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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vince Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dave Action (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dave Action has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Vince Young's chin.
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186 cm
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215 lbs
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195 cm
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210 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Improved boxing
Big right hand |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Vince Young! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dave Action! The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Ian Loll and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Action uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Young.
Young lands a nice shot to the body.
Young fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Young fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done. Action tries to clinch up. Action tries to close the distance and clinch up but Young swats him away and circles back towards the center. Young lands a nice hook to Action's body. Action takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. Young with a nice cross. Action wants to clinch up but Young keeps it at a distance. Action tries to close the distance and clinch but Young swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Young has a takedown stuffed. Young misses with the combination.
Young circles away from the clinch attempt.
Young misses with a wild combination.
Young will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Young goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
It looks like Dave Action has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round. Action takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness. Action looks gassed! Young closes the distance and lands a one-two. Young will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Action tries to close the distance and clinch up but Young swats him away and circles back towards the center. Young lands a jab-cross combination. Young throws a series of punches but Action moves out of range. Young will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Young's corner calls for a 1-2. Young obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range. Action with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Young to score with a decent uppercut. Young fails with a takedown attempt. Action tries to clinch there but Young circles away.
Young is looking to wear down Action with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment. Young fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Action on the side of the head. Action tries to clinch but Young is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Nice jab there from Young. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Action doesn't manage to clinch there - Young circles away.
A nice combination there by Young.
Action tries to clinch up. Action tries to clinch there but Young circles away.
Young works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance. Action moves in looking to clinch but Young pushes him off. Young jabs at Action's body. Young misses with the combination.
Action tries to close the distance and clinch but Young swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Action is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Young. Action moves in looking to clinch but Young pushes him off. Young throws a shot to the body.
Young tries to bum rush Action with a series of wild strikes but Action uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Young keeps the fight on the outside. Action tries to close the distance and clinch but Young swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Young avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Young swats away the attempt to clinch by Action. Young keeps the fight on the outside. Action is looking to clinch but Young is avoiding it.
Young looks to score with a jab to the body but Action is just out of range. Action tries to clinch but Young moves out of range. Action moves in looking to clinch but Young pushes him off. Action moves in looking to clinch but Young pushes him off. Young misses with a few strikes there.
Action is looking to clinch. Action is looking to clinch. Action tries to clinch but Young moves out of range. Action tries to close the distance and clinch but Young swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Young keeps the fight on the outside. Young avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Young circles away from the clinch attempt.
Action moves in looking to clinch but Young pushes him off.
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. Young circles away from the clinch attempt.
Action tries to clinch up but Young circles away and keeps his distance. Action wants to clinch up but Young keeps it at a distance. Dave Action seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Action tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Young paws at him with a jab and circles away. Action fails in his attempt to clinch. Action is looking to clinch but Young is avoiding it.
Young swats away the attempt to clinch by Action. Action tries to clinch there but Young circles away.
Action wants to clinch up but Young keeps it at a distance. Action uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Young.
Action is looking to clinch. Nice takedown defense from Action. No joy for Young on that attempt. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vince Young. That's going to take a lot out of him. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Action tries to close the distance and clinch up but Young swats him away and circles back towards the center. Young lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook. Young lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Action fails in his attempt to clinch. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vince Young dominated that round. The cut man is working on Dave Action's cut. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
The fight stays on the outside here - Action looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Young misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Young lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Young scores with a jab to the body. Action gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Young. Action takes a body punch but keeps moving. Young scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard. Young looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard. Action really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Young. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out. Action is looking to escape. Young lands strikes from half guard. Young passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Action! Young tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round. Young with good strikes from the mount here! Young is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Action can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Young controlling his opponent. Young has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent. Young is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Action has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Action! Action must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Action has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Young is proving hard to escape from. A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Young holds on and takes a little breather. Young's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground. There's a bit of a scramble here and now Young is on top in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Young looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Vince Young just wasn't active enough from the dominant position. Action wants to clinch. Young getting the better of the striking in that exchange. Young misses with the combination.
Action is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Young throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Young fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
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. Young lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The fight stays on the outside here - Action looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Young connects with a looping right hand.
Young will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts. Nice body punch from Young. Young is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches. Young avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Young shoots for a takedown but Action saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vince Young. That's going to take a lot out of him. Action tries to clinch but Young is having none of it. Young throws a combination. Action tries to block but a couple of punches get through. Vince Young is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Young throws a right and a left that Action avoids nicely. No joy there for Young, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The fight stays on the outside here - Action looks like he's thinking about clinching though. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Young with a jab. Action tries to clinch up but Young circles away and keeps his distance. Young connects with a good right hand that stumbles Action. Action circles away out of range and recomposes himself. Young rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Action moves out of range and avoids them all easily. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vince Young dominated that second round. The cut man is working on Dave Action's cut. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Action is looking to clinch but Young is avoiding it.
Young circles away from the clinch attempt.
Action wants to clinch up but Young keeps it at a distance. Action showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Young.
Action avoids a punch combination nicely.
Young fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt. Action wants to clinch up but Young keeps it at a distance. Action is looking to clinch. Action tries a head kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Young fails to land the takedown. Action fails to land the takedown. Both fighters are breathing heavily. Action wants to clinch. Action wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round. Action tries to close the distance and clinch up but Young swats him away and circles back towards the center. Nice takedown defense from Action. No joy for Young on that attempt. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Vince Young. That's going to take a lot out of him. Action tries to clinch up but Young circles away and keeps his distance. Young misses with a double jab.
Young is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Action can do to turn this around? Young keeps the fight on the outside. Action tries to close the distance and clinch up but Young swats him away and circles back towards the center. Action fails with an attempt to clinch.
A combination from Young does no damage. Young misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Action.
Danga de danga de dang - Young scores with a four punch combination! Young fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt. Young looks frusrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily. Young throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The fight stays on the outside here - Action looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Young shoots in but Action avoids the takedown attempt easily. Young avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Action wants to clinch up but Young keeps it at a distance. Action takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it. Action tries to clinch up but Young circles away and keeps his distance. Action keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Action wants to clinch. Action tries to clinch up but Young circles away and keeps his distance. Dave Action is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Action tries to clinch but Young is having none of it. Young looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Action tries to clinch there but Young circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Young circles away from the clinch attempt.
Action fails in his attempt to clinch. Young lands with an overhand left. Young throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Action moves in looking to clinch but Young pushes him off. Young scores with a three punch combo!
Action uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Young.
Nice takedown defense from Action. No joy for Young on that attempt. Action tries to clinch there but Young circles away.
Action tries to clinch up. Young keeps the fight on the outside. Young tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Action swivels and escapes. Action wants to clinch. Action wants to clinch up but Young keeps it at a distance. The fight stays on the outside here - Action looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Young throws a nice looking combination but Action bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Action tries to clinch up. Action tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Young paws at him with a jab and circles away. Action tries to clinch there but Young circles away.
Dave Action has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Action doesn't manage to clinch there - Young circles away.
Young looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Action pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Action is looking to take this fight into the clinch. The fight stays on the outside here - Action looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Young swats away the attempt to clinch by Action. Action throws a right hand that Young ducks under and follows up with a left that Young also avoids with ease. The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Action fails in his attempt to clinch. Action tries to clinch up but Young circles away and keeps his distance. Young avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that's the end of the fight! Vince Young showed his dominance in that final round. Well Young has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 30:26 Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:26 Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Vince Young!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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