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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alex Andrews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Laurel Aitken (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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189 cm
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185 lbs
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187 cm
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195 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alex Andrews! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Laurel Aitken! The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Steve Smith and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Aitken misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Andrews moves into the clinch. Andrews crunches a lovely knee into Aitken's ribcage. Aitken goes for a takedown attempt but Andrews pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Aitken throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Andrews. Andrews clinches with his opponent.
Andrews landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Aitken looks gassed! Aitken jumps guard but Andrews stands there with Aitken around his waist. Aitken gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Andrews. Knees to the body from Andrews.
Aitken tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Andrews smiles and moves away.
Alex Andrews has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Laurel Aitken. Andrews stuffs the takedown. Andrews forces Aitken back against the cage and clinches. Andrews prevents Aitken from breaking the clinch. Aitken takes an elbow to the temple. Aitken tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Andrews smiles and moves away.
Aitken throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Andrews scores a takedown into full mount! Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Andrews is landing with some decent strikes but Aitken is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Aitken is rocked! Andrews with shots to the head and body - Aitken looks very uncomfortable down there. Aitken is still in real trouble! Can Andrews finish him? Andrews looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Andrews breaks from Aitken's wrist control and lands an elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round. Andrews raining down shots from the mount! Aitken taking shots to the head. Aitken is bucking up trying to escape but Andrews cracks him with another couple of good strikes. Andrews looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Aitken is trying to escape the mount.
Andrews working Aitken over with strikes here. Andrews postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Aitken looks a forlorn figure.
Aitken taking shots to the head. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Aitken is in a horrible position here. Andrews smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Andrews connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Aitken in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head. Andrews lands with some strikes. Andrews landing strikes from the mount and Aitken is in trouble! Aitken taking shots to the head. Andrews looking to finish Aitken with some ground and pound. This is bad for Aitken! Aitken is writhing around trying to get back to his feet. Andrews fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
A nice elbow there by Andrews. Aitken is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Andrews lands with some strikes. Andrews prevents Aitken from getting the reversal. Aitken gets back to half guard. Andrews uses his free foot to push down on Aitken's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Aitken. Andrews lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Aitken hang on? Aitken tries to reverse the position but Andrews maintains control. A nice elbow there by Andrews. Andrews looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Aitken takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position. Andrews working Aitken over with strikes here. Andrews lands a nice shot to the head. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Aitken is looking to get to half guard. Aitken is bucking up trying to escape but Andrews cracks him with another couple of good strikes. Aitken is trying to escape the mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Andrews cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Andrews scoring with strikes but Aitken is staying in there. Aitken regains half guard. Aitken wants to improve his position but Andrews is controlling well.
Aitken trying to control but Andrews postures up.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here! Aitken is trying to get back to full guard. Aitken is looking to control Andrews's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Aitken avoid being mounted? Aitken looking to work for a kimura from the bottom. Andrews is trying to control the action in half guard but Aitken is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard. Andrews winds up and cracks Aitken with a swinging punch to the side of the head. Aitken looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up. Andrews moves into range and clinches up with Aitken. Andrews scores with a knee to the head.
Andrews connects with a knee to the head.
Aitken tries to score a body lock takedown but Andrews shows good agility there to stay on his feet. Andrews with a knee to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Aitken tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Andrews smiles and moves away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it! Andrews clinches. Aitken takes an elbow to the forehead. Andrews lands a big knee to the head and Aitken goes down! Andrews pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alex Andrews! Alex Andrews is the new middleweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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