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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Baby Firefly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Winston Steel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Firefly comes to the cage accompanied by Bleed it out. Winston Steel has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Baby Firefly's chin.
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186 cm
26
170 lbs
10 - 4 - 1 |
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180 cm
25
175 lbs
5 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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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 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Baby Firefly! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Winston Steel! The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Elvis Blanc and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Steel swinging wildly here.
Steel scores with a jab to the head.
Steel takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Steel misses with a body shot
and Firefly counters with a three punch combo that has Steel backing up. Steel nods at Firefly to acknowledge the strikes. Steel tries to clinch up and Firefly counters with a left and a right that stings Steel. Steel scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
It looks like Baby Firefly has been cut. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Steel shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Steel showed some decent athleticism there. Firefly pushes Steel off looking to stand but Steel dives back in and keeps control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Firefly is refusing to be controlled, as Steel sits in half guard. Steel lands with a punch from half guard. Firefly is breathing heavily. Firefly wants to get back to his feet.
Firefly is defending against the submission attempts here by Steel.
Steel is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Firefly!
That's one minute gone in the round. Steel lands a heavy elbow. Steel throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage. Firefly in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head. Steel fails to take his opponent's back. Firefly'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. Steel looking to secure an arm triangle but Firefly defends it well. Steel is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Firefly can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Steel moves to back control.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Steel scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Firefly is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Steel throwing damaging strikes from the back! Firefly could be in trouble here!
Steel lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Firefly preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Steel. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Steel has got one arm under Firefly's chin. This could be trouble... Firefly trying to control the other hand but Steel gets it free and sqeezes tight - just a matter of time now! Yep, Firefly has tapped out! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Winston Steel!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
94% |
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