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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between BJ Penn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xavier Rush (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Xavier Rush is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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144 lbs
7 - 4 - 0 |
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26
140 lbs
10 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, BJ Penn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Xavier Rush!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Gregory Folan and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Penn shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Penn was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Rush wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Penn.
Rush manages to control the position for a moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Penn 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.
Rush wants to control but Penn is having none of it.
Penn goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Rush turns into him and now he's in Penn's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rush wants to pass the guard but Penn is keeping the position.
Penn is looking for a triangle but Rush pushes his legs off easily.
Rush landing with the ground and pound.
Rush trying to control but Penn is working from the bottom.
Penn looking to control.
Penn has his foot on Rush's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Rush works his way back into a safe position though.
Rush trying to control the position from guard on top but Penn is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Rush passes into half guard.
Rush throwing shots but Penn is blocking nicely.
Penn looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rush wants to stand but Penn has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Rush looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Penn with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Penn might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Penn trying to hold on to Rush's head to control him but Rush postures up.
Rush seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Penn has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Rush escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Rush!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rush works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Rush decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Rush blocks the body kick.
Horrible takedown by Penn or perhaps it was just good defense by Rush which made him look bad.
Rush catches Penn with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Rush clinches with his opponent.
Penn pulls guard successfully.
Rush trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Rush slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Rush makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rush trying to control but Penn is working from the bottom.
Penn is looking for a triangle here but Rush uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Penn is breathing heavily.
Rush trying to control the action but Penn is working from the bottom.
Rush controlling the position from side mount.
Rush is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Rush tries for a kimura but Penn is defending well.
Penn sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Xavier Rush dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Rush scores with a jab to the head.
Rush pushes Penn up against the cage in a clinch.
Rush lands a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Rush scores with a nice short uppercut.
Rush lands a right hand that snaps the head of Penn backwards.
Penn is rocked!
Rush misses with a short punch on the inside.
Oh Penn is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Penn breaks the clinch.
Penn seems to have got his legs back now.
Penn moves in looking to clinch but Rush pushes him off.
Rush has taken the fight to the clinch.
Penn escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Penn has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Penn shoots in and drives through. Rush sprawls well.
Rush defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Penn.
Rush scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Rush drives through with a takedown into guard.
Rush passes Penn's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Penn moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Rush tries to free his leg and advance position but Penn is retaining full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rush chips away with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rush trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Penn looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Rush passes into half guard.
Rush wants to stand up but Penn is controlling the position.
Penn looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Rush trying to control from half guard but Penn is working away.
Rush takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Penn actively working from the bottom here.
That's two 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.
Rush lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Rush content to control rather than advance.
It looks like Rush is going to stand back up.
Penn wants to get back to full guard.
Penn looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Rush seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Penn does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's three 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.
Penn tries for a takedown but Rush circles away easily
and Rush counters by clinching up.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for BJ Penn. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rush lands a left hand.
Penn wants to break free but Rush has control.
Rush lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right from Rush.
Rush's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Rush lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Rush working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Penn landing knees to the head.
Penn has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rush lands a left hand.
Penn's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Penn is trying to break the clinch but Rush has him pressed against the cage.
Rush creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Penn with a big uppercut! Penn tries to clinch up but Rush pushes him back against the cage and lands another moster strike that crumples Penn to the mat! Penn covers up and Rush unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Xavier Rush!
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energy
A | B |
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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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