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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Billy Mates (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Nolan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nolan has chosen Ice Cream Paint Job-Lil Wayne as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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145 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
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184 cm
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150 lbs
2 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Billy Mates!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Robert Nolan!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Robert Douchet and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mates moves into the clinch.
Mates pulls guard effortlessly.
Nolan throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Mates works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Mates working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Nolan.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mates wants to stand and escape but Nolan is having none of it.
Nolan has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Nolan working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Mates really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Mates controlling Nolan's posture.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nolan postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nolan with a flurry of punches that miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nolan is looking to work some ground and pound but Mates has wrist control.
Mates knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Nolan on the ground.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
No luck for Nolan with that takedown attempt.
Mates stuffs the takedown.
Mates closes the distance and clinches up with Nolan, looking for a takedown. Mates pushes Nolan against the cage but Nolan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Nolan tries to keep at a distance but Mates has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mates stops a takedown attempt from Nolan.
Billy Mates has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Robert Nolan.
Nolan drops down looking for an ankle pick but Mates pulls his leg out and moves away.
Mates misses with a takedown
and Nolan counters with a nice double leg into side control. Mates won't be happy with that.
Mates avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Nolan.
Nolan working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Mates dodges the ground and pound from Nolan.
Nolan grinds an elbow into Mates's temple.
Mates is looking for a sweep.
Mates avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Nolan.
Mates avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Nolan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Mates tries to clinch but Nolan is having none of it.
Mates swinging wildly here.
Mates is looking to clinch.
Nolan shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Mates sprawls well. Mates wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Nolan gets slowly back to his feet.
Mates moves in looking to clinch but Nolan pushes him off.
Nolan defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Mates.
Mates is breathing heavily.
Mates closes the distance but Nolan moves to the side
and Nolan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nice takedown defense from Nolan. No joy for Mates on that attempt.
Mates fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mates tries to clinch up.
Nolan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mates tries to clinch there but Nolan circles away.
Mates closes the distance and clinches up with Nolan, looking for a takedown. Mates pushes Nolan against the cage but Nolan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Nolan fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Mates sprawls well initially but Nolan persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Mates taking some punishment here, with Nolan in his half guard.
Nolan thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Nolan not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Nolan throwing shots but Mates is blocking nicely.
Mates avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Nolan.
Nolan not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Mates is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Nolan scores with a couple of nice shots.
Mates blocking the ground and pound attempt from Nolan.
Nolan missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Nolan shoots in for a takedown but Mates shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Nolan fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Mates fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Nolan looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Mates!
Nolan postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Mates looks a forlorn figure.
Nolan avoids the attempt from Mates to control.
Nolan lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Nolan landing strikes from the mount and Mates is in trouble!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robert Nolan dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Mates shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Nolan pinned against the cage. Nolan gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Nolan looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Mates!
Nolan misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Nolan punching from mount but Mates doing a good job of avoiding damage.
The referee warns Mates that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Nolan connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Nolan scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Mates?
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mates is wriggling around trying to escape.
Nolan with shots to the head and body - Mates looks very uncomfortable down there.
Nolan thowing shots but they're missing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mates holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Nolan tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Nolan scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Nolan postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Mates looks a forlorn figure.
Nolan misses with a head shot.
Nolan lands a nice shot to the head.
Mates blocking the ground and pound.
Nolan putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mates wants to control but Nolan is having none of it.
Mates on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Mates tries to get out of the position.
Mates is looking to improve his position but Nolan isn't that keen on the idea.
Nolan in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Mates is trying to escape the mount.
Nolan landing strikes from the mount.
Nolan looking to ground and pound but Mates is blocking nicely.
Nolan thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nolan throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Mates because Nolan loaded up on that one.
Nolan lands a heavy elbow.
Mates holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Nolan tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Nolan lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Nolan throwing strikes here but Mates is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Nolan fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Nolan lands a heavy elbow.
Mates blocking the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mates taking shots to the head.
Nolan looking to finish with strikes here!
Mates is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Nolan throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Nolan misses with a head shot.
Mates tries to hold on but Nolan pushes him away.
Mates is working to get back to half guard.
Nolan throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robert Nolan showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Jab, jab by Mates - just one landing.
Nolan doesn't manage to clinch there - Mates circles away.
Mates fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nolan shoots in looking for a takedown. Mates tries to sprawl out of it but Nolan keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Mates manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Mates tries to close the distance and clinch but Nolan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mates wants to clinch up but Nolan keeps it at a distance.
Mates tries to clinch there but Nolan circles away.
Mates wants to clinch but Nolan slips to the side
and Nolan counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Nolan.
Nolan tries to score a body lock takedown but Mates shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Mates gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Nolan.
Billy Mates has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Robert Nolan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mates gets control of Nolan's arms and successfully pulls guard. Mates will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Mates wants to sweep here but Nolan controlling him for the moment.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mates wants to stand up but Nolan is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mates is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Nolan landing some decent shots from guard.
Mates keeping full guard, as Nolan tries to pass.
Nolan is looking to work some ground and pound but Mates has wrist control.
Nolan tries to free his leg and advance position but Mates is retaining full guard.
Nolan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
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.
Nolan is looking to work some ground and pound but Mates has wrist control.
Nolan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Nolan loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Mates throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Mates tries to clinch up.
Nolan tries to score a power double leg takedown but Mates sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Nolan somewhat.
Mates has a takedown stuffed.
Mates tries to clinch but Nolan moves out of range.
Mates tries to close the distance and clinch but Nolan swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mates closes the distance but Nolan moves to the side
and Nolan counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nolan throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ground and pound from Nolan.
Nolan thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Mates's head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Nolan lands a nice short elbow.
Ground and pound from Nolan.
Nolan tries to pass to full mount but Mates defends it.
Nolan drops an elbow to the side of Mates's head.
Nolan missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Nolan sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Mates defending well though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Nolan missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Mates is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Nolan not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Nolan slaps away a takedown attempt from Mates, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Nolan shoots in and drives through. Mates sprawls well.
Mates gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Nolan counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Nolan throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Mates tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Mates trying to keep a closed guard but Nolan is proving a slippery customer.
And that's the end of the fight!
Robert Nolan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Nolan winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 27:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Robert Nolan!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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