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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mark Kermodian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and YB Sol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kermodian comes to the cage accompanied by Arctic Monkeys - Mardy Bum. Sol has chosen SFIV - Theme of Ryu 2 as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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215 lbs
13 - 10 - 0 |
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210 lbs
17 - 8 - 1 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
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Decent boxing
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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
13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mark Kermodian!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, YB Sol!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, William Peck and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kermodian closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Kermodian ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kermodian throws a head kick but Sol moves out of range.
Kermodian throws a leg kick but Sol moved away.
A left lands for Sol.
Kermodian moves into the clinch.
Kermodian slows down the pace here.
Kermodian prevents Sol from breaking the clinch.
Sol stalling the fight.
Kermodian has a couple of punches blocked by Sol.
Kermodian taking a breather.
Kermodian managing to block the knees to the body from Sol.
Sol tries to break the clinch but Kermodian is controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sol taking a breather.
Kermodian with a knee to the head.
Kermodian slows down the pace here.
Sol is trying to maintain a safe position but Kermodian gets an underhook and turns Sol into the cage.
Kermodian slowing the pace effectively.
Sol stalling.
Sol wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kermodian has him pressed against the cage.
Kermodian being controlled against the cage.
Sol is trying to maintain a safe position but Kermodian gets an underhook and turns Sol into the cage.
Kermodian is stalling here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Kermodian scores a nice knee to the body.
Kermodian pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Sol tries to circle away but Kermodian has him pinned against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Kermodian.
Kermodian stalling against the cage.
Sol taking a breather.
Sol is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Sol is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sol avoiding damage as Kermodian throws knees to the body.
Kermodian unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Kermodian working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Kermodian dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Kermodian lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kermodian will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Sol up against the cage.
Kermodian prevents Sol from breaking the clinch.
Kermodian with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like YB Sol has been cut.
Kermodian scores with a knee to the head.
Kermodian missing with knees to the body.
Kermodian tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kermodian throws a knee to the head but misses.
Sol is trying to break the clinch but Kermodian has him pressed against the cage.
Sol is looking to control Kermodian's arms but Kermodian gets an underhook and turns him. Now Sol has his back to the cage.
Sol breaks the clinch.
Kermodian scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Sol connects with a crisp jab.
Nice straight punches there by Kermodian. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kermodian.
YB Sol is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sol throws a hook but Kermodian avoids it easily.
Sol getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Sol wants to slow Kermodian down by chopping away at his legs.
Kermodian ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kermodian forces Sol back against the cage and clinches.
Sol misses with a body punch.
Kermodian looking to throw knees to the head but Sol is blocking nicely.
Kermodian misses with a knee strike.
Kermodian is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Kermodian working Sol over with knees to the body.
Kermodian has Sol pressed against the cage, preventing Sol from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kermodian looking to throw knees to the head but Sol is blocking nicely.
Kermodian effectively controlling the action here.
Sol wants to break the clinch but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mark Kermodian dominated that round.
The cut man is working on YB Sol's cut.
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.
Sol lands a glancing blow to the side of Kermodian's head.
Kermodian doesn't manage to clinch there - Sol circles away.
Kermodian throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kermodian slips under a jab.
Sol dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sol swats away the attempt to clinch by Kermodian.
Kermodian thuds his right hand into Sol's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Sol blocks a head kick by Kermodian.
Nice shot by Sol.
A clash of legs there as Sol blocks the low kick.
Nice cross by Sol.
Sol ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Sol might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Sol slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Kermodian has Sol up against the cage in a clinch.
Sol stalling against the cage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Kermodian.
Sol trying to control the position but instead, Kermodian has worked for underhooks and has pushed Sol into the cage.
Sol content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Sol trying to stall but Kermodian improves his position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by YB Sol.
Kermodian moves out of range of the strikes.
Kermodian turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kermodian moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Sol checks a leg kick nicely.
Kermodian has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sol letting Kermodian take a breather here.
Kermodian cracks Sol with a nice body shot.
Kermodian with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kermodian lands a knee to the head.
Sol is trying to stall.
Sol is trying to break the clinch but Kermodian has him pressed against the cage.
Kermodian is leaning against Sol and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Sol is breathing heavily.
Sol tries to circle away but Kermodian has him pinned against the cage.
Sol tries to break the clinch but Kermodian is controlling the position.
Kermodian lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sol backwards.
Kermodian lands a hook that snaps the head of Sol backwards.
Kermodian with a knee to the head.
Kermodian lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Kermodian.
Kermodian tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kermodian creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sol's defenses.
Kermodian lands a nice uppercut.
Sol wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kermodian stalls.
Kermodian lands a hook that snaps the head of Sol backwards.
Kermodian lands a body shot in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Kermodian.
Kermodian lands a damaging elbow.
Kermodian lands a shoulder strike.
Stalling in the clinch from Kermodian.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Kermodian misses with the head strike.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Kermodian has Sol pushed against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Mark Kermodian.
Sol misses with a straight left.
Kermodian pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Sol blocks a head kick by Kermodian.
Kermodian swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Sol throws a series of punches but Kermodian moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mark Kermodian dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on YB Sol's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Sol ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kermodian moves away.
Kermodian is looking to clinch but Sol is avoiding it.
Kermodian swinging wildly here.
Kermodian misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kermodian keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kermodian moves into the clinch successfully.
Kermodian makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Kermodian just leaning against Sol, taking a breather.
Sol blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sol wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kermodian has him pressed against the cage.
Kermodian throws an elbow but it misses.
Kermodian working aggressively here.
Sol wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Kermodian has him pressed against the cage.
Kermodian missing with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kermodian taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Kermodian pushes off an throws an elbow but Sol leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kermodian managing to block the knees to the body from Sol.
Kermodian misses with a knee strike.
Sol is pushing Kermodian up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Sol looking to stall.
Sol is trying to break the clinch but Kermodian is controlling him.
Sol tries to stall but Kermodian uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Kermodian lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sol backwards.
Kermodian misses with a knee to the head.
Mark Kermodian is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Sol is trying to break the clinch but Kermodian has him pressed against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Sol.
Sol takes a shot to the head.
Sol is trying to force a seperation but Kermodian has the dominant position.
Sol dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Sol tries a body shot but Kermodian blocks it.
Sol wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kermodian lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Sol backwards.
Sol wants to break the clinch but can't.
Sol can't break the clinch.
Kermodian landing knees to the head.
Sol has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sol blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sol misses with a punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Kermodian.
Sol tries to break the clinch but Kermodian is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Kermodian throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kermodian keeps control of Sol as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sol has had enough of the clinch but Kermodian keeps him there for the moment.
Sol has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sol stalling.
Kermodian stalls.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Kermodian looking to throw knees to the head but Sol is blocking nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mark Kermodian showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kermodian, 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mark Kermodian!
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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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