesn't manage to clinch there - Persian circles away.
Persian avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Persian throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bruce's waist but Bruce gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Persian off to one side.
Bruce is looking to clinch but Persian is avoiding it.
Bruce fails in his attempt to clinch.
Persian shoots in but Bruce avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Bruce tries to clinch there but Persian circles away.
Bruce tries to close the distance and clinch but Persian swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bruce closes this distance looking for a takedown but Persian circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Persian shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Persian stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Bruce to get to his feet.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bruce tries to clinch but Persian is having none of it.
Persian gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bruce stands up over Persian, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Oh Persian is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Persian is looking to stand up but Bruce isn't so interested in that idea.
Bruce scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Bruce stands up and waves to Persian to follow him.
Persian closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Bruce to the mat! Bruce manages to get full guard.
Persian wants to stand and escape but instead Bruce has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Persian seems to have got his legs back now.
Persian wants to stand and escape but Bruce is having none of it.
Bruce trying to control but Persian is working from the bottom.
Persian uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Persian closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bruce circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Arabic Persian. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice takedown defense from Persian. No joy for Bruce on that attempt.
Persian keeps the fight on the outside.
Bruce doesn't manage to clinch there - Persian circles away.
Persian avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bruce tries to clinch there but Persian circles away.
Arabic Persian has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Persian drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Persian wanted to stand there but Bruce had control of the position.
Bruce lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Persian!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bruce with the ground and pound from mount.
BOOM! Bruce connects with a massive shot to the dome!
You get the feeling that Persian really doesn't like being in this position too much.
BOOM! Bruce connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Persian wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Persian taking shots to the head.
Bruce lands a nice shot to the head.
Bruce lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Persian hang on?
Persian wants to try and get back to his feet.
Bruce cracks Persian with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Bruce landing strikes from the mount.
Persian is trying to stand up.
Bruce blocks Persian's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Persian is trying to stand up.
Persian flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Bruce scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Persian?
Persian is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Persian bucks up and throws Bruce to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
Persian tries for a takedown but Bruce sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Bruce tries to clinch up.
Persian keeps the fight on the outside.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bruce keeps control of Persian as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Persian has had enough of the clinch but Bruce keeps him there for the moment.
Bruce trying to land knees to the body.
Bruce wants a takedown.
Bruce is working for takedown but Persian is calmly controlling the position for now.
Persian prevents the takedown attempt.
Bruce using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bruce fails to pull guard.
Persian can't break the clinch.
Bruce keeps control of Persian as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Persian has had enough of the clinch but Bruce keeps him there for the moment.
Persian wants to get back to striking at distance but Bruce won't allow it.
Persian tries to break the clinch but Bruce is controlling the position.
Bruce keeps control of Persian as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bruce tries for a takedown. No joy.
Bruce misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Persian.
Persian wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bruce breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Bruce moves in looking to clinch but Persian pushes him off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Persian fails to land the takedown.
Bruce tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bruce will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Persian scores with a nice right hand.
Bruce blocks a head kick by Persian.
Persian avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bruce tries to clinch but Persian is having none of it.
Persian keeps the fight on the outside.
Bruce wants to clinch up but Persian keeps it at a distance.
Nice takedown defense from Persian. No joy for Bruce on that attempt.
Bruce is looking to clinch but Persian is avoiding it.
Bruce closes the distance and clinches.
Bruce scores a nice knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Persian can't break the clinch.
Bruce is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Bruce goes for a takedown attempt but Persian pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Bruce tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Persian misses with a takedown attempt - Bruce sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Persian avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
David Bruce comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bruce has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Bruce!
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