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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Demein Colette (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harley Royale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Colette comes to the cage accompanied by progenies of the great apocalypse. Royale is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Empire X by Dubtraction. 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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181 lbs
10 - 7 - 0 |
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183 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
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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
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Demein Colette!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Harley Royale!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Alec Ball and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Royale has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Colette.
Colette throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Colette misses with a head kick.
Royale shoots in but no luck this time.
Royale closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Colette did well to prevent Royale getting side control.
Colette is not content to let Royale control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Colette is looking to escape.
Royale trying to pass the guard but Colette defending well.
Royale thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Colette's head.
Colette trying to control here.
Royale missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Royale not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Royale rushes Colette and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Colette misses with some punches.
Colette using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Royale has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Colette tries to land a knee to the head but Royale blocks with his arms.
Colette swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Royale has hold of one of Colette's legs. Colette is fighting the takedown attempt but Royale gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Royale has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Colette is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Colette is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Royale trying to control but Colette is working from the bottom.
Colette wants to get back to his feet but Royale is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Royale wants to pass the guard but Colette is keeping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Colette preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Royale preventing the sweep.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Royale avoids a kick to the body.
Colette is looking to land body kicks.
Colette scores with a hook to the body. Royale takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Colette is looking to slow Royale down with leg kicks.
Royale looks gassed!
Colette moves into range and connects with a jab.
Colette closes the distance and clinches.
Colette misses with a punch to the body.
Colette throws a knee to the head but misses.
Colette can't find room to land a body shot as Royale controls the action.
Colette misses with a knee to the head.
Colette lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Harley Royale has been cut.
Colette throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Royale blocks it with crossed arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Royale blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Colette crunches a lovely knee into Royale's ribcage.
Royale has clasped his hands together around Colette's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Colette gets back to half guard.
Still in half guard, Royale seems content to control.
Royale moves nicely into side control.
Colette is trying to escape the position but Royale is controlling the position.
Colette pushes Royale away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Royale gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Royale tries to score with some ground and pound. Colette controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Colette parries the strikes from Royale easily there. Royale is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Colette to escape.
Royale throws a strike aimed at the side of Colette's head but Colette avoids it well.
Royale trying to control the position but Colette is working away.
Royale sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Colette is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Royale prevents Colette from escaping the position.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Royale fails with a takedown attempt.
Colette moves out of range as Royale strikes.
Royale chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Colette can pounce on him.
Colette throws the kick towards the body but Royale avoids it.
Royale takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Royale looks for a takedown but Colette sprawls well.
Demein Colette has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Harley Royale.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fight stays on the outside here - Colette looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Colette scores with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Demein Colette dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Harley Royale's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Royale takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Colette connects with a high kick.
Colette throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Royale keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Colette throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Royale avoids the body shot from Colette.
Colette throws a solid leg kick but Royale takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Colette.
Royale closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Royale working the ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Royale is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Colette knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Royale misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Royale prevents Colette from escaping the position.
Royale wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Colette, who protects the arm well.
Colette manages to work his way to half guard, despite Royale's best efforts.
Colette is trying to maintain the position but Royale is very close to passing his half guard.
Colette is trying to get back to full guard.
Royale working the head and body with strikes.
Royale is pressing down on Colette's thigh, looking to free his foot. Colette is holding on for now.
Royale thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Colette to regain full guard.
Colette looking to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Royale trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Colette is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Royale shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Royale is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Royale won't let Colette get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Royale unloads with some shots from mount but Colette bucks and avoids them well.
Royale looking to finish Colette with some ground and pound. This is bad for Colette!
Royale avoids the attempt from Colette to control.
Royale throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Colette is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Royale working for a guillotine from mount but Colette is in no mood to give up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Colette can't escape the position.
Royale sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Royale tries to control but Colette wriggling away.
The referee warns Colette that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Colette is trying to stand.
A nice elbow there by Royale.
Poor strikes thrown by Royale there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Royale lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Colette hang on?
Royale with a couple of short strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Royale thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Royale throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Royale thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Colette tries to hold on but Royale postures up.
Colette is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Colette is squirming around, avoiding Royale's attempts to control the action.
Royale is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Colette tries to lock up and control but Royale gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Colette takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harley Royale showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Harley Royale'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. This is the final round!
Colette tries a low kick but Royale avoids it.
Colette tries to close the distance and clinch but Royale swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Colette scores with a kick to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Colette misses the target.
Good leg kick by Colette there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Royale checks the leg kick.
Royale tries to clinch up but Colette circles away and keeps his distance.
Colette throws a quick inside leg kick.
Royale takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Colette buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Royale dives in and grabs Colette's left leg, looking for a takedown. Colette pushes down on Royale's head and hops out.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Colette thumps Royale with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Colette thumps Royale with a low kick.
Demein Colette is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Colette wants to clinch
and Royale counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Colette!
Colette wants to hold on but Royale pushes him away.
Colette is squirming around, avoiding Royale's attempts to control the action.
Royale with shots to the head and body - Colette looks very uncomfortable down there.
Colette is trying desperately to improve position.
Royale looking for a guillotine from mount but Colette is having none of it.
Royale misses with a head shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Royale throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Colette keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Colette is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Colette really wants to buck Royale off and get back to his feet.
Royale is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Colette can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Royale looking to finish with strikes here!
Royale looking to control and managing it successfully.
BOOM! Royale connects with a massive shot to the dome!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Royale looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Colette wants to hold on but Royale pushes him away.
Colette tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Royale is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Royale lands a heavy elbow.
Harley Royale has got the better of the ground game so far.
Royale pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Royale scoring with strikes but Colette is staying in there.
Royale looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Colette slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Royale trying to control the action but Colette is working from the bottom.
Colette is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Colette is looking to escape.
Royale tries to pass to full mount but Colette defends it.
Royale is trying to control. Colette wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Colette trying to hold on to Royale's head to control him but Royale postures up.
Colette keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Royale wants to pass to mount but Colette is defending the position.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Royale sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Royale's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Colette lands with a slapping head kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Demein Colette.
I think Colette has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Demein Colette!
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energy
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hype
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