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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Raymond Picard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wendel Clark (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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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, Raymond Picard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Wendel Clark!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Alec Ball and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clark stuffs the takedown attempt from Picard. Picard gets slowly back to his feet.
Clark throws a nice inside leg kick.
Picard doesn't manage to clinch there - Clark circles away.
Picard shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Picard wants to stand but Clark has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Clark looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Picard would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Picard trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Clark lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Picard!
Clark looking to control but Picard is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Picard is trying to escape the mount.
Picard is working hard here to advance position.
Picard is breathing heavily.
Clark looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Picard tries to hold on but Clark pushes him away.
Picard is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Picard takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Picard on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Picard tries to get out of the position.
Picard is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Clark content just to control the position here.
Picard is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Picard manages to control the position for a moment.
Clark looking to control and managing it successfully.
Picard is looking to get to half guard.
Clark takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Picard keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Picard wants to try and get back to his feet.
Clark content just to control the position here.
Picard is wriggling around trying to escape.
Picard really wants to buck Clark off and get back to his feet.
Clark looking to control but Picard is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Clark controlling the pace for now.
Clark wants to control the pace but Picard is squirming around nicely.
That's four 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.
Picard tries to lock up and control but Clark gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Picard is squirming around, avoiding Clark's attempts to control the action.
Clark takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Despite being in the dominant position, Wendel Clark just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Clark slips a jab and a cross from Picard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Some wild striking there from Picard.
Clark scores with a hook.
Clark clinches up against the cage.
Picard tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Picard is trying to maintain a safe position but Clark gets an underhook and turns Picard into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wendel Clark dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Picard tries to close the distance and clinch but Clark swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Clark misses with a series of wild punches.
Clark misses with a takedown attempt - Picard sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Picard pushes Clark up against the cage in a clinch.
Picard lands an elbow just above Clark 's eye.
Clark wants to break the clinch but can't.
Clark wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Picard wants to break the clinch but can't.
Clark breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Picard clinches up against the cage.
Picard is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Clark is keeping busy.
Picard breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Picard fails to land the takedown.
Picard closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Clark to the mat! Clark manages to get full guard.
Clark manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Clark throws a head kick but Picard moves out of range.
Clark takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Clark fails with a takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Clark was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Clark content just to control the position here.
Picard really wants to buck Clark off and get back to his feet.
Picard is looking to get to half guard.
Picard's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Picard is squirming around, avoiding Clark's attempts to control the action.
Clark blocks Picard's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Clark wants to control the pace but Picard is squirming around nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Picard is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Picard throwing hammer fists to the chest of Clark. What's that going to do exactly?
Picard is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Picard wants to try and get back to his feet.
Picard is desperately trying to improve his position but Clark has a good base and remains in mount.
Picard is squirming around, avoiding Clark's attempts to control the action.
Picard regains half guard.
Picard manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Picard keeps the fight on the outside.
Clark scores with a jab to the jaw.
Clark looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Picard stuffs the takedown.
Raymond Picard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wendel Clark.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Picard closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Picard controls the position.
Clark is looking for a sweep.
Clark manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Picard tries to roll over but Clark keeps him under control.
Clark stands up from half guard.
Clark shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Clark is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Picard clinches with his opponent.
Picard stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Picard escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Picard circles away from the clinch attempt
and Picard counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Picard wanted to stand there but Clark had control of the position.
Picard trying to control the position from guard on top but Clark is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Clark wants to sweep but no luck.
Picard stands up and waves to Clark to follow him.
Picard misses with a series of wild punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Clark scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Clark scores with a takedown into Picard's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raymond Picard dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Clark throws the kick towards the body but Picard avoids it.
Clark tries for a takedown but Picard circles away easily
and Picard counters with a nice uppercut.
Picard scores with a jab to the head.
Picard throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Picard looks to land a combination. Clark sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Picard circles away from the clinch attempt
and Picard counters with a stiff right hand.
Picard fails to land with a series of punches.
Clark wants to clinch but Picard slips to the side
and Picard counters with a one-two to the body.
Picard avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Picard throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Picard swats away the attempt to clinch by Clark.
Picard slips a jab and a cross from Clark.
Nice sprawl there from Picard as Clark shoots in.
Picard keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Raymond Picard has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wendel Clark.
Picard tries to bum rush Clark with a series of wild strikes but Clark uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Clark shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Picard as he avoids it easily.
Clark takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Picard clinches up against the cage.
Clark prevents Picard from breaking the clinch.
Clark wants a takedown.
Picard escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Clark scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Picard is trying to get back to his feet.
Clark working away.
Clark is working Picard over with some ground and pound from side control.
Clark slows the pace down.
Clark lands some shots froms side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clark has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Picard keeps the fight on the outside.
A head kick misses from Clark.
Picard tries to clinch but Clark is having none of it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Picard.
Clark drives through with a takedown into guard.
Clark trying to control but Picard is working from the bottom.
Picard throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Picard looking for a guillotine here but Clark defends easily.
Picard isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Clark stacks Picard on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Clark!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clark decides to stand up, so the ref orders Picard to his feet.
Picard avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Picard misses with a double jab
and Clark counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Clark won't allow Picard to get back to his feet.
Clark stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Clark avoids the head kick by Picard.
Picard shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Clark but Clark pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Clark scores with a takedown into Picard's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Picard tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Picard is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Clark is controlling him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clark trying to control the position from guard on top but Picard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Picard is looking to stand up but Clark isn't so interested in that idea.
Clark decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Picard looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Picard connects with the punch.
Picard drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Clark takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Picard has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Picard lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Wendel Clark.
I think Clark has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 28:29
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Wendel Clark!
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FIGHT
RATING
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